VIP classes halted in Hubei

Primary schools in a city of Hubei province that have been offering VIP classes for extra tuition payments have been ordered to stop the classes and return the tuition, so as to ensure equal compulsory education for all, officials in the city said.

In Huangshi, an industrial city in central China's Hubei province, many primary schools had created two kinds of classes for students.

The fee for an "experimental class" is much higher than the cost for an ordinary class. These experimental classes cost from 4,000 yuan to 14,000 yuan ($2,050), China National Radio (CNR) reported.