Education in China

• Chinas PISA scores are 531 in mathematics, 518 in science, and 494
in reading. These scores are all above average compared to other
countries.
• In China students start primary school at age 7. Prior to that they will
do 1 to 3 years of kindergarten.
• Students will do 3 years of kindergarten, 6 years of primary, 6 years of
secondary, often followed by several years of higher education.
• China has a well respected education system and is very
competitive and challenging.
 Pre-Primary/Kindergarten
 Prior to primary school a student will do three years of Kindergarten.
 Pre-Schools are usually run by local educational authorities but may
also be private.
 In both state and national schools the admissions process is very
competitive.
 The tuition depending on the school you decide to attend can be
very high.
 Students are also involved in extra-curricular activities, education
groups, and activity centers.
 Primary School in China
 Primary school usually begins at age 7. Unless you live in a big city
like Beijing or Shanghai, then you can start at age 6.
 Chinese refer to their math as the “Big Two”. Math is very important
in China and they allocate 60% of their teaching time to math.
 Students are taught music, morals, society, nature, and art. They are
also required to take practical work classes.
 Some primary schools will start to introduce foreign language at the
end of primary school.
 Secondary School in China
 Secondary school is divided in half. 3 years junior middle school and
3 years senior middle school.
 After junior middle school a student will choose to move on to a
regular senior middle school, a vocational school, or a secondary
professional school.
 A secondary schools soul purpose is to prepare the student for
higher education. Secondary schools are actually measured by
how many students make it into a university.
 Secondary students will have to take the National Higher Education
Entrance exam. This is a very difficult 9 hour exam that only 40% of
students will pass.
 Upsides and Down Sides of Chinese
School
 One upside is that the schools in the bigger cities are putting out
highly educated students.
 Also students that graduate from a university are almost
guaranteed a good career because the job placement for
graduates is very high.
 One downside is that students in rural communities don’t have the
same opportunities as students in the big cites.
 Another big downside is the pressure is too much for some students
to take. This creates depression in some students and stories of
suicide are not rare.
 Chinese Economy
 According to nominal GDP China has the second largest economy
in the world.
 China operates as a socialist market economy. Many argue that
their economy is actually an unstable capitalist economy because
they do allow private ownership.
 According to the Chinese government they are well on their way to
achieving pure socialism.
 Although China has one of the worlds largest economies their GDP
has been declining for the past ten years.
 How Chinas Education System Effects
the World
 China focuses mostly on math but also teach important things like
morals, society and nature. These are important things that are
overlooked by many educational systems.
 Chinas rigorous schools are very competitive and difficult. This
provides a great deal of high quality professional workers in the
work force.
 Chinas high standards for education are a big part of why their
economy is so large. Many of the worlds countries depend on trade
with China.
 Chinas emphasis on math creates better engineers. Many products
around the world are made in China.
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science-reading/
 https://www.internations.org/china-expats/guide/29461-family-children-education/the-
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 https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-kind-of-economy-does-china-have.html