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.

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