China+(MSF)

=Primary=

Begins in general at age 7, though many areas are beginning to start at age 6. Primary education lasts about 5-6 years depending on when students started. The school year lasts for 38 weeks. China has worked in the past two decades to increase enrollment for all school aged students. This has resulted in a 98.6% enrollment in the 9-year compulsory education. The 3 last years of senior secondary education is optional and requires passing an entrance exam.

=Secondary=

__Junior Secondary__

Lasts for about 3 years for students and has an open movement from primary into junior secondary. However, for students to continue into senior secondary, they have to pass an exit/entrance exam. The school year lasts for 39 weeks.

__Senior Secondary__

Lasts for about 3 years and provides students with obligatory and optional courses along with activities. Students are required to take Chinese and Mathematics and basic courses have end-of-term exams. The school year lasts for 40 weeks.

=Tertiary=

//In 2002, there were all together 2003 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), among which 1396 were Regular HEIs and the other 607 were higher education institutions for adults. In 2002, the total number of new entrant admitted by and the total enrollment of the regular HEIs were respectively 3,205,000 and 9,033,600. The total number of new entrant admitted by and the total enrollment of new recruitment and total enrollment of adult higher education institutions were 1,175,000 and 2,223,200. The total number of graduate students newly admitted by HEIs and research institutions was 202,600 among which 38,400 were for PH.D and 164,200 for master's degree. The total enrollment for graduate students was 501,000 in 2002.//

Source: http://www.moe.edu.cn/english/basic_b.htm = = =Human and Financial Resources=


 * see "Education Expenditures" below.

=CIA World Factbook Data comparisons with the US=

Literacy Rate
China's literacy rate is 90.9% with 95.1% for males and 86.5% for females. The US record on the CIA World Factbook shows 99% both for males and females.

School Life Expectancy
China's expected school life is 11 years both for males and females. The US is 15 for males and 16 for females.

Education Expenditures
According to the CIA World Factbook, China spends 1.9% of its GDP on education as of 1999. (NOTE: This may have increased in the past 10 years.) - //**according to the China (JC) page in this wiki, it is now 13%.**//

Internet Users
China has the highest number of internet users (298 million) in the world, but when you factor in the staggering 1.3 billion population, the percentage is 22%. The US is second in the world for numbers of users (231 million) which is 75% of its population.