Teaching and training institutions should be encouraged
Teaching and training institutions should be encouraged. Besides strengthening the supervision of non-profit discipline training institutions, we should also consider how to support and encourage the healthy development of non-profit discipline training institutions. Teaching and training institutions should be encouraged to "reform their operations". Teaching and training institutions should be given some encouragement. 1
December 31, 221 is the "deadline" for discipline training institutions to "reform their business". At the end of 221, various localities intensively announced the statistics of local off-campus training institutions and the list of local "reform their business" and "prepare for reform and review", and announced the government-guided pricing benchmark.
how should the off-campus discipline training institutions regulate their operation after "reform from business to non-business"? Public opinion focuses on charging standards and charging management.
the government-guided pricing is applied to the charging standard, and the tuition fees collected will go into the supervision account, which is undoubtedly the focus of supervision. However, in addition to strengthening the supervision of non-profit discipline training institutions, we should also consider how to support and encourage the healthy development of non-profit discipline training institutions.
according to the relevant laws and regulations of the state, the state should give differentiated policy support to non-profit private schools and private educational institutions.
The Opinions of the State Council on Encouraging Social Forces to Establish Education to Promote the Healthy Development of Private Education issued in January 217 pointed out that private schools, including private educational institutions, should be managed in a non-profit and profit-making way. The organizers of non-profit private schools do not obtain the income from running schools, and all the school balances are used for running schools. It is necessary to establish a differentiated policy system. The state actively encourages and strongly supports social forces to set up non-profit private schools. People's governments at all levels should improve their systems and policies and give support to non-profit private schools in terms of government subsidies, government purchase of services, fund incentives, donation incentives, land allocation, tax reduction and exemption, etc.
why should non-profit private schools (including other private educational institutions) be encouraged and supported? This is because non-profit private schools are social assets in the final analysis.
according to the requirements of non-profit, the organizer has no shares and can't pay dividends. The assets of non-profit organizations belong to the society, rather than the organizers or a social organization. Therefore, the government gives certain financial subsidies, tax relief and other support to non-profit private schools and private educational institutions, which is conducive to ensuring the non-profit nature of the institutions and improving the educational quality of the institutions.
Some people will object to giving financial subsidies, tax relief and other support to private schools and private educational institutions, thinking that these schools and institutions are all for making money. How can they be given financial subsidies? This is an old view before the implementation of classified management. Under the circumstance that capital pursues profit and schools and institutions operate for profit, it is bound to be questioned to give certain financial subsidies to private schools and private educational institutions. However, after private schools and private educational institutions are registered as non-profit organizations, they need to give certain fiscal and tax policy support to schools and institutions that are no longer profit-seeking and engage in non-profit operations according to their non-profit attributes.
Some people are in favor of giving government subsidies, per capita funding, tax relief and other support to non-profit private primary schools and private junior high schools, and oppose giving financial subsidies and other support to off-campus non-profit discipline training institutions. They think that off-campus discipline training institutions are the targets of "double reduction" governance, and the less the better.
This requires a rational analysis of the value of off-campus discipline training institutions.
From the perspective of educational resources guarantee, with the strengthening of China's national strength and the increase of educational investment, the compulsory education stage has been able to "supplement" the national educational resources without private schools and off-campus training institutions. However, it is difficult to solve the contradiction between the people's growing demand for better education and the unbalanced and inadequate development of education, relying solely on public education.
Non-profit private schools and training institutions play an important role in promoting school-running competition and providing diversified educational choices for the educated in the process of China's educational modernization. Even if all public schools are high-quality and balanced, there will still be a few students who need off-campus education because they can't keep up, eat or run, and have other personalized educational needs.
The "double reduction" requires the discipline training institutions in the compulsory education stage to be registered as non-profit institutions, rather than closed down, which is to take into account the differentiated off-campus training needs of some educatees. It is of positive significance to promote non-profit discipline training institutions to adhere to the standard operation of public welfare attributes and to build a diversified educational ecology.
judging from the government-guided pricing published in various places, the government-guided pricing standard reflects the public welfare requirements for non-profit off-campus training institutions.
however, according to this government-guided pricing, it is difficult for institutions to operate normally even if they insist on public welfare. To solve this problem, there are only two options. One is to determine reasonable government pricing according to the operating costs and market demand of training institutions; Second, on the basis of the current government-guided pricing, give institutions appropriate financial subsidies and tax relief support. Just as kindergartens are required to be registered as non-profit Pratt & Whitney Kindergartens, in order for private Pratt & Whitney Kindergartens to run normally, without reducing the treatment of teachers and the quality of running the kindergarten, we should give financial allocations to Pratt & Whitney Kindergartens while lowering the charging standards.
