Primary school is a school where people receive primary formal education. It is an important part of basic education and belongs to the category of nine-year compulsory education.
With the development of society, kindergartens have opened in front of it. Generally, 3-6 years old are kindergarten-age children, and 6- 12 years old are primary school-age children. At present, the length of primary education is 6 years (5 years in a few places). After the primary education stage, it is the secondary education stage, that is, from primary school to junior high school (junior high school for short).
On July 5, 2023, the website of the Ministry of Education released the statistical bulletin of national education development in 2022. There are 0/491000 ordinary primary schools and 76,900 primary school teaching points in China. Primary school enrollment17013900; There are 6.6294 million full-time teachers in primary education.
Modern schools and education systems were introduced to China by western missionaries. /kloc-At the end of 0/9 and the beginning of the 20th century, He Ziyuan, Qiu and other founders of modern education in China successfully introduced western learning (American education), established new schools, and brought civilian education into the vision of the Qing court.
Under the pressure of this situation, the Qing government had to carry out educational reform. At the end of 1905, a new academic system was promulgated, the imperial examination system was abolished, and new schools were popularized throughout the country. In Xuantongyuan year (1909), after the local imperial examination really stopped, western learning gradually became the main form of school education.
19 15, the national government changed the primary school hall into a national school, "aiming at imparting the foundation of national morality and the general knowledge and skills necessary for national life".
Primary schools are divided into primary schools and colleges and universities. He entered school at the age of six and studied for four years. After graduation, you can enter higher primary schools (study for three years) according to the specific situation. In addition, preparatory schools have been set up, parallel to state schools and higher primary schools, "with the aim of giving primary general education and preparing for entering secondary schools".