The details are as follows: Last week, YueYang (pseudonym), who works in Guangzhou, received a phone call from Guangdong Teaching Center of Lanzhou University, informing him to attend classes at Lanzhou University headquarters in Lanzhou, Gansu. YueYang signed up for the MPA Guangdong class of Lanzhou University according to the enrollment brochure. However, in the re-examination organized by Guangdong Teaching Center, candidates are required to sign an agreement and agree to pay 2 1 1,000 yuan of "increased service support fee for running schools in different places" in advance. The school said it was not allowed to charge this fee, but YueYang was told by Guangdong Teaching Center that if he didn't pay this fee, he would have to go back to Lanzhou University for classes.
Reasons for listing
The Ministry of Education has repeatedly applied for "the joint enrollment of public colleges and social training institutions is strictly prohibited" and "colleges and universities are not allowed to set up branches or schools in different places under any name without the approval of the examination and approval authorities", but the person in charge of the Guangdong Teaching Center of Lanzhou University said that they started running schools in Guangzhou in 2004, and the relevant documents all contain the expression "running schools in different places". However, neither the school nor the Guangdong Teaching Center has responded positively to questions such as whether the Guangdong Teaching Center has been approved by the competent authorities, whether it has the qualification to organize enrollment teaching, and whether it is illegal.
Complaints from candidates
Need to pay 2 1 1,000 yuan "support fee for running schools in different places"
Not long ago, Southern Reporter was pulled into a WeChat group. All the members in the group worked in Guangdong, passed the MPA national examination for in-service postgraduate students and applied for Lanzhou University in Guangzhou. Wang Yang (pseudonym), a candidate from Guangzhou, said that on March 20th, they received an email from the Admissions Office of Guangdong Teaching Center of Lanzhou University School of Management, informing them to attend the second interview at Guangzhou Branch of Chinese Academy of Sciences at No.0/00 Xianlie Middle Road, Yuexiu District on March 25th. Before the second interview, the staff gave them a confirmation letter from the candidates of Lanzhou University MPA (Guangdong), and the third one caught the attention of the candidates: "I understand and am willing to bear the increased service guarantee fee of Lanzhou University MPA (Guangdong) due to running schools in different places of 2 1000 yuan. The fee will be collected by the teaching service supporter of this project and the corresponding invoice will be issued. "
Wang Yang and other candidates said that they only knew that the tuition fee was10.5 million yuan per year, and it was 45,000 yuan per year for three years. They never knew that there was such a support fee for running schools in different places. This fee is not mentioned in the enrollment brochure, nor is it mentioned in the official website. To the examinee's surprise, this fee can only be paid into personal account or paid in cash to the staff of Guangdong Teaching Center.
Wang Yang said that the Guangdong Teaching Center of Lanzhou University was actually operated by Guangzhou Zhonglanda Education Development Co., Ltd., and candidates suspected that this fee was probably charged by the company in violation of regulations.
The school refused to accept it, but the college said it could.
Wang Yang and many candidates were surprised by this 2 1 000 yuan "increased service support fee for running schools in different places". "We all have work units, which encourage us to pursue further studies, so tuition fees can be reimbursed. At first, we were just worried that this 2 1000 yuan was not the invoice issued by the school, and the unit would not reimburse it, because the people in Guangdong Teaching Center said that they could only issue the invoice of Guangzhou Zhonglanda Education Development Co., Ltd., and as for the amount, they could open as much as they wanted. " Wang Yang said that he fed back the above information to the Graduate Admissions Office of Lanzhou University and asked why the 2. 1 yuan was not collected in the name of the school. Why didn't he explain before whether it was legal to collect it in the name of the company and whether it was approved by relevant departments? The staff of the other party said that Lanzhou University does not recognize any fees other than tuition fees, and clearly stated that the "support fee for running schools in different places" of 2 1 0,000 yuan is "not allowed to be charged". Regarding whether you can continue to study in Guangdong Teaching Center without paying this fee, the other party said that you need to communicate with the School of Management of Lanzhou University.
Wang Yang said that what puzzled him was that the answer given by the School of Management was completely different from that given by the admissions office. According to the telephone recording he provided, the staff of the School of Management told him that the main reason for charging this fee is that teachers need to come to Guangzhou to attend classes, which will increase the teaching cost. "Enjoy the service should bear the cost. What's the problem? At that time, your diploma will be stamped with the seal of Lanzhou University. If not, you can report to the Ministry of Education. We can't help it if you don't admit the cost. "
Recalling the details of the exam, I dare not continue to study.
Wang Yang said that recalling the whole process of re-examination and payment, he felt that the work of Guangdong Teaching Center of Lanzhou University was very irregular. "The examination questions were given during the comprehensive quality re-examination. According to the regulations, candidates have 10 minutes to prepare for the exam outside the examination room, and are not allowed to watch mobile phones. In fact, everyone uses their mobile phones to search for answers and nobody cares. In the oral English test, five people discuss a topic in groups. My spoken English is not good, and I stammered, and the result was 79 points. There are worse, but most people's spoken English is around 80 points. "
Wang Yang said that after inquiring about the results announcement in official website of Lanzhou University, it was found that there were 165 people in the department who applied for MPa1* *, 6 people were absent from the re-examination, and only 105 people were admitted. The scores of most candidates in the national unified examination are relatively high, while the situation in the Guangdong Education Center is obviously much easier. 94 candidates applied for MPA 1 * *, and 80 candidates were admitted, including 105.