it is necessary for the government to give some support to the training of non-profit disciplines, including the purchase of' services' from non-profit off-campus training institutions by public schools, whether from the perspective of implementing the classified management of the People's Promotion Law or further promoting the "double reduction". Support some non-profit off-campus discipline training institutions to provide students with differentiated choices, which will get twice the result with half the effort and form a joint force of on-campus and off-campus education. Teaching and training institutions should give some encouragement. 2
Haidian District announced the list of the first batch of off-campus training institutions with certificates.
on the evening of January 9th, according to the official account "Haidian Education" of Haidian District Education Commission, during the period from January 4th to January 21st, 222, 19 off-campus training institutions had completed the filing and examination of the fees for starting classes. Institutions such as Gaosi, Xueda, Excellence, Honesty, and Bosch Music are listed. Other disciplines off-campus training institutions shall not charge fees during this period.
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On January 1th, Interface Education called Haidian Education, and the other party said that these institutions could start enrolling students, but suggested "registering cautiously".
"Although these (academic institutions) have passed the examination and approval, they also have supervision accounts, which is a guarantee for parents to some extent. However, if there is any problem in this institution, the Education Commission is only one of the regulatory authorities. It is jointly supervised by multiple regulatory authorities. " Haidian Education Commission staff told interface education.
A few days ago, the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, together with the Municipal Education Commission and the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, issued the Measures for the Administration of Off-campus Training Fees for Subjects in Compulsory Education in Beijing (Trial) (hereinafter referred to as the "Administrative Measures"), and simultaneously issued the charging standards for off-campus training for subjects in online and offline compulsory education in Beijing.
According to the regulations, offline classes with less than 1 students will be charged 8 yuan per class hour, classes with 1 to 35 students will be charged 6 yuan per class hour, and classes with more than 35 students will be charged 4 yuan per class hour. Online classes, regardless of the number of students, are charged according to 2 yuan per class.
The standard course duration is 3 minutes online and 45 minutes offline respectively. If the actual duration is different, it will be converted by the training institution in proportion.
Gao Si staff told Interface Education that courses are currently offered from the end of February to the beginning of March, and the class form will change according to the situation. In addition to the five Gaosi campuses announced by Haidian Education Commission, its APP shows that there are 1-2 campuses in Xicheng District, Dongcheng District, Shijingshan and Changping respectively that are enrolling students.
Take the face-to-face math training class A+ provided by Gao Si as an example. Its campuses such as Huang Zhuang, Chaoyangmen, Shangdi, Xueyuan Road and Fuchengmen in Haidian are "pre-filled". The tuition fee is 3,12 yuan, and each lecture lasts for 2.5 hours.
regarding the charging standard, the administrative measures points out that a dynamic adjustment mechanism should be established, and the relevant municipal departments will adjust and improve the charging standard in a timely manner according to the evaluation of the charging policy and the market situation of off-campus training in disciplines.
in addition, it is necessary to strengthen the cost investigation of discipline training institutions, including the composition of training costs, as well as the salary of training institutions, training venue rent, publicity expenses, research and development expenses, depreciation expenses of fixed assets and other expenses.
at the same time, establish and improve the financial accounting system, and completely and accurately record the costs and income of off-campus training in online and offline disciplines, as well as the number of training people, class hours and teachers.
training institutions should submit information such as enrollment brochures, charging standards and teachers' qualifications, together with the income, cost, profit, related transactions and policy implementation of the previous year, to the education, development and reform and market supervision departments according to the examination and approval authority.
The Administrative Measures and charging standards came into effect on February 21st, 222, mainly for non-profit off-campus training institutions registered in the administrative area of Beijing, including online and offline off-campus training in compulsory education. Subject-based off-campus training for ordinary high school students is implemented by reference.
Xiong Bingqi, president of 21st Century Education Research Institute, thinks that besides strengthening the supervision of non-profit discipline training institutions, we should also consider how to support and encourage the healthy development of non-profit discipline training institutions.
for example, on the basis of government-guided pricing, institutions are given appropriate financial subsidies and tax relief support. Just as kindergartens are required to be registered as non-profit Pratt & Whitney Kindergartens, in order for private Pratt & Whitney Kindergartens to run normally, without reducing the treatment of teachers and the quality of running the kindergarten, we should give financial allocations to Pratt & Whitney Kindergartens while lowering the charging standards.
