(ECNS) -- Legal knowledge will be included in high school and college entrance exams in the future, the Beijing News reported, citing a guideline for legal education in schools.
The guideline, jointly issued by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Justice and the legal knowledge popularization office under the Justice Ministry, requires the establishment and improvement of assessment mechanisms for adolescents' legal education, and sets different targets for students at different stages.
For primary school students, the focus should be on teaching knowledge about China's institution, raising legal awareness and helping them develop virtues and good habits, such as being honest and abiding by rules and laws.
High school students should be taught in a systematic way about China's legal framework, as well as basic rules and common knowledge in the legal field.
Pi Yijun, a law professor with the China University of Political Science and Law, said the release of the guideline was partly meant to address school violence.
He said cultivating adolescents' awareness of obeying rules and respecting others from a young age was even more important than teaching legal knowledge.
