Education systems in UK and China

Levels of Education systems:

Pre-school and nursery education in UK is similar with kindergarten inChina. This level is for the children which ages range from zero to five. Children are being taken care of for their parents, play together or sleep together. However, kindergartens in China also teach children with basic knowledge which preparing for primary school level. Meanwhile, in UK, there are reception classes in primary schools as foundation stage.

The rest parts of education system in UK include primary Education, secondary Education and tertiary education. While education system in China is classified as primary, junior, senior and tertiary education. There is no extral levels of studying for Chinese students befor they enter a college.

Every student need to finish the senior level in order to get their High School diploma, and inevitably experience the most rigorous exam in their life-University entrance examination. However, in UK, the students which like to start higher education need to study two more years than students prefer to have a job. In that two years, students focus on the subjects their have choosen, and whereby their final resuls-"A" Levels and GCSE to enter higher education system.

It is easier for students to get into universities in UK than in China, because of competitive the quota of students. However, it is easier for students to graduate from Universities in China than in UK.

School Terms：there are three school terms in UK, Winter, Spring, and Summer. While we have only two in China, Winter and Summer.

Open Universities in UK are quite similar with those in China, which set up courses for people to do part-time study in a more flexible way.

Another similarity between these two education systems is private schools. Private schools are expensive, however there are still some parents like to send their children to private schools in order to get a better education. Teaching resource, teaching facilities are Campus Environment are always being considered. On the contrary, some people think that it is useless for children to study in private schools, there is not that much difference.