From the type of education system, China's current education system is mainly a branch education system, which is developed from the monorail education system.
From a hierarchical point of view, China's current school education system includes preschool education, primary compulsory education, secondary education and higher education.
Early childhood education enrolls children aged 3-6, and the implementation institution is kindergarten. The task is to let children receive enlightenment education and lay a good foundation for receiving primary education.
The task of primary compulsory education is to lay a good foundation for children to read, write and calculate, promote the all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor, and lay a good foundation for them to receive secondary education.
Secondary education includes ordinary middle schools, agricultural middle schools, vocational schools or vocational high schools, technical schools, secondary specialized schools and adult middle schools. On the one hand, it cultivates the labor reserve force for the country, and on the other hand, it transports qualified freshmen to higher-level schools.
Higher education, including universities and colleges, adult higher education institutions, graduate schools, etc. , mainly to cultivate all kinds of useful talents for the country.