Irate Chinese parents demand refunds from pricey private schools

Criticism mounts over online class quality and burden of helping kids at home

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A worker disinfects school buses in Nanjing on March 25. Expensive international schools in Beijing are fielding refund requests from parents who think online tutoring does not justify the prices. © AP

SU HUIXIAN and DENISE JIA, Caixin

Private international schools in China are being asked for refunds from parents unhappy with online learning programs provided by schools that are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Parents of students at the Sanlitun campus of the British School of Beijing recently were told they must pay up to 70,000 yuan ($10,000) in tuition, even though only online classes are available. Some parents complained that the e-learning programs do not justify the cost.

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