Education Beijing

Chinese schools focus on preparing students for the extremely competitive entry exams for middle school, high school and university.

The curriculum is strongly orientated towards reading and writing Chinese, lots of mathematics and memorizing large amounts of textbook information.
Education is compulsory for the first nine years with six years at primary school and three years at secondary school. Children start primary school at five and a half years old and attend school for 5 days a week. The school year is nine and a half months long. Students in city schools attend school all day, whereas in the country school hours are more flexible, often only half a day long.


Photography by Russell Uebergang