Second, try to shorten the payment deadline as much as possible, preferably limited to one semester. Once the money is paid, it puts you in a passive position. According to news reports, Mr. Tan Gangqiang said that spending 280,000 yuan on score-improving training for half a semester averages about 2,000 yuan per day, which is absolutely an exorbitant price for most people. Due to many parents' blind pursuit of education, their educational concepts have fallen into a misconception: using money to cultivate children while neglecting growth characteristics that match their children's own needs.
In "1-on-1" teaching, there are many tricks. The so-called "famous teachers" are often college students. Why pay 2.8 million yuan? Yesterday morning, Ms. Gong went to the Jiangbei branch of the "1-on-1" training institution. After negotiation, both parties signed a withdrawal handling agreement. The training institution refunded more than 280,000 yuan in tutoring fees to Ms. Gong in one lump sum. The senior high school student Zheng Wei will return to his original school to continue studying.
Mr. Tan Gangqiang reminds all parents that they should first correct their educational concepts and let children achieve the ultimate goal of learning through making choices and adapting. At the same time, parents should set examples by creating a learning atmosphere and activating children’s interest and methods of learning from within. Moreover, parents should grow together with their children, answer their questions as much as possible, teach them how to observe society, find their direction and sense of responsibility, thus growing up and becoming talented individuals.
What qualifications should a legitimate "1-on-1" tutoring class possess? A responsible person from a national chain institution with years of teaching experience told reporters that not only should they have an operating permit issued by the education department, but also detailed materials such as teacher qualification certificates, graduation certificates, degree certificates, work experience proof, etc., and these must be registered.
Finally, carefully examine the tutoring contract between both parties and don't be deceived by phrases like "no refunds if lectures aren't attended or homework isn't completed."
Money cannot replace responsibility; parents must avoid falling into this misconception. As for how to distinguish between genuine and fake training institutions, here are three tips:
Firstly, check the training institution's operating qualifications. You can inquire at the local education commission, where legitimate institutions are registered.
Meanwhile, Sun Jinsong revealed that training institutions put a lot of effort into educational consultations, making many verbal promises to parents, and using discount incentives to sell large quantities of course hours, inducing parents to keep paying.
Money cannot replace parental educational responsibilities, especially emotional and parent-child education. Parents are the first teachers of their children and should not shirk their responsibilities by sending them to expensive tutoring classes.
Deceptive Move 1: Overemphasizing score improvement
Deceptive Move 3: Selling course hours with discounts
Teach Three Tricks
"Although we have fully reclaimed the tutoring fees, it has wasted my son's study time for half a semester." Yesterday, Ms. Gong regretfully told reporters that she and her husband had been busy running a tobacco and alcohol wholesale business in Jiangjin and had little time to manage their son's studies.
The relevant departments are organizing law enforcement officers to investigate, and results will be promptly announced to the public. Departments such as the Administration for Industry and Commerce, Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, and Civil Affairs Department can approve social training institutions, but educational institutions engaged in teaching can only be approved by the education department. Preliminary investigations have confirmed that this training institution exceeded its business scope and will be investigated and dealt with accordingly.
After a 2.8 million yuan astronomical training cost, the senior high school student scored only 1 point in biology. The parents requested a refund of the training fee, which was rejected (reported exclusively by our newspaper on January 21). This matter saw new developments yesterday when the Jiangbei branch of the "1-on-1" training institution fully refunded more than 280,000 yuan in tutoring fees to Ms. Gong. The senior high school student Zheng Wei will return to his original school to continue studying.
Due to the prohibition by the education department against teachers engaging in paid private tutoring, many institutions are often vague when promoting their teaching staff, such as mentioning "teachers from prestigious key middle schools who participated in college entrance exam question setting," without naming specific individuals.
Deceptive Move 2: College students posing as "famous teachers"
"After paying and enrolling, many extracurricular tutoring institutions still resort to conventional sea of problems mode." Our city's family education expert Sun Jinsong analyzed that teachers did not solve issues from the perspective of thinking patterns and basic knowledge. It's simply treating symptoms rather than root causes, unable to fundamentally resolve learning difficulties.
This institution doesn’t even have the proper qualifications.
In response, Zheng Wei also expressed that the review materials used in the "1-on-1" tutoring class he attended were all downloaded from the internet, and he was asked to do them every day. Even the watermark on the webpage saying "No Reproduction Allowed" was clearly visible. Moreover, those review materials were not synchronized with the Renmin Education Edition learning guidance.
For this reason, the responsible person reminded all parents of three ways to deal with real and fake training institutions: