China Freezes Tutoring Firms’ Fees, Enrollment Pending Approvals
- Beijing requires compulsory educators to register by end-2021
- It forbids such firms from collecting fees or new students
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China has banned firms that teach school subjects from enrolling new students or collecting fees until they’re officially registered as non-profits by the end of 2021.
The education ministry now requires those companies to complete their registrations before the end of the year, it said in a notice posted Tuesday. The edict was the latest in a stream of incremental regulations directed toward a once-thriving online education industry since July, when Beijing forbade after-school tutoring outfits from making money off teaching the compulsory curriculum. On Monday, China said local governments should set fees for such institutions.