Study in China

Education in China has played a very important role in the tremendous growth that the country is currently witnessing. As trained and skilled human resources are the backbone of any industry and overall development of the country, China has concentrated on all levels of education. The education system in China can mainly be divided into two parts- basic education and higher education. Basic education in China includes pre-school education, primary education and regular secondary education.

Preschool education, which is an important part of the Chinese education system, is mainly kindergartens of 3 years in the urban areas.In rural areas, it consists mainly of nursery classes and seasonal kindergartens in addition. The primary education takes 5 or 6 years to complete. One needs to spend 3 years at the junior secondary level and 3 more years at the senior secondary level to complete basic education in China. The higher education system, which one can join after completing the basic education in China, combines both degree-education and non-degree education and integrates college education, undergraduate education and graduate education.


The objective of universalizing 9-year compulsory education as laid down in the 8th 5-year plan is implemented to a great extent and the enrollment rate at the primary education was 98.5% (in 2002) among children of schooling age. The gross enrollment rate at the junior secondary schools was 78.4%. The growth in the enrollment can also be seen in the higher education institutes of China. The gross enrollment rate was 6.5% among the age group of 18 to 21. In order to sustain the economic growth of the country, the government of China is extremely concerned with research and development in science and technology and various other fields of study. Thus it can be said that the education system in china is quite developed at every level as compared to various other developing countries of the world.