Primary school is a school where people receive primary formal education and an important part of basic education. With the development of society, kindergartens have opened in front of it. Generally, children aged 6- 12 are of primary school age, and the length of primary school education at this stage is 6 years (or 5 years in a few places). The primary education stage is followed by the secondary education stage. Primary schools are included in nine-year compulsory education, and primary education is free of charge.

In 20 17, there were 18 1 10,000 ordinary primary schools nationwide, a decrease of 0.3 million over the previous year. The national primary school enrollment was17.526 million, an increase of 235,000 over the previous year, with an increase of1.5%; Among them, urban primary schools enrolled 7.653 million students, an increase of 440,000, an increase of 9.3%. The number of primary school students was 9,965,438+3,000, an increase of 2.208 million or 2.3%.

In ancient times, the "primary school" that taught students to read was also called "ignorant learning", which contained two meanings: educational stage and educational place. The main contents of education are literacy, writing and feudal moral education. Textbooks generally include Qiu Meng, Saint Amethyst, Hundred Family Names, Qian Wen Zi and Four Books. There is no fixed number of years. Take individual teaching and pay attention to recitation and practice. Students who are studying are also called "initiation".

Modern schools and education systems were introduced to China by western missionaries.

/kloc-At the end of 0/9 and the beginning of the 20th century, He Ziyuan, Qiu and other founders of modern education in China successfully introduced western learning (American education), established new schools, and brought civilian education into the vision of the Qing court. Under the pressure of this situation, the Qing government had to carry out educational reform. At the end of 1905, a new academic system was promulgated, the imperial examination system was abolished, and new schools were popularized throughout the country. In Xuantongyuan year (1909), after the local imperial examination really stopped, western learning gradually became the main form of school education.