Students have to complete both the primary school program and the junior middle-school program. Higher education is only for those students who have passed examinations of all levels. Student must pass the entrance examination for senior middle schools or middle-level technical schools. Higher Education Higher education in China is to train specialists for all the sectors of the country's development. Admission University admission is operated on a centralized enrolment system, in which admissions committees at the provincial level are under the Ministry of Education.
Admission is granted on the basis of academic, physical and moral qualifications.
Special allowances are made for minority nationality and overseas Chinese candidates. The nationwide examinations are held in the first ten days of July. They apply for the institutions and departments they wish to enter in order of preference. Enrolment is determined by the examination results. Brief investigation into their social behavior and moral character is conducted before students are admitted.