School ordered to return parents' 'donations' for weekend classes

A middle school in Sichuan province has been ordered to return money that it had asked parents to donate for after-class services.

The government of Tianquan county said in a news release on Tuesday that the parents' committee of Tianquan No 2 Junior High School had asked students' families to donate at the behest of the school.

According to the release, the parents' committee collected nearly 1.46 million yuan ($220,000), of which, 1.2 million yuan was sent to Ya'an City Education Foundation by members of the committee. The rest hasn't been used so far.