Its essence is a system of compulsory education for school-age children and adolescents for a certain period of time in accordance with the provisions of the law. Compulsory education is also called compulsory education and free compulsory education. Compulsory education has the basic characteristics of compulsory, free, universal and secular.
Legal basis: Compulsory Education Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 3 Compulsory education must implement the national education policy, implement quality education, improve the quality of education, enable school-age children and adolescents to develop in an all-round way in morality, intelligence and physique, and lay a foundation for cultivating socialist builders and successors with ideals, morality, culture and discipline.
Article 4 All school-age children and adolescents with People's Republic of China (PRC) nationality, regardless of gender, nationality, race, family property status, religious beliefs, etc. , enjoy the equal right to receive compulsory education and fulfill the obligation to receive compulsory education according to law.
Article 5 People's governments at all levels and their relevant departments shall perform their duties as stipulated in this Law and guarantee the right of school-age children and adolescents to receive compulsory education.
Parents or other legal guardians of school-age children and adolescents shall ensure that they enter school on time to receive and complete compulsory education.
Schools that implement compulsory education according to law should complete the education and teaching tasks in accordance with the prescribed standards and ensure the quality of education and teaching.
Social organizations and individuals should create a good environment for school-age children and adolescents to receive compulsory education.