China

AME EDUCATION

SECTOR PROFILE

Education Structure

China

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, World Bank EdStats

Education System Structure and Enrollments 2007

Education Structure

Education Configuration and Enrollments % Gross

Enrollments

Classification Level/Grade Ages 2007

Pre-primary Pre-school 4-6 42%

Pre-university

Primary, grades 1-6 7-12 112%

Lower Secondary, grades 7-9 12-15 96%

Upper secondary, grades 10-12 15-18 60%

TVET Secondary 15-18 17%

Tertiary

2 year degree 18-22

22%*4 year degree 18-20

Advanced 18-22

* Includes all categories of post-secondary.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics

•Compulsory education in China is from ages 6-14.•China does not calculate net enrollments.

China

Education Access: Pre-university

China

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics

•In China, primary enrollments have apparently stopped growing. •Secondary enrollments, except for technical-vocational education, are growing strongly.

Education Access: Tertiary

China

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, World Bank EdStats

•Tertiary enrollment has increased 15% since 2000.•Almost half of tertiary education students in China attend a technical vocational course of study.

Education Access: Gender

China

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics

•Girls enroll equally in pre-university education.•The gender parity index for the combined primary and secondary gross enrollment ratio is 1.0.

Education Quality: Completion

China

Source: World Bank EdStats

All Chinese children complete primary education.

Education Efficiency: Expenditure

Source: World Development Indicators

China

Information on government education spending is dated.

Education Efficiency: Repetition

Source: UNESCO institute for Staitstics

China

• Primary repetition rate was 0.2% in 2007.

• The secondary repetition rate was classified by UNESCO as of a ‘magnitude that is nil or negligible’.