Extracurricular tutoring under the spotlight with tough checks

Move aims to relieve financial burden on parents and study stress on students ahead of exams

In the past four months, more than 200,000 extracurricular, or after-school tutoring institutions were checked nationwide while more than 12,000 such training institutions had their programs changed to be in parallel with school schedules, according to the Ministry of Education.

Recently, the heated topic of extracurricular tutoring has been highlighted over concerns of unfair competition and rising financial burdens. Ahead of another summer vacation, further adjustments will be made to the sector to relieve the burdens on students and their parents, experts said.