Education System of China

The education system or terms in China is similar as Japan and Korea. The higher education system or terms is similar as U.S.A.

School education of China includes preschool, primary school, secondary school, high school and university at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level.

The following is the school age requirement and the fixed school terms at different levels. Kindergartens take children above three years old with a term of three school years. Primary and Junior high schools provide a total of nine years of compulsory education.Primary school is usually six years and junior high school is usually three years, or just nine years inclusive of both primary and junior schooling in some areas. School age for primary schools is usually six and 13 for secondary schools.

School age for common Senior High schools is 15 or 16, with a term of three school years, secondary vocational schools usually provide three or four years education and technical schools provide three years education.