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Koolearn to End Tutoring for Children Amid Education Reforms
One of China’s earliest online education platforms, Koolearn, announced Monday that it will end its academic training services from kindergarten through the ninth grade in the Chinese mainland by the end of November.
中国最早的在线教育平台之一、新东方旗下在线教育网站——新东方在线周一宣布，将终止中国内地幼儿园至九年级阶段的K-9服务，预计于2021年11月末之前生效。
Koolearn’s board of directors said the decision would have a significant impact on its earnings, as businesses involving kids from kindergarten to the ninth grade, or K-9, account for up to 40% of its total revenues. The company said it will shift its focus to other educational products and services that don’t involve students enrolled in the K-9 program.
董事会表示，这一决定将对公司的收入产生重大影响，因为涉及幼儿园至九年级(K-9)学生的业务占公司总收入的比例高达40%。该公司表示，将把重点转向其他不涉及K-9课程学生的教育产品和服务。
The company is the latest to fall victim to China’s most recent education reform, barring academic tutoring agencies from seeking financing by listing on the stock market. Koolearn Technology Holding Limited, owned by education powerhouse New Oriental Education and Technology Group, was founded in 2005 and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2019.
新东方在线最近一家受到中国最新教育改革影响的公司。该改革禁止学术辅导机构通过上市寻求融资。新东方在线隶属于教育巨头新东方教育科技集团，成立于2005年，并于2019年在香港联交所上市。
As of May 2020, Koolearn had 7,094 full-time employees, with an additional 6,683 part-time staff. Last month, some employees claimed online that their supervisor was trying to “optimize his team” by setting unreasonably high goals and cutting salaries by 20% if they failed to reach targets.
截至2020年5月，新东方在线拥有7094名全职员工，另外还有6683名兼职员工。上个月，一些员工在网上表示，他们的主管试图通过设定不合理的高目标来“优化团队”，如果员工未能达到目标，就会被减薪20%。
A teacher with New Oriental Education, who declined to be named due to privacy reasons, said some supervisors were reducing staff salaries, adjusting their positions, or arranging no classes to force them to leave schools without severances. She claimed the company hadn’t paid her full salary for September and accused the company of faking her “voluntary resignation.”
新东方一名因隐私原因不愿透露姓名的教师表示，一些主管正在通过降低员工工资、调整员工职位或不安排课程，迫使员工自己辞职。她声称公司没有支付她9月份的全部工资，并指责公司伪造她“自愿辞职”。
“The problem hasn’t been addressed after nearly a month,” the teacher in the eastern city of Wenzhou, told Sixth Tone. “The human resources staff asked me to file the case with the city’s arbitration office, but there’s no room for negotiations from their side.”
“近一个月来，这个问题一直没有得到解决，”这位来自东部城市温州的老师告诉《第六声》。“人力资源部门的工作人员让我把这个案子提交给市仲裁办公室，但他们这边没有谈判的余地。”
When reached by Sixth Tone on Tuesday, the human resources department at New Oriental Education’s Wenzhou office declined to comment and referred to its headquarters in Beijing.
周二，当“第六声”联系到新东方教育温州分公司人力资源部门时，该人资部拒绝置评，并转到北京总部。
Koolearn’s announcement on Monday came nearly a month after its parent company, New Oriental Education, said it would lay off over 40,000 staff by the end of this year and scrap its entire tutoring business targeting primary and middle school students. Several other companies, including the education arm of internet giant ByteDance and another industry giant Juren Education, are either scaling back staff or ceasing operations altogether.
在新东方周一宣布这一消息近一个月前，其母公司新东方(New Oriental Education)表示，将在今年年底前裁员逾4万名员工，并放弃整条针对中小学生的辅导业务线。其他几家公司，包括互联网巨头字节跳动的教育部门和另一家行业巨头巨人教育(Juren education)，要么在裁员，要么完全停止运营。
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