By Li Jianwei, Research Department of Social Development, DRC; Guan Chenghua & Chen Chaofan, Beijing Normal University

Research Report, No.140, 2021 (Total 6205) 2021-5-31

Abstract: Off-campus training has become a normal practice in the field of education in China. Driven by the demand for discipline tutoring, elite-oriented training and personalized service, the off-campus training market has witnessed an explosive growth in recent years. Such a mode of education has generated positive economic and social values while some market disorders have also loomed up and aroused public concern. Off-campus training is the result of traditional cultural influence and parents’ expectations for the growth and development of their children under the current talent evaluation and selection mechanism, which has a rigid foundation for demand and is also an important supplement to the deficiency of public education. The presence of off-campus training has its rationality. To straighten out the irregular performance in the off-campus training market, we need to strengthen supervision and regulation in the short term. In the long term, we need to refine top-level system design, promote special legislation on off-campus training, and accelerate the establishment of a governance mechanism based on multi-pronged management equal consultation and joint decision-making. In addition, we need to establish a cross-department and cross-sector cooperative supervision mechanism with the education sector at the core and strengthen policy guidance so as to promote the orderly and healthy development of off-campus training to make it a beneficial supplement to public education.

Keywords: off-campus training, market demand, governance policy