Primary education is an undergraduate major in colleges and universities, which belongs to pedagogy. The basic study period is four years, and the degree of education is awarded.

This major trains compound talents with good ideological and moral quality, solid subject knowledge and strong teaching ability, who can engage in education, teaching and management in primary schools.

Primary education and teaching should adhere to the guidance of Marxism, take the development needs of China's national political, economic and cultural construction as the basic principle, take the positioning and characteristics of China's higher education as the reference framework, and take industry standards and social needs as the guidance to cultivate firm and correct political direction and noble moral quality.

Senior professionals with good scientific and humanistic quality, international vision, systematic mastery of basic knowledge, basic theories, basic skills and methods necessary for educational science and this major, strong innovative and entrepreneurial spirit, practical ability of educational entrepreneurship and management ability, and capable of teaching, management and research in educational management institutions at all levels.

The basic academic system is 4 years. Colleges and universities can implement flexible academic system according to the actual situation, allowing adjustment of academic progress, retention of student status, suspension of school, innovation and entrepreneurship, and allowing students to complete their studies within 3-6 years.

Students who meet the requirements of courses and credits specified in the professional training plan, meet the relevant regulations and pass the examination are allowed to graduate. A bachelor's degree in education can be awarded.