What is the "first degree"?

The so-called "first degree" originally refers to the degree awarded by the First Education Bureau of each province and city, but now it usually refers to the highest degree of general full-time education in the national education series.

The distinction between the first degree and the second degree is originally the product of the planned economy era.

In the past (under the background of planned economy), the superiors of ordinary junior high schools, ordinary senior high schools and ordinary colleges and universities (including ordinary secondary specialized schools) were the first education bureaus of all provinces and cities, and the academic qualifications issued upon graduation were called the first education bureaus;

Other forms of continuing education, such as adult high schools, higher education self-study exams, adult college entrance examinations, etc. The second education bureaus of all provinces and cities are responsible for the granting of academic qualifications called second academic qualifications, which refers to the academic qualifications obtained through this part-time learning form.

The first education and the second education are two kinds of education at the same level.

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Education category

As far as China's education system is concerned, China's academic qualifications can be divided into:

1, primary school, junior high school, compulsory education, basic education, high school (with the improvement of China's development level, it is estimated that by 2020, high school education will be basically popularized);

2. Technical schools, vocational high schools and higher vocational schools belong to vocational education; Educate the educated in professional knowledge, skills and professional ethics necessary for engaging in a certain occupation or productive labor.

3. Secondary specialized schools, secondary normal schools, junior colleges (junior colleges) and undergraduate courses belong to professional education. The education he received was mainly based on the professional knowledge he taught. Admission requires unified recruitment, and graduation requires a dispatch card (registration card).

4. Postgraduates, including master students and doctoral students.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-First Degree