The classification of education, primary school, middle school and higher school refer to primary school, middle school and university respectively, and the secondary classification is primary, intermediate and advanced.

Primary education is basic education, which refers to primary school; Divided into three levels, primary education refers to the first and second grades; Secondary education refers to the third and fourth grades; Higher education refers to the fifth and sixth grades. In the past, there were primary schools, junior high schools and senior high schools, which respectively referred to primary schools 1-2, 3-4 and 5-6 grades of education.

Secondary education refers to secondary education, which is divided into junior middle school (junior high school) and senior middle school (senior high school);

Higher education refers to college and university education, which is no longer divided into intermediate and advanced education. In professional education, there are differences between secondary professional education and higher professional education. Higher professional education and higher vocational education are managed by the Higher Vocational Education Department of the Ministry of Education.

In senior secondary education, it is divided into secondary professional education, secondary vocational education and secondary technical education. These three types of education, like high school education, are counted as high school education qualifications. It is usually called high school education, but it is different from high school education in secondary vocational education.