China’s traditional schools embrace online learning as coronavirus forces students to stay at home

China’s online education market grew 25.7% year on year in 2018 to 251.76bil yuan. — SCMP

Like most senior high school students in China, 18-year-old Xu Yuting had planned to resume her studies earlier this year to prepare for upcoming college entrance exams. However, the spread of the coronavirus over the Lunar New Year holiday break has meant the postponement of school semesters, forcing students like Xu to stay at home.

Rather than fall behind, Xu and many others have already begun learning full time again – only from home – in what may become the largest online teaching trial the country has seen.