The private school “Ri Ri Xin Xue Tang” in Beijing, China, has been suppressed by the authorities. Since the beginning of this month, the school has been forced to relocate by cutting off water, electricity, and heating. (The picture is taken from the official website of the school)
2023/01/25 08:20
[Instant News/Comprehensive Report]China continues to promote the “advancement of the country and retreat of the private sector”, and the education system has not been spared. While suppressing off-campus training institutions, the authorities have also greatly reduced the space for private schools. A successful private school in Beijing, “Ri Ri Xin Xue Tang”, was reported to have been suppressed by the authorities. Since the beginning of this month, the school has been forced to relocate by cutting off water, electricity, and heating, seriously affecting daily teaching. The school questioned that the continued suppression by the authorities was related to the school’s teaching model of respecting the individual.
Reported by Radio Free Asia (RFA), Ririxin School is located in Woqiu Garden, Shahe Town, Changping District, Beijing. The lease period was originally until 2029, but the town government has required the school to relocate since 2 years ago. Zhang Dongqing, the head of the school, said that in order to achieve the goal, the authorities had demolished the school wall, and since the 6th of this month, the power supply has been interrupted continuously, resulting in no water, heating and WiFi for teachers and students, not only the teacher’s lesson preparation and teaching work cannot It goes on normally, and even going to the toilet is a problem.
According to the school’s official website, Ririxin School was founded in 2006 under the name of “Beijing Jiaderun Culture Development Co., Ltd.”, and was originally a mutual-aid school for parents composed of four families. Parents are deeply worried about the current education problems in China, and are determined to provide their children with different educational methods with new educational concepts, with the purpose of running the school to hope that children will be independent, open-minded and have an international perspective. After more than 10 years of development, Ririxin School currently has a kindergarten department, a primary school department and a junior high school department, with more than 100 teachers and about 400 students.
According to reports, the school had successively negotiated with the town government and the power supply station, but to no avail. They were forced to light candles on New Year’s Eve. Therefore, Zhang Dongqing and the teachers decided to broadcast live on the Internet, criticizing the Shahe town government for covering the sky with their hands. Zhang Dongqing emphasized that their textbooks and teaching concepts do not conflict with the regulations of the Chinese government, but it is not ruled out that the characteristics of the school have touched the sensitive nerves of the authorities.
Zhang Dongqing said that they just made some additions, making sports, aesthetic education, and traditional culture learning special, and patriotic education such as raising the flag is not missing. “The difference between us is that we treat every child as a normal child. From the perspective of individuals. One of their staff at the grassroots level once said, “You are better than public schools, can you still live well?””
Since the 2000s, the Chinese government has actively promoted “the advancement of state-owned enterprises and the retreat of private enterprises”, which is the so-called “state advancement and private retreat”. The central government ordered the rectification and reform of “public and public schools” (private schools that public schools participate in), and many provinces even issued documents to no longer approve private primary and secondary schools, requiring that the proportion of students enrolled in private compulsory education schools be reduced from the current approximately 10%. to within 5%.
The private school “Ri Ri Xin Xue Tang” in Beijing, China, has been suppressed by the authorities. Since the beginning of this month, the school has been forced to relocate by cutting off water, electricity, and heating. (The picture is taken from the official website of the school)
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