教育局

jiàoyùjú

noun #34,914

Meanings

1 education bureau
2 department of education (local-government level)

Characters

to nurture; to raise

Examples

HSK 4

家长去教育局投诉了那所学校。

Jiāzhǎng qù jiàoyùjú tóusù le nà suǒ xuéxiào.

The parents filed a complaint about that school at the education bureau.

HSK 6

市教育局发布了新的招生政策。

Shì jiàoyùjú fābù le xīn de zhāoshēng zhèngcè.

The municipal education bureau released a new admissions policy.

Tips

culture

教育局 is the local arm of China's education administration - typically at the city (市) or district (区) level - and handles things like school accreditation, teacher hiring rules, and admissions zoning. Above it sit the provincial 教育厅 and the national 教育部 (Ministry of Education).

Stroke Order

教 jiāo

育 yù

局 jú