Ni Huaying (English name: Susan), lecturer in Shaoxing University, China. Exchange teacher at JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Teacher Education College in Spring 2010.

Education in China generally consists of four phases, namely preschool education, primary education, secondary education and high education.

Preschool education is becoming increasingly important in China since we attach more and more importance to the education of this phase, we have a saying that what kind of education a kid of three years old receives decides what kind of person he or she will become in the future. Preschool education is mainly kindergarten of three years: bottom classes for kids from 3-4 years old, middle classes for 4-5, and top classes for 5-6, of course there’re also nursery classes for 2-year-old kid if you prefer. Kids learn how to have good habits and develop them from different aspects. Most of the kindergartens in China are private now, and that’s why we have almost the highest tuition for this part of the education, especially when parents prefer superior kindergarten for their kids. Lue lisää »