Adviser: More reforms needed to control cram schools

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China should continue to push reforms in education and further regulate after-school training institutions to reduce the academic burden on primary and secondary school students, a policy adviser said.

Zhu Yongxin, deputy secretary-general of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top political advisory body, said that while schools have taken measures to reduce students' workloads, after-school institutions have increased the burden.