How many years are there in Chinese primary and high school education?
China has a nationwide system of public education. It includes primary schools, middle schools (high scool) and universities. Nine years of education is compulsory for all Chinese students. It is six years of primary school and three years of junior high school. What is the division of primary and high school education? Primary students start at age of six or seven, followed by another six years of secondary education from ages of 12 to 18. At this level, there are three years of junior high school and three years of senior high school. How many years are for universities? Normally students have to spend four years in university. Medical students will spend one year longer. There are many kinds of examinations in China. What are they? Firstly, it is chu kao (junior high school entrance examination). Students are admitted to different schools according to their results of the chu kao. There are key schools which are the best in the provinces. There are second best schools which are the
