Ban on the Establishment of Full-Time Tutorial Classes by Middle Schools to Increase Promotion Rate Reiterated

Editor's Note: Our newpaper publishes today the circular issued by the Shandong Provincial Education Department to reiterate the ban on the establishment by middle schools of full-time tutorial classes for previous graduates. The circular suggests several effective measures well worth the notice of all localities. Over recent years, full-time tutorial classes to prepare for entrance examinations to institutions of higher education have been steadily increasing, and it is also a growing trend that more and more tutorial classes for junior high students have been set up. This tendency has a serious impact on the normal teaching order and adversely affects the improvement of educational quality. To ensure an all-round implementation of the party's educational policy, it is necessary for various localities to adopt effective measures, as the Shandong Provincial Education Department has done, conscientiously to rectify the mistaken trend of laying lopsided emphasis on promotion rate.