Overview of Nongovernmental Schools

Abstract

Since the 1980s, along with the deepening of China's reform and open policy, education, like the economy, has shown pluralistic, developmental characteristics in the area of school systems. Nongovernmental schools established by the people began to grow. Since entering the 1990s, in particular, the development of such schools has broken through the 1980s mode which focused on nonregular education such as vocational and technical education. Along with the formation of the socialist market economic system and society's multilevel needs in education, the field has responded with multilevel development. Currently, nongovernmental schools have expanded to the preschool, secondary, and higher educational levels.