For primary and junior high school, no new licenses will be granted to institutions for curricular tutoring, and currently qualified institutions are not allowed to arrange classes on weekends, public holidays, or during the winter and summer vacations, according to a press conference held on Tuesday.
Beijing authorities said free online tutoring services should be provided.
Schools will also offer more extracurricular activities, and students are encouraged to play more sports.
Outstanding teachers may be rotated among several schools to enhance education fairness.
Beijing officials said at the Tuesday press conference that 90 percent of employees at after-school tutoring firms are under 35, and 80 percent received undergraduate or higher education. The city has divided the affected people into four categories - teaching, support staff, management and sales - and helped match them up with some 90,000 jobs.
