A number of teaching and training institutions to complete the "camp to non-" registration

A number of teaching and training institutions to complete the "camp to non-" registration, according to the relevant state laws and regulations, around the end of 2021 intensively announced local

Many education and training institutions have completed the "camp to non-commercial" registration1

The deadline of December 31, 2021 for education and training institutions to "camp to non-commercial" has passed, almost the same time as the completion of the "private non-commercial" registration of a number of education and training institutions in Shanghai.

These have completed the "private non-enterprise" registration of the former training institutions, many of which are the original "head enterprises" in the field of education and training, "China Business News" reporter verified through official channels to check the information shows that the Beijing homework help on-line Discipline training school (hereinafter referred to as "homework help"), Beijing ape tutoring online discipline training school (hereinafter referred to as "ape tutoring") and other "former double-decrease era" giant enterprises are listed, their total number is not less than 5,000,000 yuan. The total number of these organizations is no less than five. And these completed the registration of the organization, the scope of business are "online".

The reporter's information shows that there are at least five organizations that have completed the registration of "private non-enterprise" organizations in Beijing, which are: Beijing Hope Online Subjects Online Training School (hereinafter referred to as "Hope Online"), Beijing Zhidao Online Training School (hereinafter referred to as "Zhidao Online Training School") and Beijing Zhidao Online Training School (hereinafter referred to as "Zhidao Online Training School"). They are: Beijing Hope Online Subjects Online Training School (hereinafter referred to as "Hope Online"), Beijing Zhidao Online Training School (hereinafter referred to as "Beijing Zhidao"), Beijing Lexue Dongfang Online Subjects Training School (hereinafter referred to as "Lexue Dongfang"), Ape Tutoring, and Homework Help.

The above institutions, ape tutoring, homework help and the original education and training institutions of the association is obvious, two senior education and training industry sources told reporters, hope that online, Lexue Oriental are also "before the background of large-scale education and training institutions, visibility is very high, some of the head of the enterprise, there are large-scale Internet platform for education and training business company ".

The relevant registration information shows that the legal representative of Hope Online is Xie Fei. It is worth noting that in November 2021, a private non-enterprise organization called Shanghai Changning District Century Learning Xiaosi online education and training school (hereinafter referred to as "Learning Xiaosi") completed the registration, and its legal representative is also Xie Fei. The eye of the sky data shows that the trademark owner of Xuexiao Si Beijing Xuexiao Education Technology Co.

A number of former executives of Beijing's CUHK education and training institutions told reporters that Hope Online is a "private non-enterprise organization" registered by Xueyi Si, also known as Good Future. Previously, the school's "farewell meeting" related video and information has been widely disseminated on social media, good future founder Zhang Bangxin said in the video, thanks to each seriously adhere to the end of the fall partners, in the video on the PPT, containing "the vicissitudes of the world, 18 years without complaint and no regrets "The text.

Beijing Zhidao's legal representative is Cao Jun. Enterprise business registration information shows that the general manager of Netease Yudao Information Technology (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. is Cao Jun, and its sole shareholder is Netease Yudao Information Technology (Beijing) Co.

The legal representative of Lexue Oriental is Gu Xianhao. The official website of New Oriental, New Oriental.com, published a message in June 2012, "Outstanding Manager: Gu Xianhao of the Financial Management Department of the Group Headquarter", which was placed in the website's "New Oriental's Fiscal Year Recognition Meeting" feature.

In 2018, the New Oriental Xingzhi Education and Culture Industry Fund was set up as a limited partnership in Zhangjiagang. Listed company New Oriental Education and Technology Group Ltd. accounts for about 36.3% of the share, while the remaining share is held by a group of investment institutions or limited partnership companies, among which Zhangjiagang Ju Dongfang Investment Co. holds the corresponding share, a company established in 2018, with Gu Xianhao as the legal representative.

"Ape tutoring and homework help is the original Ape tutoring and homework help, now in accordance with the regulatory provisions, the establishment of private non-enterprise organizations, in accordance with the regulatory provisions of the civil affairs system, the corresponding registration." A former executive of a large training organization told reporters.

