This paper discusses the development trend of modern education system from four aspects: strengthening preschool education and attaching importance to the connection with primary education; Strengthen the popularization of compulsory education and extend the period of compulsory education; General education and vocational education are developing in the direction of mutual penetration; The types of higher education are diversified.

1. Strengthen preschool education and attach importance to the connection with primary education;

Many countries have incorporated preschool education into the national education system and attached importance to the connection with primary education.

2, strengthen the popularization of compulsory education, extend the compulsory education period:

/kloc-at the end of 0/9, some countries in Europe and America began to implement compulsory primary education and gradually extended the years of compulsory education. At present, more than two-thirds of the countries in the world implement a nine-year or more compulsory education system.

3. General education and vocational education are developing in the direction of mutual penetration;

General education is mainly a school education with the purpose of entering a higher school and basic scientific knowledge as the main teaching content, while vocational education is a school education with the goal of employment and the knowledge and skills of engaging in a certain occupation or productive labor as the main teaching content. After World War II, there has been a trend of professionalization of general education and popularization of vocational education.

4. The types of higher education are increasingly diversified:

With the richness and diversity of social life and the popularization of higher education, the traditional single academic university has gradually changed. It is also varied in form, content, admission purpose and evaluation method.