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Figure 8.1 Structure of the education system in China
CHAPTER 8 EDUCATION AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
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Figure 8.1
China's Law on Compulsory Education29 stipulates that all children aged 6, regardless of gender, ethnicity, race, family financial status, and religion, are equally entitled to nine years of free, compulsory education, including six years of primary education and three years of junior secondary education. In areas where conditions are inadequate, children can postpone their primary school enrolment to age 7.