The so-called private non-enterprise organizations, refers to enterprises and institutions, social organizations and other social forces and individual citizens, the use of non-state assets organized to engage in non-profit social service activities of social organizations. Familiar with the civil affairs system of social organizations registration process, a person told reporters, teaching institutions "camp to non-" after the registration of social organizations, broadly speaking, is a private non-enterprise. "Private schools are also registered as private non-enterprises." She said.

Reporters through official channels to check the information shows that the business unit of the above institutions, are the Beijing Municipal Commission of Education, the registration authority for the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs, the scope of its business are primary and secondary school subjects class online training.

In August 2021, the Ministry of Education and three other departments issued the Notice on the Unified Registration of Off-Campus Training Institutions for Compulsory Education Students as Non-Profit Institutions, which is a "business to non-profit" policy. Its requirements, before the end of 2021 to complete the subject-oriented compulsory education students off-campus training institutions unified registration for non-profit institutions for administrative approval and registration of legal persons, training institutions in the completion of the registration of non-profit institutions, should be suspended before the enrollment and charging behavior.

During the same period, as another educational training institutions in the town of Shanghai, there are a number of educational training institutions to complete the registration of "private non-enterprise", which includes at least: Shanghai Huangpu District EF Online Education and Training Center (hereinafter referred to as "EF"), ("EF"), Xuexiao Si, Shanghai Yangpu District Tifang Online Training School ("Tifang Online"), Shanghai Minhang District Jinshu Online Training School, and Shanghai Yangpu District Pony Aixue Online Education and Training School. Except for Xuexiao Si, which completed its registration a little earlier, the other companies also completed their registration in December 2021.

Institutions that have completed registration as private non-enterprises in Shanghai are more specific in their scope of business, and some of the registered institutions have a scope of business that includes subject-based training for general high school students. For example, EF's business scope includes senior high school subject training (online) in addition to compulsory education stage subject training (online); and the business scope of Ladderfang Online is general senior high school student subject training.

Since the release of the new policy of "Double Reduction", whether or not senior high school subject training is "within the scope of the constraints" has been the focus of general concern in the education and training industry, and therefore, the industry is very sensitive to this issue.

In September 2021, the Ministry of Education, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the General Administration of Market Supervision jointly issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Regulation of Charges for Compulsory Education Discipline-based Out-of-School Training" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), which requires that, by the end of 2021, all localities should introduce governmental guidance price management policies for compulsory education discipline-based out-of-school training charges. The Notice requires each region to introduce a government policy on the management of guiding prices for subject-based out-of-school training fees at the compulsory education stage by the end of 2021, specifying the baseline fees and fluctuation range, as well as the specific implementation time.

Another former executive of a large educational institution told reporters that, according to the spirit of the Notice, in fact, the compulsory education stage within the off-campus subject-based training, under the premise of compliance, the price of its charges to implement the government's guiding price, so it is difficult to generate large-scale revenue. "But for the teaching and training institutions in transition, there is still a need to have a corresponding income to support the transition phase, so how the non-compulsory high school stage is regulated and constrained is an issue that appears to be very important." He said.

Many teaching training institutions to complete the "camp to non-" registration 2

December 31, 2021, is the subject class training institutions "camp to non-". "Deadline", around the end of 2021 intensively announced the local suppression of the number of off-campus training institutions statistics, as well as the local "camp to non-" "preparation to review" through the list, and announced the government-guided pricing benchmarks.

"After the camp to non-campus" how to standardize the operation of off-campus academic training institutions? The concern of public opinion is focused on the fee standard and fee management.

Charging standards for the implementation of government-guided pricing, the tuition fees collected into the regulatory account "a class a cancel", which is undoubtedly the focus of regulation. However, in addition to strengthening the regulation of non-profit academic training institutions, we should also consider how to support and encourage the healthy development of non-profit academic training institutions.

According to relevant state laws and regulations, the state should give differential policy support to non-profit private schools and private educational institutions.

