Nine Year Compulsory Education Policy in China

Maojia Sun

OAI: oai:igi-global.com:315580 • DOI: 10.4018/IJCDLM.315580

The education system in China has brought many benefits to Chinese education through decades of continuous reform and development. This is because many of China's education policies have shaped the Chinese education system as it is today. It reflects a global trend in education. Education in China is different from that of other countries. This article will select the Chinese specific education policy - nine-year compulsory education - as the subject of the evaluation analysis, describing the development, policy formulation such as background, objectives and implementation, and the main target groups. The needs, objectives and content of the nine years of compulsory education will be analysed. Using the SWOT analysis of the policy, it will also be necessary to develop some elements of the policy that can be improved as recommendations (expected impact of improvement measures).