Refers to the education process that children aged 3-5 receive in kindergartens. There are11752 kindergartens in China, with 900,000 kindergarten teachers and 20,360,200 kindergarten children, and the enrollment rate of school-age children is 43.8%. Kindergartens are generally run by the people. In the first-and second-tier cities with relatively developed social economy, the needs of children's early childhood education have been basically met. The progress of preschool education industry is advancing from big cities to rural areas, and some towns have basically popularized preschool education 1 year.
primary education
It refers to the education process of children aged 6- 1 1 in primary and secondary schools. There are 456,903 primary and secondary schools in China with 6,340,200 teachers and students1.21.5671.000, and the enrollment rate of school-age children is 99. 1%. Primary and secondary schools are generally run by local governments, but also by individuals and non-governmental organizations.
higher education
Refers to the whole process of receiving cultural education in middle schools from 12 to 17 years old. Middle schools, ordinary high schools, vocational high schools and technical secondary schools all belong to secondary schools. Ordinary senior high schools are divided into junior high schools and ordinary senior high schools, and the educational system is 3 years each. Some college students who graduated from middle school are promoted to ordinary high schools, while others are promoted to vocational high schools and technical secondary schools. There are 93,968 middle schools in China with 9415438+000,000 students. Middle schools are generally managed by local governments.
higher education
College, undergraduate and postgraduate education completed after higher education. Institutions that implement higher education in China are universities, schools and colleges. Colleges and universities have three functions: classroom teaching, scientific research and socialized service. Ordinary institutions of higher learning 1396 (as of June 20, 2002), 72 private institutions of higher learning (as of June 5438+08, 2006), with staff103000 and students130000 (130000)
There are 765,438+08 adult colleges (as of June 2006, 5,438+08) and 4 private adult colleges (as of June 2006, 5,438+08) with 200,000 teaching staff. In order to promote the rapid development, reform and innovation of higher education, China clearly put forward "2 1 1 project" during the Ninth Five-Year Plan, that is, facing the new century of 2 1, focusing on capital construction 100 universities and a number of key development disciplines.
Continuing re-education
Including adult professional and technical training, adult non-academic education, higher education and its popularization of cultural education. There are 460,000 adult professional and technical training institutions nationwide, with 62.93 million students; A total of 2.8 million people graduated from all kinds of adult higher non-academic education nationwide; There are 50,000 adult colleges with 2.27 million students.
Higher education system is a collection or unity of higher education organizations and corresponding standards. It includes three subsystems, namely, higher education institutions, higher education political system and higher education management mechanism.