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    China has the largest educational system in the world with over 200 million students attending public schools and 9 million teachers. The educational system is highly centralized and standardized, with uniform subject matter and instructional content. It consists of 6 years of primary school, 6 years of high school, and another 6 years of higher education, typically at universities. After junior high school, students take a locally administered exam to determine admission to senior high school, which focuses on subjects like Chinese, math, science, and technology to prepare graduates for university admission.

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    China has the largest educational system in the world with over 200 million students attending public schools and 9 million teachers. The educational system is highly centralized and standardized, with uniform subject matter and instructional content. It consists of 6 years of primary school, 6 years of high school, and another 6 years of higher education, typically at universities. After junior high school, students take a locally administered exam to determine admission to senior high school, which focuses on subjects like Chinese, math, science, and technology to prepare graduates for university admission.

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    China has the largest educational system in the world with over 200 million students attending public schools and 9 million teachers. The educational system is highly centralized and standardized, with uniform subject matter and instructional content. It consists of 6 years of primary school, 6 years of high school, and another 6 years of higher education, typically at universities. After junior high school, students take a locally administered exam to determine admission to senior high school, which focuses on subjects like Chinese, math, science, and technology to prepare graduates for university admission.

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    China has the largest educational system in the world with over 200 million students attending public schools and 9 million teachers. The educational system is highly centralized and standardized, with uniform subject matter and instructional content. It consists of 6 years of primary school, 6 years of high school, and another 6 years of higher education, typically at universities. After junior high school, students take a locally administered exam to determine admission to senior high school, which focuses on subjects like Chinese, math, science, and technology to prepare graduates for university admission.

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    EDUCATION IN

    CHINA

    China
    Most populous country
    Over 200 million students
    attending public schools
    9 million teachers in the
    elementary, junior and senior high
    Largest educational system in the
    world

    Educational System
    Entered a new era of deep
    transformation after 1949
    Vital for centralization and
    unification
    Highly centralized
    Subject matter and instructional
    contents are uniform

    Educational System
    Primary grade = first 6 years
    High school = another 6 years
    Higher Education = another 6 years
    40-60 students per class
    2 versions of the National
    University Entrance Examination

    Primary Grade
    Two semesters
    38 weeks of teaching and 13
    weeks of holiday
    Development of cognitive skills
    9 primary school subjects

    Junior High school


    3 4 years course study
    13 subjects

    After completing junior


    secondary education, students
    would take a locally administered
    entrance exam

    Senior High school


    3 years of education
    Major curriculum topics:
    Chinese & Foreign Language
    Mathematics
    Information technology
    Physics, Chemistry and Biology

    Graduates are admitted to


    university

    Higher Education
    HEIs (two types):
    Short-cycle colleges
    Regular Universities

    Quota System

    Sources
    The Teaching Profession by Bilbao,
    Corpuz, Llagas, Salandanan
    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/
    magazine/inside-a-chinese-test-prepfactory.html?_r=0
    https://www.kpmg.de/docs/
    Education-in-China-201011.pdf

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