China's regulation and supervision1 of extracurricular after-school training has expanded to online training programs.
中国对课外培训的规范和监督已扩展到网上培训。
The
Ministry2 of Education (MOE), together with five other central authorities, issued new guidelines on online after-school training Monday to
specify3 the qualifications, requirements and supervision for such services.
The Chinese government has launched several rounds of
inspections4 on physical after-school training institutions since 2018, trying to
curb5 extracurricular programs that put children under too much pressure and cause unnecessary competition among students.
As the campaign
tightened6, some training providers went online in disguise, according to Wang Ming, deputy director of the National Center for Education Development Research under the MOE.
The new guidelines, therefore, are necessary to promote the healthy development of the Internet plus the education
sector7, said Wang.