在中國，小學教育需要花費12年的時間來完成，分為小學、初中和高中三個階段。小學教育持續5年或6年。在初中階段，大多數學生上3年制初中，極少數上4年制。幾乎98%的學生在前一種學校入學。在小學和初中的9年教育屬于義務教育。普通高中教育持續3年時間，在整個義務教育階段，學生要求在每學期未參加期末考試。

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　　In China, primary and secondary education takes 12 years to complete, divided into primary, junior secondary and senior secondary stages. Primary education lasts either five or six years. At junior secondary stage, most have three-year schooling with any part of four-year. Almost 98 percent of students are enrolled in the former schools. The nine-year schooling in primary and junior secondary schools belongs to compulsory education. General senior secondary education lasts for three years. Throughout the whole process of compulsory education, students are required to take final examinations at the end of each semester.