The Several Opinions of the State Council on Encouraging Social Forces to Establish Education and Promoting the Healthy Development of Private Education, released in January 2017, states that non-profit and for-profit categorization and management shall be implemented for private schools, including private educational institutions. Organizers of non-profit private schools do not receive any proceeds from the operation of the schools, and all school balances are used for the operation of the schools. A differentiated policy system should be established. The State actively encourages and strongly supports social forces to organize non-profit private schools. People's governments at all levels should improve the system of policies to support non-profit private schools in terms of government subsidies, government-purchased services, fund incentives, donation incentives, land allocation, tax relief.

For non-profit private schools (including other private educational institutions), why encourage and support? This is because non-profit private schools, in the end, are social assets.

According to the requirements of non-profit, the organizer is no shares, can not share dividends. The assets of a non-profit institution belong to the community, not to the organizer personally or to a social organization. Therefore, the government gives non-profit private schools and private educational institutions a certain amount of financial subsidies, tax exemptions and other support, which is conducive to safeguarding the non-profit attributes of the institution and to improving the quality of education in the institution.

Some people will oppose giving financial subsidies, tax breaks, and other support to private schools and private educational institutions, arguing that these schools and institutions are there to make money, so how can they be given financial subsidies? This is the old view before the implementation of the classification and management. In a situation where capital is profit-seeking and schools and institutions operate on a profit-making basis, the granting of a certain amount of financial subsidy support to private schools and private educational institutions is bound to meet with skepticism. However, after the registration of private schools and private educational institutions as non-profit institutions, it is necessary to follow the attributes of non-profit, to give no longer profit-seeking, non-profit operation of schools and institutions, a certain amount of financial and tax policy support.

There are views in favor of non-profit private elementary school, private junior high schools to give government subsidies, per capita allocations, tax breaks and other support, opposed to the non-profit off-site academic training institutions to give financial subsidies and other support, the view that the off-site academic training institutions is the object of the governance of the "double-decrease", the better the fewer the better. The best thing is to have fewer and fewer of them.

This requires a rational analysis of the value of the existence of off-campus academic training institutions.

From the point of view of the guarantee of educational resources, with the strengthening of China's national strength, increased investment in education, compulsory education has the ability to do not private schools, off-campus training institutions to "supplement" the national educational resources. However, to solve the growing demand for better education and the uneven and insufficient development of education, it is difficult to rely solely on public education.

Non-profit private schools and training institutions play an important role in the modernization of China's education by promoting school competition and providing multiple educational choices for students. Even if all the public schools are high-quality, balanced, there will be a small number of students in the school "can not keep up with", or "eat not run", there are other personalized education needs, and the need for out-of-school education.

"Double-decrease" requires compulsory education subject-based training institutions to be registered as non-profit institutions, rather than shut down, is to take into account that some of the educated people have differentiated needs for out-of-school training. To promote non-profit academic training institutions to adhere to the public welfare attributes of standardized business, to build a diversified educational ecology, has a positive significance.

From the government-guided pricing released around the world, the government-guided pricing standards, reflecting the public welfare requirements for non-profit off-campus training institutions.

However, according to this government-guided pricing, the organization is to adhere to the public interest, it is difficult to operate normally. To solve this problem, there are only two choices, one is according to the training organization's operating costs, market demand, to determine a reasonable government pricing; two is based on the current government-guided pricing, to give the organization appropriate financial subsidies, tax exemptions and support. Just as the requirement for kindergartens to register as non-profit inclusive kindergartens, to allow private inclusive kindergartens to operate normally, without lowering the treatment of teachers as well as the quality of the kindergarten, should be given financial allocations to inclusive kindergartens while lowering the fees.

The government has given some support to non-profit academic training, including public schools to buy the services of non-profit off-campus training institutions, whether from the perspective of implementing the classification and management of the Civil Promotion Law, or to further promote the "double reduction", there is a need. Support for some of the public welfare outside the school subject class training institutions to provide students with differentiated options, which will be twice as effective, forming a synergy of education inside and outside the school.

A number of educational institutions have completed the "camp to non-" registration3

Haidian District announced the first batch of "licensed" off-campus training institutions list.

