2. CHINA
Full name: People's Republic of China
Region: East Asia.
Population: 1.375 billion
Capital: Beijing.
Area: 9,597,000 sq km.
Language: Mandarin
Currency: Yuan
President: Xi Jinping
3. SOME FACTS ABOUT EDUCATION IN CHINA
Chinas literacy rate is 95.1%.
Male literacy rate is 97.5%
Female literacy rate is 92.7%.
Criteria is that individual of age 15 can read and write.
Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 that
can read, write and understand a simple statement on their
everyday life.
9 years of education is free and compulsory in China.
4. AGE BREAKDOWN OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM
Age 3-5 Pre-school or play group, kindergarten etc
6-10 Primary education till 1 grade to five
11-14 Elementary education till 6 grade to 8th grade
15-16 Secondary education grade 9th &10th
17-18 Higher secondary or intermediate grade 11th & 12
18-22 (Or even more) Higher Education
6. PRE SCHOOL
Age 3-5.
This was a target of education reform in 1985.
The students are mostly engaged in activities rather than studying
7. PRIMARY EDUCATION
Under the Law on Nine-Year Compulsory Education, primary schools
were to be tuition-free and reasonably located for the convenience of
children attending them
Parents paid a small fee per term for books and other expenses such as
transportation, food, and heating.
Under the education reform, students from poor families received
stipends, and state enterprises, institutions, and other sectors of society
were encouraged to establish their own schools.
Compulsory subjects include: Moral Education, Chinese Language,
Mathematics, Social Studies, Natural Science, Physical Education, Music,
Arts, and Labor Services.
8. SENIOR EDUCATION
Junior secondary - known as (junior) middle school education, it consists
the last three years of nine years compulsory education.
Senior secondary - refers to three years high school (or called senior
middle school) education, as from grade 10 to grade 12.
Compulsory 13 Subjects: Politics, Chinese Language, Mathematics, Foreign
Language, History, Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Physical
Education, Music, Art, and Household Skills.
9. MEDIUM-LEVEL OCCUPATIONAL AND POLYTECHNIC EDUCATION
Composed of:
medium-level professional schools,
polytechnic schools,
occupational middle schools,
short term occupational and technical training programs of various
forms.
10. COMMON HIGHER EDUCATION
Junior College or Senior Secondary usually last 2-3 years
Bachelor this program last 4 years (medical and some
engineering and technical programs 5 years)
Masters - 2~3 years
Doctoral Degree Programs 3 years.
11. GAOKAO OR COLLEGE EDUCATION ENTRANCE EXAM
In China, applying to college is about one thing and one thing
only: the Gaokao (The National Higher Education Entrance
Examination)
Determines whether a student will or will not go to college
Held at the end of the school year.
Test Includes: Chinese language and literature, Mathematics, A
foreign language (often English)
12. ADULT EDUCATION OR LIFELONG EDUCATION
Schooling Education
Anti-illiteracy education
Other programs oriented to adult groups
13. TEACHER EDUCATION
Teacher education in China is 100 years old.
In 1896 the first teacher education institute, normal school was
founded in China.
The school offered mathematics, chemistry and physics. Besides,
students also had to learn science education, botany, mineralogy,
geography and foreign language.
In the life of the institute total 71 students graduated in total. In
1903 the school was closed.
14. TEACHER EDUCATION
In 1949, after the independence the normal school were started
once again to meet the needs of the new setup.
That time there were two teacher education institutions for
educating secondary school teachers during 1922-1937: Beijing
Normal University, Beijing Womens Normal University.
Afterward they adopted the system of teacher education of
Russia. Currently teacher education provided by universities.
Teacher education is come under the provincial government.
15. CURRENT MODEL OF TEACHER EDICATION
Under Graduate Model:
2+2 model: 1st-2nd academic Year: subject knowledge studying; 3rd-4th
academic Year: teaching skill training.
2.5+1.5 model: first 2.5 years: emphasizing on subject theory learning
(including some teaching practice); last 1.5 years: focusing on teaching
training, practical training is the key point.
3+1 model: 1st-3rd academic Year: subject knowledge and education
theory studying; 4th academic Year: teaching
practice
16. CURRENT MODEL OF TEACHER EDUCATION
Postgraduate Level Model:
4+2 model: 1st-4th academic Year: subject knowledge studying
(Bachelor of the subject); 5th-6th academic Year: teaching skill
training (Master of education).
Professional Development:
360 days training in every five years career.
17. CURRENT SITUATION OF TEACHER EDUCATION
Teaching profession is respectable profession in China.
Annual Teachers day on 10th September
1993 Act: Teachers must be respected by the society
This Law stated the teachers rights and responsibilities.
18. PLANNING & MANAGEMENT
Ministry of Education (MOE) of the People's Republic of China is
the agency of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
that regulates all aspects of the educational system in mainland
China, including compulsory basic education, vocational education,
and tertiary education.
Centralized education system.
Five years planning, currently working 13th five year plan
Currently MOE manages 32 educational organization and 78
universities.
20. FINANCING OF EDUCATION
The education system in China is funded by a number of sources.
Government appropriations are the major source of funding.
Government appropriations are comprised of budgetary and non-budgetary funds, of which budgetary
funds are the main component.
Budgetary funds, or public expenditure on education, include funds from both the education sector and other
sectors.
Non-budgetary funds include taxes for education levied by local government, educational funds from
enterprises and other funds that belong to government appropriations.
Additional financial sources for education include tuition fees, donations and fundraising.
Other than government appropriation for education, private organizations and individuals are the principal
sources of funding for schools run by these organizations or individuals.
China spent nearly 4.3 trillion Yuan ($675.3 billion) on education in 2017.
an increase of 9.43 percent from 2016, according to preliminary statistics released by the Ministry of
Education
Its 4% of the GDP.