China’s upcoming Family Education Facilitation Law, which covers compulsory parenting classes for those with troubled kids, will include a ban on for-profit home tutoring.
The Standing Committee of the National People‘s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature, is set to introduce a specific article in the law that will prohibit family education coaching services from conducting for-profit training, according to a statement by committee spokesman Zang Tiewei last Friday.
He said establishments that provide family education services will be categorised as “non-profit family education service organisations”. The article will provide specific penalties for those that operate beyond their remit.
Initially proposed in 2019, the new law was previously called the Family Education Law when its draft was first revealed in January this year. It will be submitted for a second review at a session of the NPC’s standing committee this week, according to Zang.
The proposed update to the Family Education Facilitation Law, according to state media, will plug the loophole through which for-profit tutoring services may disguise themselves as family education coaching providers. Once passed, the law will govern how parents conduct education at home for their children.
