Deep Diving into China's Education Market under the COVID-19 Crisis
After 11 weeks of lockdown, China ends a 76-day lockdown of Wuhan city on April 8th, which served as a model for countries battling the coronavirus around the world. Since the national and provincial governments carried out educational response measures in the battle against the virus outbreak, all the offline educational activities have been suspended, and schools at each stage have quickly shifted courses and services online. All the measures have been bringing challenges for students, parents, teachers, and the whole industry, in particular the offline institutions.
However, the crisis also brings more possibilities to educational development not only in China but also in the world. How is China dealing with the problems of national online education? How are China-based EdTechs making efforts to combat the epidemic crisis? What could be the guidance for you to adjust your work? JMDedu launches a new series of feature stories to bring our readers a complete and broad scope of Chinese education under the COVID-19 crisis!
- NetDragon’s Subsidiary Edmodo Recommended by UNESCO As One of The Distance Learning SolutionsThe product as one of the largest and most active learning communities worldwide now has over 100 million registered users and 400,000 schools in 192 countries and regions.
- Coronavirus Spurs Primary and Secondary Schools in Wuhan to Offer Online ClassOnline teaching seems to be a transition path for offline institutions to stop loss in time amid coronavirus outbreak. Driven by policy and consumer, this sector will usher in more market space.
- China Prolongs School Closure until Further Notice as Coronavirus SpreadsThe outbreak of the novel coronavirus has forced China’s authorities to prolong schools’ closure to curb the spreading of the virus.
- 2020 China's Civil Servant Exam Postponed to Combat Coronavirus OutbreakFollow-up steps of 2020 China's Civil Servant Exam will be postponed to prevent and control the coronavirus pandemic
- Offline Educational Services Suspended Due to Coronavirus Outbreak in ChinaDue to the coronavirus outbreak, authorities in China have to postpone large offline educational activities for further prevention and control.
- Schools Banned to Offer Online Courses of New Semester before Official ReopenSince the winter vacation has not ended yet, MOE reminds today that this kind of teaching activities are not allowed until schools are officially notified to reopen.
- MOE: Open Time of Universities Determined by Regional Situation as Coronavirus Fears Grow“Whether the college and regular high school entrance examination should be postponed will be considered but it is too early to make a decision now.” Said MOE.
- Online Learning To The Rescue: How EdTech Companies Played Their Part in Battle Against VirusHaving aggregated a large database of K12 study behavior, Yuanfudao integrates resources from all its subsidiaries and pledges that it will offer free online classes for students across the country.
- China’s Academic Database Scraps Paywall amid Coronavirus OutbreakCNKI released a notice of making its contents available free of charge amid coronavirus outbreak to help students and researchers work from home.
- Education Business Opportunities Emerging in China under Covid-19 OutbreakWhether the surging demands will become a long-run market opportunity, we need to wait until the end of the epidemic and make further speculation.
