Overview of Chinese Compulsory Education Policy

This book explores the overall landscape of compulsory education policy development in China from multiple perspectives to uncover the stages, features, problems, and suggestions in the Chinese compulsory education system, locally, nationally, and internationally.

In addition, this book also presents specific historical educational policy shifts for policymakers and stakeholders to investigate the compulsory education strategy over the long term.

Key Focus Areas

Specifically, the Chinese compulsory education policy landscape involves investigating changes to the legal environment, management policies, as well as practices for teachers and curriculum and teaching materials.

These discussions contribute to the readers’ comprehensive and systematic understanding of compulsory education policy development in contemporary China.