In addition to the characteristics of education, primary education has unique basic characteristics: first, universality; The second is mandatory; The third is comprehensiveness. Nine-year compulsory education is implemented in China, and examinations are no longer conducted when primary schools are promoted to junior high schools.
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, 6- 12 children are of primary school age. At present, the length of primary education is 6 years, and in some places it is still 5 years. The primary education stage is followed by the secondary education stage.
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educational system
Six-year system
Primary education is generally a six-year system, which is divided into three stages: the first and second grades are called lower grades, the third and fourth grades are called middle grades, and the fifth and sixth grades are called higher grades. At the beginning of 1970, based on the concept of "education should be revolutionized and the length of schooling should be shortened", the six-year primary school system was changed to five-year primary school system. 1979, the five-year system changed back to the six-year system.
Five-year system
265438+At the beginning of the 20th century, some areas carried out experiments to implement five-year primary education. For example, in Ningbo, Shandong and other places, in 2006, the "May 4th Academic System" was piloted in some schools, with five years in primary school and four years in junior high school. Jining and other places still use the May 4th academic system.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-primary school