Profit-led schools banned from free education plan
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CHINA has banned profit-led private schools from the nine-year compulsory education system, which covers primary to junior high school years, according to a revised law.
The revised law on private education was adopted yesterday at the close of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee’s bimonthly session after a third reading.
China’s compulsory education is a nationwide free system, supported by funding from the central government.
The system is a public service that must be provided by the government, said Zhu Zhiwen, vice minister of education, at a press conference after the law’s revision was finalized. “Profit-led private schools are unsuitable for the free education program,” Zhu said.
He stressed private schools were still allowed to offer diversified, market-oriented paid educational services, as long as they complied with the law.
China has about 162,700 private schools nationwide with more than 45.7 million students, according to figures from the Ministry of Education.
None of the registered private primary and junior high schools are currently for-profit organizations, and the law would only have impact on those who want to turn their schools into profit-led establishments, said Zhu.
The revised law, which will take effect on September 1, 2017, clearly defines for-profit and non-profit private schools and specifies different measures to support private education.
Non-profit private schools will enjoy equal policies as public schools in land use and taxation. All private schools should guarantee staff’s legitimate interests in salary and welfare, and should pay social insurance contributions for employees.
Private schools must establish a sound internal supervision system and entrust a third-party agency to inspect their educational environment. They should also establish an information publicity system.
Any institution found to have issued fake degrees or educational certificates, will be punished.
“Communist Party of China groups in private schools should carry out Party activities according to the Party Constitution and strengthen Party building,” read one of the articles in the revised law.
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