Primary school is a school where people receive primary formal education. It is an important part of basic education and belongs to nine-year compulsory education.
With the development of society, kindergartens have opened in front of it. Generally, children aged 6- 12 are of primary school age, and the length of primary school education at this stage is 6 years (or 5 years in a few places). After the primary education stage, it is the secondary education stage, that is, from primary school to junior high school (junior high school for short).
Measures to reduce the burden on primary schools:
According to the CCTV news client, the Ministry of Education held a press conference on August 30th, 2002 to introduce the education and teaching of primary and secondary schools in autumn.
In order to effectively reduce students' test pressure, the Ministry of Education issued the Notice on Strengthening the Examination Management in Compulsory Education Schools, which put forward the requirements of accurately grasping the examination function, greatly reducing the number of examinations, rationally using the examination results, and improving the evaluation of the learning process. The examination in compulsory education stage mainly plays the functions of teaching diagnosis, improving and strengthening teaching and evaluating teaching quality. Except for the junior high school level exam, other exams have no screening and selection function.
The "Notice" clarifies that paper and pencil examinations will no longer be conducted in the first and second grades of primary schools, and the final examinations will be organized by the school every semester in other grades.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Primary School