Education in China
Education in China is a state-run system of public education run by the Ministry of Education. All citizens must attend school for at least nine years, known as the nine-year compulsory education, which is funded by the government. Compulsory education includes six years of primary education, starting at age six or seven, and three years of junior secondary education (junior middle school) for ages 12 to 15. Some provinces may have five years of primary school but four years for junior middle school. After junior middle school, there are three years of senior middle school, which then completes the secondary education.
ChinaCast Education
ChinaCast Education Corporation (Public, NASDAQ:CAST), People's Republic of China. Established in 1999, ChinaCast Education Corporation is a leading for-profit, post-secondary education and e-learning services provider in the People's Republic of China. The Company provides its post-secondary degree programs through its 80% ownership in the holding company of the Foreign Trade and Business College (FTBC) of Chongqing Normal University. The Company provides its e-learning services to post-secondary institutions, K-12 schools, government agencies and corporate enterprises via its nationwide satellite broadband network. The company listed on the NASDAQ Global Market Exchange with the ticker symbol CAST on October 29, 2007.