On the evening of January 9, according to the Haidian District Education Committee official account "Haidian Education" shows that during the period of January 4 - January 21, 2022, 19 off-campus training institutions have completed the opening of the class charges for the record audit. Gao Si, Xueda, Excellence in Excellence, Shicheng, and Boshi Le are among the institutions listed. Other disciplinary off-campus training institutions are not allowed to charge fees during this period.

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On January 10, the interface education called Haidian Education, the other side said that this batch of institutions can start enrollment registration, but recommended "caution in enrollment".

"Although these (subject institutions) have passed the approval, there is also a regulatory account, from a certain point of view for parents is a kind of protection. But if anything goes wrong with the institution, the education commission is only one of the regulators. It is jointly supervised by multiple regulators." Haidian Education Commission staff told Interface Education.

A few days ago, the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, in conjunction with the Municipal Education Commission and the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, issued the "Beijing Municipal Compulsory Education Discipline-based Extramural Training Charges Management Measures (for Trial Implementation)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Management Measures"), and synchronized with the introduction of the Beijing Municipal Online and Offline Compulsory Education Discipline-based Extramural Training Charges Standard.

According to the regulations, offline classes of less than 10 people are charged 80 yuan per class hour per person, classes of 10 to 35 people are charged 60 yuan per class hour per person, and classes of more than 35 people are charged 40 yuan per class hour per person; online classes, regardless of the number of people, are charged at 20 yuan per class hour per person.

The standard course duration is 30 minutes online and 45 minutes offline, and if the actual duration is different, it will be discounted by the training organization on a pro-rata basis.

Gossi staff told Interface Education, currently offering courses from the end of February to the beginning of March to face-to-face open, the form of the class will change according to the situation. In addition to the Haidian Education Commission announced five Gossi campuses, its APP shows that Xicheng District, Dongcheng, Shijingshan, Changping, respectively, there are 1-2 campuses are enrolling.

Take the face-to-face math training course A+ offered by Gossi as an example, its Haidian Huangzhuang, Chaoyangmen, Shangdi, College Road, Fuchengmen and many other campuses show a "pre-filled" state, the tuition fee of 3,120 yuan, ****12 lectures, each lecture 2.5 hours.

With regard to fees, the "Management Measures" pointed out that a dynamic adjustment mechanism should be established, the relevant municipal departments will be based on the assessment of the fee policy, as well as subject-based off-campus training market conditions, timely adjustments to improve the fee standards.

In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the investigation of the cost of discipline-based training institutions, including the composition of the training costs, as well as the training organization's personnel remuneration, training space rent, publicity, research and development costs, depreciation of fixed assets and other costs.

At the same time, the establishment of a sound financial accounting system, complete and accurate records of online and offline subject-based off-campus training costs and revenues, as well as the number of training sessions, the number of hours, the number of teachers and other operating conditions.

Training institutions should be enrolled by the end of June each year, fees, teacher qualifications and other information, together with the previous year's revenue, costs, profits and related transactions, policy implementation, etc., according to the authority of the approval of the respective departments of education, development and reform and market supervision.

The Administrative Measures and fee standards, which will be implemented from February 21, 2022, are mainly for non-profit off-campus training institutions registered in the administrative area of Beijing, including online and offline subject-based off-campus training for compulsory education. The subject-based off-campus training for general high school students will be implemented with reference.

Xiong Bingqi, president of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, believes that in addition to strengthening the supervision of non-profit academic training institutions, we should also consider how to support and encourage the healthy development of non-profit academic training institutions.

For example, on the basis of government-guided pricing, the organization should be given appropriate financial subsidies and tax relief support. Just as the requirement for kindergartens to register as non-profit inclusive kindergartens, in order to allow private inclusive kindergartens to operate normally, not to reduce the treatment of teachers as well as the quality of the kindergarten, it should be in the lowering of fees and charges at the same time, to give the inclusive kindergarten financial allocations.

In addition, it also includes public schools to buy the services of non-profit off-campus training institutions. Xiong Bingqi believes that, whether from the perspective of the implementation of the "Civil Promotion Law" classification and management, or in-depth promotion of the "double reduction", there is a need. Support part of the public welfare of off-campus academic training institutions to provide students with differentiated options, which will be twice as effective, forming a synergy of education inside and outside the school.