Ministry steps up scrutiny of overseas education ads

China's Ministry of Education has stepped up the scrutiny of advertisements for overseas study programmes in an attempt to uncover the issuing of illegal or counterfeit diplomas, reports the official news agency Xinhua.

According to a circular published last Sunday on the ministry's website, adverts for overseas studies with “misleading promotion” should be dealt with according to the law, with the help of industry and commerce bureaus.

Chinese institutions working with foreign counterparts to send students abroad to study or issuing foreign diplomas have thrived because they are "meeting the public's diverse educational demands”, but some problems have emerged, it said. It called on education departments and colleges to gain a deeper understanding of foreign schools, to sign standardised agreements on education exchanges, and to clarify and strictly implement teaching plans, student records, training schemes, curriculum arrangements and diploma issuance.
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