Regulations on continuing education of primary and secondary school teachers
Education Decree No.7 of the People's Republic of China
1999 September
These Provisions shall be implemented as of the date of promulgation.
2. The continuing education of primary and secondary school teachers is divided into non-academic education and academic education.
(1) Non-academic education includes:
New teacher training: training new teachers to meet the needs of education and teaching during the probation period. The training time should be no less than 120 hours.
On-the-job training for teachers: training designed for teachers to adapt to job requirements. The training time is not less than 240 hours every five years.
Training of backbone teachers: according to the requirements of education and teaching backbone and higher standards for existing backbone teachers, we will train promising young and middle-aged teachers.
(2) Academic education: training teachers with qualified academic qualifications to improve their academic level.