What are the stages of basic education?

The basic education in China includes three stages: preschool education, primary education and general secondary education (junior high school and senior high school). Basic education is implemented under the macro guidance of the state, and is mainly managed by local governments at different levels. At present, China's basic education includes preschool education (generally 3-5 years old), compulsory education (generally 6- 15 years old), high school education (generally 16- 19 years old) and literacy education. Basic education covers compulsory education in primary and junior high schools, and has the characteristics of universality, publicity and compulsion.

The nature of compulsory education:

1. Public welfare, the so-called public welfare, is clearly defined as "no tuition and fees". Public welfare and freedom are linked. For example, Article 2 of the revised Compulsory Education Law stipulates that the state implements a nine-year compulsory education system. Compulsory education is a compulsory education for all school-age children and adolescents and a public welfare undertaking that the state must guarantee. The implementation of compulsory education, free of tuition and fees. The state establishes a mechanism to guarantee the funds for compulsory education to ensure the implementation of the compulsory education system.

2. Unity, unity is a concept throughout. From beginning to end, the new law emphasizes the implementation of national unified compulsory education, including the formulation of unified teaching material setting standards, teaching standards, funding standards, construction standards, student public funding standards and so on. These contents related to unification are all reflected in the revision of laws in different forms.

3. Compulsory, compulsory is also called compulsory. It is the obligation of schools, parents and society to let school-age children and adolescents receive compulsory education. Whoever violates this obligation will be regulated by law. If parents don't send their students to school, they should bear the responsibility; Schools do not accept school-age children and adolescents to go to school, and schools should bear the responsibility; The government does not provide corresponding conditions, but it must also be regulated by law.