National Smart Education Platform for Primary and Secondary Schools

Site Overview

National Smart Education Platform for Primary and Secondary Schools is an official free online course platform hosted by the Ministry of Education.

From primary school to high school, courses in all subjects—Chinese, Math, English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Politics, History, Geography, and more—can be found here, without paying anything or needing a membership. Preview, review, tutoring, and parent-assisted learning can all be handled on one website.

Core Features

1. Course Teaching: Find Lessons by Textbook Edition

Course Teaching is the core section of the platform.

Filter by grade, subject, and textbook edition—coverage includes 30 editions and 446 textbook volumes, such as the unified edition, People's Education Press (PEP), Jiangsu Education Press, Beijing Normal University Press, and others.

Each lesson typically comes with master-teacher micro-lecture videos + teaching designs + courseware + exercises, so preview and review can follow the course directly.

2. Holistic Education: More Than Just Drilling

Beyond academic subjects, the platform has separate sections for moral education, physical education, aesthetic education, and labor education.

It also provides after-school service resources—science popularization, classic recitation, calligraphy and art, and more—usable by schools for extended services after the "Double Reduction" policy.

3. Teacher Professional Development + Family Education

The Teacher Professional Development section includes continuing education credit hours, master-teacher workshops, and teaching capability improvement courses—useful for teachers' professional growth.

The Family Education section is for parents—phone addiction, adolescent communication, study anxiety, etc. Expert videos and case studies are available, so there is no need to search for fragmented articles everywhere.

4. Smart Primary and Secondary School APP, Ten Major Application Scenarios

The companion "Smart Primary and Secondary School" APP works on both web and mobile.

The official platform explicitly supports 10 major scenarios: independent learning, teacher lesson preparation, teacher instruction, dual-teacher classrooms, homework activities, Q&A tutoring, after-school services, teacher professional development, home-school interaction, and collaborative management.

After registration, you can create classes, assign online homework, and conduct dual-teacher classrooms; most public resources can also be browsed without registration.

Pricing

Completely free. No VIP, no membership, no in-app purchases.

Prices may change; please refer to the website: https://basic.smartedu.cn/

Comparison with Similar Platforms

Unique Advantages

1. Official endorsement by the Ministry of Education—content is reviewed by the textbook bureau and professional institutions, aligned with curriculum standards and textbook editions, making it more authoritative than videos posted by individual creators.
2. Truly zero-barrier free—usable by teachers, students, and parents nationwide, with no paywall and no ads or promotions.
3. One of the largest resource volumes in China—the officially announced total resource count is 44,000 items, with 25,900 class hours of course teaching, making it an important part of the world's largest education and teaching resource library.

Practical Highlights

1. Precise filtering by textbook edition—if a child uses Jiangsu Education Press math or Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press English, you can directly find the corresponding lessons without piecing things together yourself.
2. Accessible browsing + local channels—supports an accessibility toolbar, and each province has a local channel with local characteristic resources.

Objective Drawbacks

1. Course style tends toward "standard lessons"—master-teacher micro-lectures are of stable quality, but interactivity and fun are less than Bilibili creators or commercial animated courses, so some students may have trouble sitting through them.
2. Coverage of some textbook editions is still being completed—not all editions and all lessons are online yet, and users in remote areas may occasionally encounter resource gaps.
3. Occasional complaints about login and stability—during peak hours or forced updates, some users report cumbersome login processes and lag, with experience varying greatly by device and network.

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FAQ

1. Is the National Smart Education Platform really free?

Yes. It is hosted by the Ministry of Education and fully funded, with no platform fees, no membership, and no forced equipment purchases. Course videos, electronic textbooks, courseware, and exercises are all publicly available for free. Any request for payment is not official behavior.

2. Can I watch courses without registering?

Most public resources such as Course Teaching can be browsed and learned without logging in. Features like assigning homework, class management, and syncing learning records require registering a "Smart Primary and Secondary School" account, but registration is free.

3. Is it the same as the "Smart Primary and Secondary School" APP on mobile?

Yes. The APP and the website basic.smartedu.cn both belong to the National Smart Education Platform for Primary and Secondary Schools, with data interoperability, and can be used on phones, tablets, and computers.

4. My child uses Jiangsu Education Press or Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press textbooks. Can I find corresponding courses?

Yes. The platform is categorized by grade + subject + textbook edition + volume, covering the unified edition as well as PEP, Jiangsu Education Press, Beijing Normal University Press, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, and 30 editions in total. Some lessons for specific editions are still being rolled out; if you cannot find a lesson, you can switch to an adjacent lesson in the same edition or contact the school teacher.

5. Compared with free online courses on Bilibili or Douyin, what is better about this platform?

Content from Bilibili/Douyin creators is fragmented and may not align with curriculum standards. The national platform's resources are synchronized with textbooks, strictly reviewed, and systematically complete, suitable for systematic preview and review. It may be weaker in fun and creator style, but its authority and free access are unique.

6. What is the use of this platform after the "Double Reduction" policy?

After the "Double Reduction" policy canceled subject-based off-campus training, the platform became the officially recognized resource library for after-school self-study and after-school services. Students' independent preview and review, schools' extended services, and rural schools' sharing of quality courses all rely on it.

7. What can teachers do with this platform?

Lesson preparation (teaching designs + courseware at one-click reference), dual-teacher classrooms (local teacher + cloud master teacher co-teaching), assigning online homework, teacher professional development (continuing education credits), and home-school interaction. It is the official toolbox for school digital teaching, not an additional "check-in task"—of course, how it is used specifically depends on school arrangements.