Primary school is a school where people receive primary formal education. It is an important part of basic education and belongs to nine-year compulsory education.
In 2020, there will be158,000 ordinary primary schools in China. Pupils 18080900, students 107253500. There are 6,434,200 full-time primary school teachers. The net enrollment rate of primary school-age children is 99.96%.
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.