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Compulsory education is from the ages 6 to 15. Students are catered to in a variety of state and private schools. Studying for the [[Gaokao]] (高考), a cumulative test taken at the end of high school, is optional. <ref>Libing{{Cite book |last=Wang, ''|first=Libing |title=Basic Educationeducation in China'', |date=2010 |publisher=Zhejiang University Press ; Homa & Sekey Books |isbn=978-1-931907-58-3 |series=Education in China series |location=Hangzhou, China : Paramus, 2009N.J}}</ref> At the end of 2020, there were 86 regular high schools with 93,000 students in Ningbo; 35 vocational schools with 69,000 students; 230 junior high schools with 21.7 students; and 427 primary schools with 517,000 students. There were also 838 full-time private primary and secondary schools (including kindergartens) in the city, with 258,000 students, accounting for 21.7% of the city's full-time primary and secondary school students. In the [[compulsory education]] section, there were 288,000 children of migrant workers who went to schools in Ningbo.<ref name=":0" />