On September 6, Nandu reporters exposed the "double reduction" of "living teachers", a popular industry under the "double reduction" - on the one hand, they are in the name of "new housekeeping", on the other hand, unlike ordinary domestic workers, most of them are not responsible for cooking and other household chores, but are only responsible for children's education and living problems. On September 8, the Ministry of Education issued a notice clarifying that institutions or individuals that violate the relevant provisions of training subjects and have incomplete licenses should be investigated and punished in accordance with laws and regulations if they carry out discipline training in the name of consultation, cultural dissemination, "domestic service", "home teacher", "crowdfunding private training", etc.
On September 13, Nandu reporters inquired and found that there were already resident teacher intermediaries who changed the name of the public account, and the public account of the institution could not see the tweet. At the same time, there are still people recruiting home teachers online, requiring "211, 985 school graduates, Montessori certificates of education, and fluency in English communication." ”
The official account of some intermediaries has been renamed
Nandu previously reported that there were intermediaries connecting with "home teachers" and the needs of parents. On September 13, Nandu reporters inquired and found that the intermediary agency of a resident teacher had changed the public account to "Family Literacy Instructor". According to the introduction, the family literacy instructor is equal to "life counselor + physical education teacher + nutritionist + childcare teacher". It is worth noting that this is no different from its previous introduction to home teachers.
The institution issued a notice on September 9 that the candidates recommended by the institution for families are not subject training for children, but responsible for children's living and living, the cultivation of living habits, and life counseling and companionship focusing on family education. In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, the "Home Teacher" project will be stopped from now on and new business segments will be actively explored.
Although the name has been changed, clicking on the official account can still see the option to hire a live-in teacher, and the information of some of the resident teachers can also be viewed on the official account. When nandu reporters asked the staff of the institution whether they could still hire residential teachers, the staff did not reply.
Another intermediary agency under the banner of "tutor" showed that after paying attention to the official account, it said that "in order to cooperate with the network security verification, the official account suspended service", and no tweets have been seen.
On the online recruitment platform, job postings about home teachers appear from time to time, and some recruitment is still being updated on September 13. There are recruitment requirements for home teachers to "take a three-year-old at home and tutor a fifth-grade elementary school student at night or on a rest day", requiring 211, 985 school graduates, Montessori certificates of education, and fluency in English communication.
The Ministry of Education prohibits subject training in the name of "home teachers"
According to Nandu's previous report, the "double reduction" policy stipulates that online training for preschool children must not be carried out, and it is strictly forbidden to carry out offline discipline (including foreign language) training for preschool children in the name of preschool classes, kindergarten bridging classes, thinking training classes, etc.
In this context, the emergence of home teachers in the name of "new home economics" is becoming more and more sought after. On the one hand, some institutions packaged home teachers as "new housekeeping", and on the other hand, they explained that they, unlike ordinary domestic workers, were not responsible for housework and cooking, but only for the education of their children.
It is worth noting that hiring a live-in teacher is expensive. According to the price list of an institution that provides home teacher services, the salary of a living teacher is between 12,000 and 20,000 yuan per month, and the intermediary will sign a tripartite contract with job seekers and families. During this period, the employing family needs to provide free food and accommodation for the living teachers, and also needs to pay a "project fee" to the institution, if the six-month contract with the teacher is signed, the project fee is 9800 yuan; if the one-year contract is signed, the project fee is 14800 yuan.
According to the official website of the institution, the home teacher is equivalent to a "life counselor + physical education teacher + nutritionist + childcare teacher", and can be responsible for the living and living habits of children aged 2 to 14, including carrying out activities with children, helping them learn English, assisting in home-school contact, arranging extracurricular interest classes, etc.
Big Qiao, who used to be a resident teacher, told Nandu reporters that resident teachers usually have to participate in all aspects of children's lives, including the formation of personality, the cultivation of learning habits, the selection of interest classes, etc., and sometimes they also have to participate in light housework, such as hand washing children's clothes, helping children clean up their rooms, and even helping children bathe.
After the "double reduction" policy was introduced, Big Joe found that more and more families were seeking home-based teachers, including many middle-class families, a trend that had not appeared before. "In the past, [the employer] may have been the owner of the factory or the chairman of the group, but now more people are starting to find a teacher to live in."
After the Nandu report was issued, on September 8, the Ministry of Education issued a notice to resolutely investigate and deal with the problem of disguised and illegal extracurricular training in disciplines, which mentioned that institutions or individuals that violated the relevant provisions of training subjects and had incomplete licenses should be investigated and punished in accordance with laws and regulations if they carried out discipline training in violation of regulations in the name of consultation, cultural dissemination, "domestic service", "home teachers" and "crowdfunding private training".
The Ministry of Education pointed out that for those who clearly violate relevant regulations, the administrative departments of education at all levels should take a clear-cut and serious stand to investigate and deal with them. According to the hidden and changeable characteristics of invisible mutation behavior in discipline-based off-campus training, as well as new situations and new problems that appear in practice, local education administrative departments may establish expert committees or designate professional institutions to scientifically identify invisible mutation training behaviors. At the same time, all localities should investigate and deal with the invisible variation of discipline training in accordance with the principle of "who approves and who is responsible". Institutions and individuals with incomplete licenses shall be investigated and punished in accordance with the provisions of the State Council's "Measures for the Investigation and Handling of Unlicensed Business Operations". Cross-regional violations are to be jointly investigated and handled by the relevant departments of the place of examination and approval by the training institution and the place where the violation occurred.
Written by: Nandu trainee reporter Yang Tianzhi