Significant progress has been made in regulating the after-school tutoring market, and the number of academic tutoring institutions has been considerably reduced, it said.
A guideline issued in July by the general offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council, China's Cabinet, said the number ofand remaining curriculum-based tutoring institutions for primary and middle school students should register as non-profit organisations. A survey by the ministry found that 92.7 per cent of the schools have opened after-school arts and sports activity classes, 88.3 per cent offer reading as an after-school activity, and 87.3 per cent are conducting interest groups and clubs, he said.