中国古代的传统教育,历经几千年,却无循序渐进形成系统的学制,因而没有初中高等级之区分。直到20世纪初,即光绪二十八、九年,清政府先后颁布钦定、奏定两部《学堂章程》,这才正式确定了中国近代历史上最早的新型学制。这个史称《壬寅癸卯学制》规定,7岁(即6周岁)始入学,初等小学堂五年,高等小学堂四年,其上是五年制中学堂,与其并行的是初级师范学堂和中等实业学堂。中学堂之上则是三年制高等学堂或大学预科,皆相当 In ancient China, traditional education lasted for thousands of years without gradual and systematic formation of a system of schooling, so there was no distinction between high school and junior high school. Until the early 20th century, that is, Guangxu twenty-eight, nine years, the Qing government has promulgated a mandate to play two “school constitution”, which formally established the earliest new Chinese modern history system. This history called “Renyin Kuimen academic system” provides that 7-year-old (ie 6 years old) to start school, elementary elementary school for five years, higher primary school for four years, on which is a five-year secondary school, with its parallel primary school And Secondary Industrial School. Above the middle school is a three-year college or college preparatory, are quite