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Equality of Opportunity in Education and Training - Compulsory Education Law - China

Compulsory Education Law of the People's Republic of China of 12 April 1986.

Article 5 of this Law states that all children who have reached the age of six must enroll in school and receive compulsory education for the prescribed number of years, regardless of sex.


Updated by TE. Approved by GT. Last update: 14 March 2005.