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What is the curriculum of primary education?
Primary education is primary education, or basic education, which enables the educated to lay the foundation of cultural knowledge and prepare for their initial life. Usually refers to the first stage of education in a country's academic system, and the target is generally children aged 6 ~ 12. This kind of education is extremely important to improve the national cultural level, so all countries regard it as the goal of compulsory education or universal education when their economic and cultural development reaches a certain historical stage.

According to the relevant provisions of the Compulsory Education Law promulgated by the government of China, primary education must be popularized throughout the country. All children over the age of six must receive education at school. The period of primary education is six years, and it is generally a full-time ordinary primary school. Courses offered include: ideology and morality, Chinese, mathematics, nature, history, geography, art, music, physical education and so on.

In 2002, there were 1 1. 1.8 million kindergartens in China, with 20,360,200 children (including preschool) and 659,300 kindergarten directors and teachers. There are 456,900 primary schools in China with students1.21.564,38+0.000. The enrollment rate of primary school-age children reached 98.58%, of which 98.53% were girls.