NEWS & PUBLICATIONS
Eight Authorities Ban Commercial Ads and Games in Education Apps
Mon Oct 28 11:06:00 CST 2019 Published by:Editor

Eight departments including the Ministry of Education ("MOE") have recently distributed the Opinions on Guiding and Regulating the Orderly and Healthy Development of Education Mobile Internet Applications (the "Opinions").

According to the Opinions, actions will be taken to comprehensively rectify the chaotic situation for education mobile applications (Apps), fill the regulatory loopholes, standardize the lifecycle management, enhance the quality of App development and supply, and create a sound development ecology to boost the orderly and healthy development of education mobile Apps. It is anticipated to establish sound systems, norms and standards regarding administration of education mobile Apps, create the normalized regulation mechanism and preliminarily build a scientific and efficient governance system, by the end of 2020. To this end, the Opinions outline specific measures, including "establishing the record-filing system", "strengthening content development", "standardizing data management" and "ensuring network security". Among others, the Opinions stress that administrative departments of education and schools shall standardize their management of the integration of education mobile Apps in school education, adding that no fees will be charged from students or their parents for those education mobile Apps that are used in a unified manner as teaching instruments or teaching management instruments, and such Apps should not contain any commercial advertisements or games.

 

(Source: Ministry of Education)


The Watson & Band website is intended for informational purposes only. Nothing in this site is to be construed as creating an attorney-client relationship between the reader and Watson & Band or as offering legal advice on any specific matter. Since we are not providing legal advice through this website, you should not act upon any information that you might receive here without first seeking professional counsel. No client or other reader should act or refrain from acting on the basis of any information contained in the Watson & Band website without seeking appropriate legal or other professional advice based on the particular facts and circumstances at issue.

© Copyright 2000-2015 All Rights Reserved | Shanghai ICP for 15028801 Privacy Policy | User Feedback

沪公网安备 31010402001317号

Lin