"At present, high school education cannot be included in compulsory education. The main task of high school education is to accelerate the pace of popularization and meet the needs of junior high school graduates to receive high school education. " In response to the recent news that "the nine-year compulsory education will be upgraded to a twelve-year system and the senior high school entrance examination will be cancelled", the head of the Department of Basic Education of the Ministry of Education responded that it is impossible to upgrade the nine-year compulsory education to a twelve-year system at this stage.

Compulsory education is universal, balanced, compulsory and free. The Compulsory Education Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) clearly stipulates that China will implement nine-year compulsory education.

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First, compulsory education is compulsory, universal and balanced. If preschool or senior high school education is included in compulsory education, there will be some problems in the requirements of compulsory, universal and balanced education. "When the conditions are met, when to extend, extend downward or extend upward depends on the future development, and let development answer this question."

Second, education reflects the process of social development, which is a step-by-step process and cannot be achieved overnight. It must conform to the national conditions and the development level of productive forces. Conditional places can take the lead in piloting 12-year compulsory education, and sum up the experience of 12-year compulsory education in Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Zhejiang and other places, and gradually promote its implementation.

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People's Republic of China (PRC) (China) Ministry of Education-It is not true that it does not meet the conditions for high schools to be included in compulsory education.