School – The Chinese School System
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Students begin
school when they are 12 years old.
The school year is divided into
of 21 weeks.
There are
weeks of holidays during the summer months.
A typical school day is about
hours long.
and Science are the most important subjects for exams.
Students must take the Zhong Kao
at the end of their last year of junior secondary school.
They must do well in the exam if they want to attend a good
school.
Senior secondary school students must take the national Gao Kao exam to
.
About
students take the three-day Gao Kao exam every summer.
