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China Cracks Down On $120 Billion Private Tutoring Industry

Ben Zeisloft
China Cracks Down On $120 Billion Private Tutoring Industry
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Chinese authorities are introducing new regulations for the nation’s $120 billion private tutoring industry.

In the interest of reducing costs for families, the Chinese Communist Party banned for-profit tutoring. Previously, parents solicited tutoring services throughout a child’s primary and secondary education to prepare them for the National College Entrance Examination — also known as gaokao — which determines whether a Chinese student is eligible for undergraduate education. 

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