Chinanews.com, November 1st. According to the website of the Ministry of Education, in order to seriously investigate and punish arbitrary educational charges that harm the interests of the masses, and continue to consolidate the results of the control of educational charges, the Office of the Inter-Ministry Joint Conference on the Control of Educational Charges has issued the "About 6 Announcement on the Investigation and Handling of Typical Problems of School Illegal Charges", the report on the investigation and punishment of 6 typical problems of school illegal charges, and put forward clear requirements for related work.
The "Notice" pointed out that the administrative departments of education in the six provinces of Sichuan, Hebei, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, and Guizhou verified and dealt with the issue of illegal fees charged by schools.
First, Liushu Middle School in Shehong City, Sichuan Province forced students to purchase tablet computers and charge illegal fees.
Starting from September 2018, Liushu Middle School has a total of 12 classes, with 566 students participating in "flat-panel teaching".
The school requires students to purchase the "Ruiyi Cloud Teaching System" APP, which will charge a total of RMB 5,998 per student for three years.
The school violated the “no compulsory or implied purchase of designated teaching aid software or materials by students and parents”.
At present, all fees charged by the school for violations have been refunded.
The Shehong Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection gave the principal of Liushu Middle School a serious warning within the party, and gave the person in charge of the Education and Sports Bureau an internal warning.
The second is the illegal charging of Heyang Hengshui No. 1 Middle School and Heyang Foreign Language Middle School in Baoding City, Hebei Province.
In 2021, Baoding Heyang Education Investment Co., Ltd. subordinates Heyang Hengshui No. 1 Middle School and Heyang Foreign Language School violated regulations across semesters, charged tuition and accommodation fees exceeding the standard, and charged public property deposit fees, military training clothing fees, insurance fees, and physical examinations in violation of regulations The total fee and teaching auxiliary materials fee amounted to 52,553,800 yuan.
The above-mentioned schools violated the stipulation that “tuition and accommodation fees shall not be collected in advance across academic years or semesters, and schools shall not set up service charges and fee collection items without authorization, and shall not force or imply students and parents to purchase designated teaching supplementary software or materials”.
At present, the two schools have fully refunded the fees collected in violation of the regulations.
The Market Supervision Bureau of Baoding City Lianchi District gave Heyang Hengshui No. 1 Middle School an administrative penalty of 850,000 yuan; Baoding City Education Bureau and Baoding City Lianchi District Education and Sports Bureau respectively reduced Heyang Hengshui No. 1 Middle School and Heyang Foreign Language School by 2022 In the annual enrollment plan, the two schools were determined to be unqualified in the 2021-2022 annual inspections, and criticisms were notified.
The third is the illegal collection of drinking water fees by the Experimental Primary School in Le'an County, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province.
In March 2021, Le'an County Experimental Primary School collected 88,200 yuan for drinking water from 2940 students.
The school violated the regulations that "the school shall not set up service charges and fee collection items without authorization."
At present, all fees charged by the school for violations have been refunded.
The Supervisory Committee of Le'an County gave the main person in charge of the Experimental Primary School of Le'an County an administrative warning.
Fourth, some schools and internship units in Jilin Province illegally charge students for internships.
In 2020, Jilin Province Jilin Health School, Liaoyuan Vocational and Technical College, Changchun Medical College, Changchun Oriental Vocational College and other schools and internship units illegally charged 239 students with internship fees of 259,300 yuan.
The above-mentioned schools violated the regulations of "Schools shall not arbitrarily set up service charges and fee collection items".
At present, the above-mentioned schools have refunded all the internship fees collected in violation of the regulations to the students.
Fifth, New Century Experimental School in Anshan City, Liaoning Province conducts summer custody service illegal charges.
In August 2021, the New Century Experimental School in Anshan City, Liaoning Province illegally opened a summer custody class and charged 198 students (including custody fees, car fees, and meals) for a total of 146,000 yuan.
The school violated the regulations that "the school shall not set up service charges and fee collection items without authorization."
At present, the school has refunded all the fees collected in violation of the regulations to students.
The Anshan City Bureau of Education reviewed and reduced the enrollment plan of the New Century Experimental School; the party committee of the school gave the relevant person in charge a serious warning within the party; the school dismissed the relevant teachers of the junior high school.
Sixth, the illegal charging of interest classes in Anboer Kindergarten in Huaxi District, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province.
In September 2020, Anboer Kindergarten in Huaxi District, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province opened an interest class and charged 302 parents of children illegally with a total of 528,500 yuan for the interest class.
The school violated the regulations that "the school shall not set up service charges and fee collection items without authorization."
At present, the school has refunded all the fees collected in violation of the rules to the parents of the students.
The Huaxi District Education Bureau dismissed the head of the basic education section of the bureau and dismissed the relevant head of the Amber Kindergarten.
The "Bulletin" emphasizes that all local education administrative departments and schools of all levels and types should learn from the above-mentioned typical problems, further strengthen and standardize the management of education fees, continue to consolidate the results of the control of unreasonable education fees, and enhance the ability to manage education fees.
The first is to consolidate work responsibilities.
All localities should attach great importance to the management of education fees, establish and improve the leadership system, improve the joint meeting mechanism, supervision and investigation mechanism, and accountability mechanism, incorporate the management of education fees into the scope of education supervision, and systematically promote the management of education fees.
The second is to strengthen policy publicity.
All localities should innovate in publicity methods, strengthen the publicity and interpretation of education fee policies, and promote the implementation of education fee policies at all levels and types of schools.
The third is to increase investigation and punishment efforts.
For the problems that the people have strongly reflected, we must conduct a comprehensive investigation and key verification, establish a problem account, formulate a rectification plan, and promote the rectification of the problem in place; it is necessary to increase the intensity of notifications, seriously hold the relevant personnel responsible, and effectively maintain the high pressure of curbing unreasonable education charges situation.