Among them, preschool education, also known as preschool education, generally refers to the planned education of preschool children according to certain training objectives and children's physical and mental characteristics, which is the preparatory stage and basic stage of school education in China.
Primary education, also known as primary education, lasts for 5 to 6 years, and its task is to provide basic education in all aspects of morality, intelligence and physical education for children aged 6 to 12.
Secondary education is a secondary general education and vocational education that continues to be implemented on the basis of primary education, and occupies an important position in the whole school education system. It is divided into two stages: junior high school education and senior high school education. The study period is 3 years each, or 4 years in junior high school and 3 years in senior high school. The education targets are mainly teenagers and young people from 12 to 18. The institutions that implement general secondary education are junior high schools and senior high schools. The institutions that implement vocational education are primary vocational schools, vocational high schools, secondary specialized schools and technical schools.
Higher education is the highest stage of school education, a professional education based on secondary education, and also marks the highest development level of culture, science and technology and education in a country. The Higher Education Law stipulates: "The task of higher education is to cultivate senior professionals with innovative spirit and practical ability, develop science, technology and culture, and promote socialist modernization."