WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT CHINA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was education like in ancient China?
A
Everyone was forced to get a good education
B
Education was not important at that time
C
Education was controlled by the father
D
Only boys were educated
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Prior to 1949, China faced a stark literacy rate of only 15 to 25 percent, as well as lacking educational facilities with minimal national curricular goals.

Detailed explanation-2: -The imperial education and examination system in China is estimated to have been founded as early as the Han dynasty (206 BCE to 220 CE), and is strongly based on meritocratic ideals that persist in Chinese education to this day.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Chinese education law make its mandatory for every children to attend 9 year of school education. Children start attending primary school at age 6 or 7. Basic education comprises of 6 year of primary school and 3 year of Junior Secondary School.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ancient education focused on imparting ethics like humility, truthfulness, discipline, self-reliance, and respecting all creations to the students. The education was mostly imparted in ashrams, gurukuls, temples, houses. Sometimes pujaris of the temples used to teach students.

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