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China’s crackdown on curriculum-based private tutoring industry has slashed the number of offline private institutions by 92% to 9,712 from 124,000, according to data release by the Ministry of Education on Monday.
The number of online private tutoring institutions was slashed by 87% to 34 from previous 263, showed the data.
All the training institutions have been repurposed as non-profit institutions, said the ministry.
In 2022, the Chinese authority will continue to the so-called “double reduction” policy, it said. The “double reduction” policy refers to a reduction in homework and the time spent in extra-curricular classes or after-school private tutoring. The range of measures aims to promote equality in the education sector by extending on-campus classes for students.
China launched a crackdown on the private tutoring last July in a bid to correct unhealthy competition within the industry and ease the burden on students and their families. The sweeping new rules for the industry have left private education firms facing a significant reduction in business with some pivoting to other sectors.
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