Online Education College, mainly approved by the Ministry of Education, allows 68 colleges and universities (including Central Radio and TV University) to implement online distance education. They apply for registration, and there is no unified national entrance examination. Both are national education series. In contrast, continuing education (adult education) has higher social recognition.
The Institute of Continuing Education, formerly known as the Institute of Adult Education, is a second-level teaching unit established in universities specializing in adult education, short-term training and other academic and non-academic education. Its level is the same as other secondary colleges in schools such as Law School and School of Economics and Management, and it is a branch of the university.
With the continuous progress of society, the continuous reform of education and the continuous expansion of adult education, the original forms of adult education can no longer meet the needs of society. The college of continuing education in universities is mainly engaged in adult education, self-study examination, distance network education and short-term training, which is an important part of higher education.
The online education carried out by online education college (commonly known as online university) is mainly based on the continuing education of employees. Junior college and undergraduate course in high school must have graduation certificates from ordinary high schools, vocational high schools, secondary specialized schools or vocational and technical schools, and junior college and undergraduate courses must have graduation certificates from national education series or above. A small number of undergraduate majors recruit students, requiring the same or similar majors in the specialist sector.
In some schools, the online education college is below the continuing education college, and in some schools, the second hospital is juxtaposed with the continuing education college. The online education college mainly enrolls students through the adult college entrance examination, which is mainly approved by the Ministry of Education and admitted to 68 universities (including CCTV) that allow online distance education.
There is no unified national entrance examination, all of which are national education series. Compared with continuing education (adult education), social recognition is higher, and online education shows signs of rapid development in recent years.