Is it illegal for nine-year compulsory education children not to go to school?

Parents will not be convicted and punished because their children are unwilling to study. However, if the parents or other legal guardians of school-age children and adolescents fail to send them to compulsory education in accordance with the provisions of this Law without justifiable reasons, the education administrative department of the local township people's government or the people's government at the county level shall give criticism and education and order them to make corrections within a time limit.

According to relevant national laws, it is illegal for parents not to let their children go to junior high school. The local township people's government or the education administrative department of the people's government at the county level shall give criticism and education and order it to make corrections within a time limit. Nine-year compulsory education is stipulated by the state to ensure the right of school-age children and adolescents to receive compulsory education, ensure the implementation of compulsory education and improve the quality of the whole nation. Parents or other legal guardians shall, in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations, send school-age children and adolescents to school for compulsory education. Schools that implement compulsory education according to law should complete the education and teaching tasks in accordance with the prescribed standards and ensure the quality of education and teaching. Social organizations and individuals should create a good environment for school-age children and adolescents to receive compulsory education. All children who have reached the age of six, their parents or other legal guardians shall send them to school to receive and complete compulsory education; Children in areas where conditions are not available can be postponed to seven years of age. School-age children and adolescents need to postpone their schooling or drop out of school due to their physical condition, and their parents or other legal guardians shall apply for approval by the education administrative department of the local township people's government or the county-level people's government. School-age children and adolescents whose parents or other legal guardians work or live in non-registered places receive compulsory education where their parents or other legal guardians work or live, and the local people's government shall provide them with equal conditions for receiving compulsory education.

Legal basis: Article 2 of the Compulsory Education Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the state implements a nine-year compulsory education system. Compulsory education is a compulsory education for all school-age children and adolescents and a public welfare undertaking that the state must guarantee. The implementation of compulsory education, free of tuition and fees. The state establishes a mechanism to guarantee the funds for compulsory education to ensure the implementation of the compulsory education system.