Kindergarten is preschool education, but it is not compulsory. According to China's education law, compulsory education is secondary and primary education, and other stages are not compulsory education. At present, both public kindergartens and private kindergartens are charged, not compulsory. Among them, public kindergartens implement GSP, which is lower than private kindergartens, but it is not free compulsory education.

Although kindergartens do not belong to the category of compulsory education, our government attaches great importance to the development of preschool education and strengthens the support and guarantee for kindergarten education through various channels. For example, the state has issued the Action Plan for Universal Preschool Education, which requires universal kindergarten education for less than five years, and the Ministry of Finance has increased its financial support for kindergartens. In addition, kindergartens can also apply for the qualification of public schools to achieve seamless connection with compulsory education.

The Importance of Kindergarten Education

1, promote children's growth and development, and improve their physique.

The child's body is developing rapidly, and the child feels the strength of his own body and shows this strength in constant activities. On the other hand, their bodies are still immature, their movements are not coordinated, their self-protection ability is still poor, and they are vulnerable to diseases and accidents.

2. Early childhood is the best period for intellectual development.

Research shows that early childhood is the fastest period of brain development. The brain is closely related to intelligence. Therefore, in the period of children's rapid brain development, early education has a great influence on intelligence. If children are properly educated in the right way in this period, their intelligence level can be obviously improved.

3. Early childhood is the key period of sound personality.

In early childhood, children's personality quality began to sprout and gradually formed. At this time, their plasticity is strong, and their self-evaluation has not been established. They often evaluate themselves through the evaluations of their parents and teachers. Therefore, preschool education plays an important role in the formation of children's personality.

4. Early childhood is the key period of sex education.

Children around 3 years old begin to have gender awareness, which is a special stage of sexual psychological development, which is called "sexual germination period" in psychology. If children can correctly correspond their gender with the gender roles required by society, their psychology can develop normally.