Compulsory education is a national education that school-age children and adolescents must accept according to law and is guaranteed by the state, society and family. Its essence is a system of compulsory education for school-age children and adolescents for a certain period of time in accordance with the provisions of the law. Compulsory education is also called compulsory education and free compulsory education. Compulsory education is compulsory, free and universal. China's Compulsory Education Law stipulates that the length of compulsory education is nine years, that is, primary school and junior high school, which conforms to China's national conditions and is appropriate.

However, in the decision of the education department of Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, it is clearly proposed to implement the free high school program from the fall semester of 2023. When the news came out, it caused a great sensation among parents and students. After all, free high school is not a small sum.

In the introduction of the staff of the Education Bureau of Changtai District, Zhangzhou City, I learned that the relevant documents have been issued in the district and will be implemented in the new semester. The free range includes all high school students studying in district schools. The standard is that each student is exempted from 600 yuan and 1.200 yuan every semester. It is understood that there are 2468 students in ordinary high schools in Changtai District of Zhangzhou City. This year, 8,365,438 students enrolled and 649 graduated, which means that once the policy of "free tuition for senior high schools" is implemented, the whole region will have to prepare at least 3 million extra financial expenditures.

The implementation of this policy is not a whim of the local education department, but the final result after a long period of practical consideration. Of course, the "free tuition for senior high schools" in this region is not the first region in China to implement relevant policies. In fact, as early as the autumn of 2007, a region put forward the policy of "tuition-free high school education", that is, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, which was also the first region to implement the relevant policies. Since then, this policy has been implemented in many places, including Tangshan, Ningshan, Jinjiang, Fuqing and so on.