"The lessons organized by the school cost less and can help my daughter get better marks, but I worry about the food and living conditions in another city far from home," she said.
Wang Jinghai, another parent, agrees with Li.
"The city education authority banned vacation lessons in 2010, but teachers kept telling parents to keep the children studying long hours during vacation. So I now have to pay 1,520 yuan ($241) a month for private English and mathematics classes for my son, which started on Jan 30," Wang said. Wang's son is in his first year at Nanchang middle school in Shenyang.
One private-tutoring agency is Feiyue Education, which provides holiday classes for middle school and college students.
"The winter class for high school seniors is the most popular, with 300 to 400 in one class, each paying 60 yuan per lesson," said a staff member at the Shenyang office of Feiyue Education, who did not want to be named.
Hao Xiaoming's son is in his first year of high school in Shenyang, and attends a weekend English class that costs 10,000 yuan for a semester.
"The holiday classes seem very clandestine," Hao said. "Some classes are held secretly in residential areas and do not allow parents to enter. They've installed security doors and windows. There's no guarantee of safety in case of fire."
Liu Yan, a professor at Anshan Normal University, said the Yutian school was put under pressure to violate the government regulation.
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