In China, the current basic education includes preschool education (generally 3-5 years old), compulsory education (generally 6- 15 years old), high school education (generally 16- 19 years old) and literacy education.
Basic education is a national quality education for all students. Its fundamental purpose is to improve the quality of the whole nation and lay a solid foundation for all school-age children and adolescents to study for life and participate in social life. Basic education plays an overall, basic and leading role in improving the quality of the Chinese nation, cultivating talents at all levels and promoting socialist modernization.
China's preschool education is an important part of China's education, and its form is mainly urban kindergartens, with three-year system and one-year or two-year system. There are full-time, half-day, boarding and timing systems. In rural areas, preschool is the main form, but with the continuous development of society, many kindergartens have been established in rural areas.
Kindergarten implements the principle of combining conservation with education, and educates children in all-round development of body, intelligence, morality and beauty, so as to ensure the harmonious development of children's body and mind and make good preparations before entering school. Educational activities in kindergartens are purposeful, planned and multiform processes to guide children's active development. Kindergarten takes games as the basic activity content, creates a good environment suitable for education, and provides opportunities and conditions for children to live and express their abilities.