Article 1. This Law is formulated, in accordance with the Constitution and the actual conditions in China, for the purpose of promoting elementary Article 2. The state shall institute a system of nine-year compulsory education. The authorities of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities Article 3. In compulsory education, the state policy on education must be implemented to improve the quality of instruction and enable children Article 4. The state, the community, schools and families shall, in accordance with the law, safeguard the right to compulsory education of Article 5. All children who have reached the age of six shall enroll in school and receive compulsory education for the prescribed number of Article 6. Schools shall promote the use of Putonghua (common speech based on Beijing pronunciation), which is in common use throughout the Schools in which the majority of students are of minority nationalities may use the spoken and written languages of those nationalities Article 7. Compulsory education shall be divided into two stages: primary school education and junior middle school education. Once primary Article 8. Under the leadership of the State Council, local authorities shall assume responsibility for compulsory education, and it shall The department in charge of education under the State Council shall, in accordance with the needs of the socialist modernization and Article 9. Local people’s governments at various levels shall establish primary schools and junior middle schools at such locations that children Local people’s governments shall establish special schools (or classes) for children and adolescents who are blind, deaf-mute or retarded. The state shall encourage enterprises, institutions and other segments of society to establish schools of the types prescribed by Appropriate facilities for compulsory education must be included in the plans for construction and development of both urban and rural Article 10. The state shall not charge tuition for students receiving compulsory education. The state shall establish a system of grants-in-aid to support the school attendance of poor students. Article 11. When children have reached school age, their parents or guardians shall send them to school to receive compulsory education for If, on account of illness or other special circumstances, school-age children or adolescents need to postpone enrollment or be exempted No organization or individual shall employ school-age children or adolescents who should receive compulsory education. Article 12. The State Council and the local people’s governments at various levels shall be responsible for raising funds for the operating State appropriations for compulsory education shall increase at a faster rate than regular state revenues, and the average expenditure In accordance with the provisions of the State Council, the local people’s governments at various levels shall levy a surtax for education, The state shall subsidize those areas that are unable to introduce compulsory education because of financial difficulties. The state shall encourage individuals and all segments of society to make donations to help develop education. The state shall assist areas inhabited by minority nationalities to implement compulsory education by providing them with teachers Article 13. The state shall take measures to strengthen and develop normal schools and colleges in order to accelerate the training of teachers, The state shall establish a system to test the qualifications of teachers and shall issue qualification certificates to those who All graduates of normal schools and colleges must engage in educational work, as required by the relevant regulations. The state shall Article 14. Teachers should be respected by the public. The state shall safeguard the teachers’ lawful rights and interests, and take measures Teachers should be committed to the cause of socialist education, endeavour to raise their own ideological and cultural levels as Article 15. The local people’s governments at various levels must create conditions for all school-age children and adolescents to enrol in In cases where organizations or individuals employ school-age children or adolescents for work, the local people’s governments shall Article 16. No organization or individual may appropriate, withhold or misuse funds earmarked for compulsory education, disrupt order in education, It shall be forbidden to insult or assault teachers. It shall be forbidden to inflict physical punishment on students. No one may make use of religion to engage in activities which interfere with the implementation of compulsory education. Persons who violate the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs shall be subject to administrative sanctions or penalties depending Article 17. The department in charge of education under the State Council shall, in accordance with this Law, formulate rules for its implementation, The standing committees of the people’s congresses of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Article 18. This law shall go into effect as of July 1, 1986.
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