What's the difference between self-taught, correspondence and adult education?

1, the application conditions are different.

Self-taught examination: the lowest threshold form of higher education. People's Republic of China (PRC) citizens, regardless of gender, age, nationality, race and education level, can register for the self-study exam at the time and place specified by the Provincial Education Examinations Institute. For majors with special requirements, candidates must register in accordance with relevant regulations.

Adult college entrance examination (correspondence): unified registration, examination and admission. Applicants are: high school graduates, employees, employees and other employees in the society. Those who enter high school must obtain a diploma from an ordinary high school, a secondary specialized school or a vocational and technical school or equivalent. Those who apply for the starting point of junior college should have a junior college degree or above in national education series.

Adult education: those who meet the requirements can be admitted without examination. Those who do not meet the exemption conditions need to take the entrance examination of the school. Due to the advantages of its own teaching methods, online universities have no geographical restrictions on the scope of enrollment.

2. Different years of study

Self-taught examination: Generally speaking, there is no limit to the length of study, and you can graduate by passing all the course examinations, but the shortest time to obtain the diploma shall not be less than the shortest length of time 1.5 years stipulated by the Ministry of Education.

Adult college entrance examination (correspondence): The study time of adult college entrance examination varies with different enrollment levels, majors and learning methods, with 2.5 years for junior college students and 5 years for junior college students.

Adult education: Generally, the flexible academic system is implemented, allowing students to freely choose the study period. The basic academic system is 2.5 years and the study period is 2.5-6 years.

3. Different learning styles

Self-taught examination: self-taught examination is the main course, and you can also participate in self-taught examination classes organized by other social training forces or examiner schools. Exams are usually held in the months of 1, 4, 7, 10 every year.

Adult college entrance examination (correspondence): There are three forms of study: full-time, part-time (including part-time and evening university) or correspondence, and each school has different forms.

Adult education: All of them are part-time learning (the state prohibits online education colleges from enrolling full-time students), and systematic learning is carried out under the learning system of "network+face-to-face". Generally speaking, the self-study exam is "lenient entry and strict exit", and both the adult college entrance examination and the online exam require examination before admission. The difference is that the adult college entrance examination takes part in the national unified examination, while the online examination is independently taken by the enrollment institutions.

4, the gold content is different

Self-taught examination: Self-taught examination is recognized by 26 countries including the United States, Britain and Japan because it is the most difficult to obtain academic certificates.

Adult college entrance examination (correspondence): domestic recognition and high social recognition.

Adult education: Compared with the diploma of online education, candidates pay more attention to the well-known brands and professional strength that online education colleges rely on. Many majors offered by online colleges are the key majors of the school.

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