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What is the definition of formal school education?
Formal education refers to purposeful education provided by educational institutions (schools) recognized by the education department.

formal education

formal education

It is organized, planned and carried out step by step by full-time staff, with the direct goal of affecting students' physical and mental development. It has certain admission conditions and prescribed graduation standards, usually in the classroom (classroom) environment, using prescribed syllabus and teaching materials, and has the characteristics of unity, continuity, standardization and institutionalization. Its characteristics are: a fixed school building, a stable education cycle, a unified academic system and personnel training objectives, and a fixed number of teachers and students. Formal education is equivalent to academic education in current school education.