The religious leader Martin Luther was the first person to put forward the concept of compulsory education. After the victory of reform, in order to enable people to learn the Bible, Luther promulgated the compulsory education law. 16 19, the School Law promulgated by the German Weimar Principality stipulated that parents should send their children aged 6~ 12 to school, which is the earliest compulsory education. From 1763 to 18 19, Germany has basically improved the laws and regulations on compulsory education.

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Compulsory education is a universal, compulsory and free school education for all school-age children and adolescents according to law. It is the basis of improving national quality and the starting point of realizing social equity. Receiving compulsory education is the basic right of citizens, implementing compulsory education is an important duty of the government, and supporting compulsory education is the common task of the whole society.

Compulsory education has always been the top priority of China's educational reform and development. At the beginning of this century, China achieved the goal of popularizing nine-year compulsory education, and first solved the problem of "education" for school-age children and adolescents according to law. After compulsory education is fully popularized and free, the state clearly regards the balanced development of compulsory education as the top priority of compulsory education, and strives to achieve the goal of "good study" for all school-age children and adolescents.