What should you pay attention to when choosing an off-campus training institution and paying training fees?

"Three essentials": Choose a formal institution, read the contract carefully, and keep the documents properly.

1. Choose a formal institution. When choosing an off-campus training institution, parents of students should carefully check whether it holds a "Private School Operating License", "Business License" or "Private Non-Enterprise Unit Registration Certificate" (generally posted in a prominent position in the business hall);

2. Read the contract carefully. The off-campus training service contract is one of the most important documents for parents to protect their rights. Parents are requested to sign the contract and try to use the "Off-campus Training Service Contract for Primary and Secondary School Students (Model Text)" jointly issued by the Ministry of Education and the State Administration for Market Regulation. If you choose another format of contract, please be sure to carefully and completely study all contract terms, and review and confirm them word for word;

3. Keep the documents properly. Parents of students must make payment only after signing the contract, and be sure to ask for a formal invoice or receipt. It is necessary to properly keep the contract text, bills and other materials (the screenshots of electronic contracts must be kept in a timely and complete manner) as evidence for rights protection.

"Three don'ts": don't listen to verbal promises, don't pay overdue fees, and don't pay fees to training institutions during the preparation period.

1. Don’t listen to verbal promises from training institutions. When checking qualifications and paying fees, parents of students must do it themselves, screen carefully, see what they see and believe it, and do not easily listen to the sales staff's oral propaganda, advertising slogans, etc.

2. Do not pay large overdue fees at once. Prepayment for off-campus training is highly risky. Parents of students are advised not to covet discounts and other offers, and do not pay training fees for more than 3 months or 60 class hours at a time. If an institution charges fees beyond the due date, parents of students are asked to switch to other training institutions that charge compliant fees and complain to the local education administration or market supervision department about the institution.

3. Do not pay fees to institutions during the preparation period. Parents of students are requested to carefully check the operating status of off-campus training institutions, carefully judge the recruitment promotion of training institutions in the preparation period, and do not pay any fees to off-campus training institutions in the preparation period.

Source: Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education Policy Q&A Platform