The treatment of literati by the Song government was the highest in the history of China. Because the Song Dynasty attached great importance to the quality of candidates, education was also supported by the government. While in Song Renzong, he sent letters to all counties to run schools and further improve the imperial examination system. The scale of official learning in Song Dynasty was unprecedented. The government has set up four schools in the central government: imperial academy, imperial academy, National Arts and Law, and He Wenguang Museum. The central departments also set up calligraphy, arithmetic, painting and medicine. County schools are set up in local areas, and scholars are set up in the roads. Teachers are first selected by local authorities, and then hired by Jinshi or graduates from imperial academy and imperial academy. The textbooks are uniformly promulgated by the state, and most of them are based on the Five Classics.

During the period of Song Shenzong, Wang Anshi formulated the three-shed method (inner shed, outer shed and upper shed) for imperial academy. The school will be promoted according to the results every year. When the school performance is excellent, it can be exempted from the national examination and the departmental examination, and special care will be taken. In the Song Dynasty, private schools with academy style prevailed everywhere, mainly because from the Tang Dynasty, the printing industry was developed, the number of books increased, and the educational materials available to the public began to increase. Also, because of the Five Dynasties War, education was interrupted, and people who wanted to learn were generally concentrated around knowledgeable scholars, so the academy was formed. In order to manage private schools in Song Dynasty, the government recognized private schools by giving them "plaques", "books" and "fields", so the academy formed various ways such as private schools, semi-official schools and official schools. In addition, scholars with knowledge and prestige at that time, such as Zhu and Lu Jiuyuan, liked to give lectures in the academy, which enhanced the prestige of private schools in the academy to some extent. Famous academies include Shigu Academy, Bailudong Academy, Songyang Academy, Yuelu Academy, Yingtianfu Academy and Maoshan Academy. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the scale of academies expanded and the number of students increased, which gradually formed another ethos of running schools and studying in society. The college has also changed from an initial teaching place to an academic institution that takes care of research. The Song government was still in Li Qing, Song Renzong for four years (1044), Zongshen Xining for four years (107 1) to Yuanfeng first year (1078) and Huizong Chongning first year (102).

The perfection of the imperial examination system in Song Dynasty also promoted the development of education. The new measures include setting up palace examination, increasing anti-fraud measures, relaxing examination conditions and increasing the number of candidates. The scientific examination in Song Dynasty is divided into three levels: solution examination (state examination), provincial examination (organized by the Ministry of Rites) and palace examination. The solution exam is conducted by all localities, and those who pass the exam can go to Beijing to take the provincial exam. The provincial examination was held in the hospital in Hiran for three days. The palace examination was presided over by the emperor in the palace. In the Song Dynasty, all the palace entrance examinations were awarded to officials, and there was no need for selection by the official department. During the Song Dynasty, there were 1 18 courses. Take more than 20,000 scholars as an example. The fairness of examinations makes the opportunities of civilians equal, thus promoting the mobility of social classes.