Students stand at a school during a flag-lowering ceremony on the first day of the new academic year in Shanghai, China, September 1, 2021.
The announcement made by the Ministry of Education on state run CCTV on Tuesday, is the most recent measure by authorities to reform China's education sector and alleviate the academic pressure on students.
However, problems such as unlicensed after school tutoring continues to "varying degrees" and the problem of individual institutions "taking money and running away" still occurs, the ministry said.
The high cost of education has been cited as a key factor by young Chinese for not wanting to have children.
($1 = 7.2910 Chinese yuan renminbi)Reporting by Farah Master and the Beijing newsroom; Editing by Michael PerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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