In addition, it also includes public schools purchasing services from non-profit off-campus training institutions. Xiong Bingqi believes that it is necessary to implement the classified management of the People's Promotion Law and further promote the "double reduction". Support some non-profit off-campus discipline training institutions to provide students with differentiated choices, which will get twice the result with half the effort and form a joint force of on-campus and off-campus education. Teaching and training institutions should be given some encouragement. 3
The deadline of December 31, 221 for education and training institutions to "turn from business to non-business" has passed, almost at the same time as some education and training institutions in Shanghai completed the registration of "private non-enterprise". In Beijing, another important town in the field of teaching and training, many education and training institutions have also completed the registration of "private non-enterprise" social organizations.
Many of these former training institutions that have completed the registration of "private non-enterprises" are the original "head enterprises" in the field of teaching and training. According to the information verified and inquired by the reporter of China Business News through official channels, the giant enterprises in the "pre-double-reduction era" such as Beijing homework help Online Discipline Training School (hereinafter referred to as "homework help") and Beijing Ape Tutoring Online Discipline Training School (hereinafter referred to as "Ape Tutoring") are impressively listed. The business scope of these registered institutions is "online".
According to the reporter's information, at least five private non-enterprise organizations have registered in Beijing, namely: Beijing Hope Online Discipline Training School (hereinafter referred to as Hope Online), Beijing Zhidao Online Training School (hereinafter referred to as Beijing Zhidao), Beijing Learn and Learn Oriental Online Discipline Training School (hereinafter referred to as Learn and Learn Oriental), Ape Tutoring and homework help.
Among the above-mentioned institutions, Ape Tutoring, homework help and the original teaching and training institutions are obviously related. Two senior people in the education and training industry told reporters that Hope Online and Happy Learning Oriental are also "the backgrounds of large-scale teaching and training institutions before, and their popularity is very high. Some are head enterprises, and some are education and training business companies with large Internet platforms".
relevant registration information shows that the legal representative who wants to go online is Xie Fei. It is worth noting that in November 221, a private non-enterprise organization named Xiao Si Online Education and Training School of Century Learning in Changning District (hereinafter referred to as "Learning Xiao Si") completed its registration, and its legal representative was Xie Fei. According to the data of Tianyancha, the trademark owner of Xiao Si Xuesisi Education Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Xuesisi"), and in related APPlication stores, there is an app called "Happy Reading Excellent Class", which was developed by XueXiao Si.
Many former senior executives of the education and training institutions of Beijing Zhongda University told reporters that Hope Online means learning and thinking, that is, a private non-enterprise institution registered by a good future company. Previously, the video and information related to the "farewell party" of learning and thinking were widely spread on social media. Zhang Bangxin, the founder of Good Future, said in the video that he would like to thank every partner who insisted on it until the end of autumn. On the PPT in the video, there is the text "Things have changed, 18 years have no regrets".
caojun is the legal representative of Beijing Zhidao. According to the business registration information, the general manager of Netease Youdao Information Technology (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. is caojun, and its sole shareholder is Netease Youdao Information Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
The legal representative of Happy Learning Oriental is Gu Xianhao. In June 212, the official website of New Oriental, New Oriental.com, published a message that said, "Excellent Manager: Gu Xianhao, Financial Management Department of Group Corporation", which was placed in the special topic of the website "New Oriental Fiscal Year Commendation Conference".
In 218, the New Oriental Xingzhi Education Cultural Industry Fund was established in Zhangjiagang as a limited partnership. The listed company New Oriental Education Technology Group Co., Ltd. accounts for about 36.3% of the shares, and the rest is held by a number of investment institutions or limited partnership companies, among which Zhangjiagang Judongfang Investment Co., Ltd. holds a corresponding share. This company was established in 218, and Gu Xianhao is the legal representative.
"Ape Counseling and homework help are the original Ape Counseling and homework help. Now, according to the regulatory provisions, private non-enterprise organizations are set up and registered accordingly according to the regulatory provisions of the civil affairs system." A former senior executive of a large training institution told reporters.
the so-called private non-enterprise organizations refer to social organizations engaged in non-profit social service activities organized by enterprises, institutions, social organizations, other social forces and individual citizens with non-state-owned assets. A person familiar with the registration process of social organizations in the civil affairs system told the reporter that after the "transformation from business to non-business" of teaching and training institutions, the major categories of social organizations registered by them are roughly private non-enterprises. "Private schools are also registered according to private non-enterprises." She said.
according to the information inquired by the reporter through official channels, the competent business units of the above-mentioned institutions are all the Beijing Municipal Education Commission, and the registration authority is the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau, and their business scope is online training for primary and secondary schools.
In August, 221, the Ministry of Education and other three departments issued the Notice on Unified Registration of Off-campus Training Institutions for Students in Compulsory Education as Non-profit Organizations, which is a policy of "shifting from camp to non-profit". It requires that discipline schools for students in compulsory education should be completed by the end of 221.