China’s Edutech Crackdown Expands to High-School Tutoring
- Firms told not to offer high-school web courses during holiday
- Move expands wide-ranging crackdown that started last year
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China’s government banned online tutoring firms from offering high-school curriculum classes during a current holiday, expanding a crackdown that has decimated a large portion of the country’s $100 billion private edutech industry.
Regulators in Beijing told companies recently that they aren’t allowed to provide tutoring for school curriculum classes over the break, which lasts until the second half of February, said people familiar with the matter. The ban may last even longer and companies are required to wait for clearance before resuming such courses, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private conversations.