Dear Teachers,

By now, many of you have reached out with inquiries about a recent storm of media reports, social media posts and ground-shifting financial speculation, and what it all means for the private education industry for preK-12 students in China. We have monitored the situation closely and intently for two weeks, hoping to offer the clearest and most accurate vision of what is happening in the China-based industry and what will happen with Qkids given the dynamics. Whether you have been awaiting news, or are just learning of an update to the People’s Republic of China’s education regulations now, we are sorry to bring some heavy news. Qkids and all academic preK-12 operations with students based (specifically) in China are being reformed by regulations. Please read on to learn how Qkids’ operations will continue, be re-shaped and be expanded further.   

Here is a brief summary on how the PRC has updated and accelerated regulation policy for the private education industry for preK-12^th grade students in China.  The private education industry for these students in China has recently been issued regulations to reduce the burden on preK-12 children’s out-of-school time, eliminate holiday academic classes, and cease instruction for preK-12 academics from foreign teachers who are outside of China.  The regulations are being rolled out now and implemented according to provincial timelines.

We will keep you posted as soon as we can when there are specific and concrete guidelines issued to us.

At this time, please closely note the following updates about Qkids’ existing operations. As of August 10, Qkids will no longer sell any new/renewed packages offering ESL instruction from teachers outside of China. Currently, Qkids has been granted time to fulfill existing family packages and subscriptions. For these subscriptions, we expect mostly regular scheduling trends for teachers in August and into the coming months. In other words, your booking options will continue in coordination with existing subscriptions. During this stage, you can expect weekly scheduling, coach/ CCT communications and pay to operate without changes.   

We are deeply disappointed by the circumstance we are all facing. We regret that many of you will be affected by the reduction in bookings, as well as sad to stop having classes with our China-based kiddos. This is a challenging time for all of us, but we hope together we can make the most of what is ahead.  With students and families, we ask that you stay positive and please avoid this topic in class in order to maintain a pleasant, professional, and uplifting tone as you always have done. We truly hope you can make the most of this time with all the China-based Qkiddos learning English.

As you may know, Qkids has long been innovating on and expanding its product lines. While we expect a major dip in demand for some time as subscriptions wrap up and we transition as a company, it is our goal to continue with preK-12 offerings for students outside of China. You may know of the pilot program Qkids Academy for North American children, as well as our efforts to provide classes to students and open bookings for ESL teachers in various other countries. We will put more energy and focus into new markets and also aim to launch a new product to serve the Chinese adult population for their English-speaking practices.  We are certainly going to push to continue our educational mission and will continue to be committed to finding and extending opportunities for our teaching community as best as we can.  We wish we could do this seamlessly, but can not at this time given how quickly the regulations have been rolled out.

Qkids staff, from our Recruitment Team, Coaching Team, Class Coordination Team, as well as those working on social media, marketing, workshops and many other projects, have enjoyed every moment of collaboration with you all! There have been so many bright, brilliant moments amongst the staff and teachers, as well as between students and teachers.  From all of us, we would like to share a huge THANK YOU to all for your talent, commitment, loyalty and efforts over time.

Deepest gratitude,  

Qkids Teams