The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China is a cabinet-level department under the
State Council State Council may refer to:
Government
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responsible for
basic education
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), basic education comprises the two stages primary education and lower secondary education.
Universal basic education
Basic education featured heavily in the 1997 ISCED ...
,
vocational education
Vocational education is education that prepares people to work as a technician or to take up employment in a skilled craft or trade as a tradesperson or artisan. Vocational Education can also be seen as that type of education given to an in ...
,
higher education
Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after compl ...
, and other educational affairs across the country.
The Ministry of Education also acts as a funder for most of the national public universities and colleges in China. The ministry also accredits
tertiary institutions,
curriculum
In education, a curriculum (; plural, : curricula or curriculums) is broadly defined as the totality of student experiences that occur in the educational process. The term often refers specifically to a planned sequence of instruction, or to ...
, and
school teachers.
It is headquartered in
Xicheng, Beijing.
The Ministry of Education was established in 1949 as the Ministry of Education of the Central People's Government, and was renamed the State Education Commission of the People's Republic of China from 1985 to 1998. Its current title was assigned during the restructuring of the State Council in 1998.
History
The Ministry of Education was one of the first Government Administration Council departments created when the People's Republic of China was founded in October 1949. The work of the ministry was overseen by the Culture and Education Commission that was created at the same time. On October 19, writer and poet
Guo Moruo
Guo Moruo (; November 16, 1892 – June 12, 1978), courtesy name Dingtang (), was a Chinese author, poet, historian, archaeologist, and government official.
Biography
Family history
Guo Moruo, originally named Guo Kaizhen, was born on November ...
was made the director of the commission, and linguist
Ma Xulun was made the first education minister of the People's Republic of China.
List of Education Ministers
See also
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Education in China
Education in China is primarily managed by the state-run public education system, which falls under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Education. All citizens must attend school for a minimum of nine years ...
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List of universities and colleges in Beijing
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List of universities in China
This article is a non-comprehensive list of universities in China, which is defined as the People's Republic of China (PRC) in mainland China, as well as the Hong Kong and Macau SARs.
By September 2021, there were 3,012 colleges and universit ...
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English Medium Medical Schools
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Ministries of the People's Republic of China
The executive branch of the central government of the People's Republic of China, the 13th State Council, is currently made up of 26 Constituent Departments of the State Council ().
The 26 cabinet-level executive departments are:
* 21 ministrie ...
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Guozijian
The Guozijian,Yuan, 194. sometimes translated as the Imperial College, Imperial Academy, Imperial University, National Academy, or National University, was the national central institution of higher learning in Chinese dynasties after the S ...
References
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