YueYang also said that he was very unhappy with this fee, and because of the randomness of the second interview, he had serious doubts about whether he could learn real knowledge in the Guangdong Education Center, so he was even more unwilling to pay the fee of 2 1000 yuan. "If you can't learn anything casually, what's the difference between it and spending money on a diploma?" YueYang said it was unrealistic to go back to the headquarters of Lanzhou University, so he considered taking an examination of local universities in Guangzhou next year.
Wang Yang said: "The scores and fees are really low, because Lanzhou University is allowed by the Ministry of Education to determine its own enrollment quota and draw its own admission scores. What I understand is that the state gives preferential policies to support the northwest, but whether they use these advantages to run schools in Guangdong is a big problem. "
Southern Reporter consulted official website of Guangzhou Zhonglanda Education Development Co., Ltd. and found that the Guangdong Teaching Center of Lanzhou University was very popular with government functional departments. Many departments have issued red-headed documents, organizing staff to apply for MPA and LLM courses organized by the Center.
2. How did110,000 yuan "support fee for running schools in different places" come out?
A few days ago, a reporter from Du Nan went to the Guangdong Education Center of Lanzhou University for verification, and happened to meet a female student who came to pay the fee. Ms. Chen, director and supervisor of Zhonglanda Education Development Co., Ltd., told the reporter that her company is a partner of Lanzhou University School of Management, and the tuition fee is determined to be 2 1 1,000 yuan, mainly based on the cost of running a school, receiving teachers and leaders from the headquarters, and comprehensively considering the MPA tuition standard of local universities in Guangzhou.
Ms. Chen said that the tuition fee of the Guangdong Teaching Center of Lanzhou University is 45,000 yuan, and the total cost is 66,000 yuan, which is slightly lower than the MPA professional fees of local universities in Guangdong, so she thinks this is a reasonable charging standard. Moreover, this fee was informed before the candidate's interview, and it was also agreed with the candidate. The candidate is willing to pay for the research. If he is unwilling to pay, he will not study.
Ms. Chen said that the Guangdong Teaching Center of Lanzhou University has been established in Guangzhou for more than ten years, and this model has always served Guangdong candidates, and the candidates are very satisfied. "There are at least two students, but our teacher also flew from Lanzhou to Guangzhou to attend classes." Ms. Chen said.
Li Bo, deputy director of MPA Education Center of Lanzhou University School of Management, director of Guangdong Teaching Center, and chairman of Guangzhou Zhonglanda Education Development Co., Ltd., called the Du Nan reporter in other places and said that according to the regulations, the students they enrolled in Guangzhou should go back to their headquarters to study, but considering that everyone works in Guangdong, in order to save the time of candidates, they go to school in Guangzhou, and their study and management are exactly the same as those in the headquarters.
Li Bo said that the teachers of this department will incur expenses in attending classes in Guangzhou, teaching venues in Guangzhou and personnel management in Guangzhou Center. Therefore, "it is illegal for the school to charge money from our China Blue University and candidates as service fees, mainly to ensure students' study here". As for how many invoices you want to issue, Li Bo said that the teacher should be too nervous and say something wrong, so you can issue as many invoices as you want.
Why do you want to deposit this money in a private account?
Li Bo said that the activities of Guangdong Teaching Center are all policy-oriented and should be carried out reasonably, fairly, openly and transparently in accordance with relevant policies and regulations. As for the school's disapproval of the fee of 2 10000 yuan, it may be that the staff "don't know what kind of cooperation mode is below, and they don't know how to study policies and actual operations."
As for why the money should be credited to a private account, Li Bo said that this is mainly for the convenience of candidates in remote areas. He said that because some candidates have asked before whether they can transfer money directly to the teacher or through WeChat, it is mainly for the convenience of candidates.
Can we organize teaching in Guangzhou?
Li Bo did not give a positive answer to the question whether Guangzhou Zhonglanda Education Development Co., Ltd. and Guangdong Teaching Center of Lanzhou University can organize teaching activities in Guangzhou. He only said: "It's like a university setting up a campus in Zhuhai, and then setting up an education investment company in this Zhuhai campus. This education investment company will be responsible for fulfilling related matters." Li Bo said, "You are not in this line of work. There are so many rules and regulations that you can't understand them. Since there is an education development company, government functional departments will consider it during the audit, such as confirming the specific content of operators, education and training, and educational services. "
Is Guangzhou Zhonglanda Education Development Co., Ltd. an education investment company like this? On this issue, Li Bo said that he would have a good talk in the future. As for how to cooperate between schools and enterprises, Li Bo said, "I won't tell you this, and you don't need to know it, and there is no need to know it."