Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news

Local students will be admitted to nearby kindergartens, elementary and junior middle schools without examinations this year, the same as last year, today's Laodong Daily reported.
According to the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission yesterday, there are nearly 160,000 junior middle school graduates this year, 110,000 elementary school graduates, and nearly 100,000 kindergarten graduates.
Most children with local permanent residency can enter public kindergartens; with abundant educational resources, all those of the proper age can be enrolled by local public elementary and junior middle schools, said an industry analyst with the commission.
During the compulsory education period, no examinations can be used to select students, nor can schools divide students in different classes based on their performances. Schools doing so will be sanctioned, the analyst stressed, adding that schools in serious violation of the rules will be asked to suspend recruiting.
Private schools without residences are not allowed to recruit students citywide, he added.