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How many years of junior high school in Shanghai
The length of compulsory education in Shanghai is 5 plus 4, that is, 5-year primary school +4 junior high school.

Compulsory education is a compulsory education for all school-age children and adolescents and a public welfare undertaking that the state must guarantee. The quality of compulsory education is related to the healthy growth of hundreds of millions of children, the development of the country and the future of the nation.

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.

The significance of compulsory education;

(1) 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.

(2) Compulsory education has always been the top priority of China's educational reform and development.

(3) Compulsory education is a basic public service for all school-age children and adolescents, and it is the legal responsibility of the government to provide basically balanced compulsory education. Every school-age child should enjoy equal opportunities to receive qualified and quality compulsory education.

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