Ordinary high school is an ordinary high school, called gaopu for short. It belongs to the category of senior secondary education schools and is used to distinguish secondary schools, vocational schools and technical schools.
Ordinary high school is the main body and basic component of senior secondary education in China, and it is a higher education institution after the end of nine-year compulsory education in China. It connects junior high school and university, and the educational system is generally three years.
On July 5, 2022, at the press conference held by the Ministry of Education today, the relevant person in charge introduced that in order to overcome the tendency of "only scores" and "only entering higher schools", ordinary high schools have basically established an evaluation system for the quality of running schools, with the direction of running schools, curriculum teaching, teacher development, school management and student development as important evaluation contents.
Key indicators and assessment points have been defined, and a scientific evaluation system oriented to the development of quality education has been established, giving full play to the guiding role of quality evaluation in deepening the reform of education and teaching, and promoting the continuous improvement of the quality of running ordinary high schools.
Ordinary senior high school education is a basic education for the public based on nine-year compulsory education, which further improves the quality of the people. It is a universal and basic non-compulsory education. Ordinary senior high school is the late or advanced stage of secondary education, which adapts to the dual nature of "secondary education" according to levels and "general education" according to categories.
It is a transitional stage for students to enter higher education schools or society, a basic education, an education for the general public and an important part of lifelong education.