Preschool
Education
China develops its preschool education
in various ways, by mobilizing the resources of the whole society.
While local governments run kindergartens, work units, social organizations
and individuals are also encouraged to open kindergartens. Kindergartens
apply the principle of combining child care with education, and
ensure that the infants achieve all-round physical, intellectual,
moral and aesthetic development, providing them with a harmonious
coordination of body and mind. With play as the basic form of activity,
kindergartens create a good environment for learning and provide
the infants with opportunities and conditions to exercise and display
their abilities.
The state has worked out a qualification
and examination system for kindergarten teachers. At present, there
are 67 kindergarten teachers’ schools in China, and the infant education
as an area of study in vocational high schools is considerably well
developed. The Regulations on the Administration of Kindergartens,
the Regulations on the Kindergarten Work, and other laws and regulations
issued by the state have put kindergartens on the road to systematized
scientific development.
