Introduction to compulsory education:
Compulsory education is a national education that school-age children and adolescents must accept according to law and is guaranteed by the state, society and family. Its essence is a system of compulsory education for school-age children and adolescents for a certain period of time according to law.
Basic information:
In fact, this is a compulsory education system for school-age children and adolescents according to law. The annual limit is nine years, which is also called nine-year compulsory education. Compulsory education is also called compulsory education and free compulsory education. Compulsory education has the basic characteristics of compulsory, free, universal and secular.
During the Republic of China, it was generally believed that the illiteracy rate was 80%. For example, Chairman Mao proposed in his report "On Coalition Government" in 1945 that it is an important task for new China to eliminate illiteracy among 80% of the population. "New China has just been established, but the central leadership has reached the education level of developed countries in one step, which reflects the firm belief that no matter how poor the country is, it cannot be poor in education.
As a large developing country, China has made great achievements in compulsory education. Since the promulgation of 1986, the compulsory education law has been fully popularized for 25 years. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, it has taken a short period of 10 years to realize the basic balanced development of counties, and the popularization and education quality are among the highest in the world, which has become a miracle in the history of world education.
Historical evolution:
Compulsory education originated in Germany. 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. After the industrial revolution, compulsory education played a role in making people master industrial knowledge, and the time of compulsory education also ranged from the earliest 3 months to 6 months to 6 years, until 9 years. Only by conforming to the scientific development level and height at that time and mastering the basic operation of industrial manufacturing at that time.