1. Starting from the spring semester of 20 16, Qinghai Province will begin to implement 15 free education, covering the whole province before the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan. However, free education still needs to pass the college entrance examination to be admitted to colleges and universities.

2. At the just-concluded Qinghai Education Work Conference, a series of good news about benefiting the people through education was announced, and 15 free education was one of them. Starting from the spring semester of 20 16, all students in Hainan, Haibei, Huangnan, Guoluo and Yushu areas of Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and students from poor families in Xining and Haidong areas will enjoy 15 free education, including preschool education, primary education and secondary education, covering the whole province before the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan.