Primary school is a school where people receive primary formal education. It is an important part of basic education and belongs to the category of nine-year compulsory education.
With the development of society, kindergartens have opened in front of it. Generally, 3-6 years old are kindergarten-age children, and 6- 12 years old are primary school-age children. At present, the length of primary education is 6 years (5 years in a few places). After the primary education stage, it is the secondary education stage, that is, from primary school to junior high school (junior high school for short).
In 202 1 year, there were 154300 primary schools in China. Pupils178.258 million, students1080,000. There are 6,600,800 full-time teachers in primary schools. In addition to the characteristics of education, primary education has unique basic characteristics: one is universality, and the other is compulsory.
The primary school stage is dominated by comprehensive courses. Morality and life, Chinese, mathematics, physical education and fine arts (or music and fine arts) are offered in the lower grades of primary schools; Moral and society, Chinese, mathematics, science, foreign languages, comprehensive practical activities, physical education and art (or music and art) are offered in the middle and senior grades of primary schools.
Primary education is generally a six-year system, which is divided into three stages: the first and second grades are called lower grades, the third and fourth grades are called middle grades, and the fifth and sixth grades are called higher grades. 1970 At the beginning, the six-year primary school was changed to a five-year primary school. 1979, the five-year system changed back to the six-year system.
In ancient times, the "primary school" that taught students to read was also called "ignorant learning", which contained two meanings: educational stage and educational place. The main contents of education are literacy, writing and feudal moral education.