BEIJING, April 9 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- ChinaEdu
Corporation (Nasdaq: CEDU) ("ChinaEdu" or "the Company"), an
educational services provider in China, today announced that it has recently
signed an agreement with WIDE World, developed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
WIDE World is an innovative professional development program
through both online courses and on-site workshops designed for the
wide-scale improvement in classrooms and schools. Under the
agreement, ChinaEdu will work with universities and schools to
bring learners to WIDE World's Chinese language professional
development programs. The current students of these courses are
professional and administrative members of ChinaEdu's partnership
schools and subsidiaries; Remin University, China Agricultural
University, Jiangnan University, Chongqing University, Nanjing University, Beijing Language and
Culture University, East China University of Science and
Technology, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics,
Lanzhou University and 101 Online
School.
About WIDE World
WIDE World (Wide-scale Interactive Development for Educators) is
an innovative professional development program based at the
Harvard Graduate School of Education.
WIDE World successfully combined 30 years of research and practice
to address the top educational challenge of the 21st century --
helping schools implement sustained, systemic improvement in
teaching practice and student performance.
WIDE World collaborates with school systems to support and
engage teachers as instructional leaders and mentors within their
school or district through highly customized, interactive, online
and in-person professional development experiences that both teach
and model best practices.
About ChinaEdu
ChinaEdu Corporation is an educational services provider in
China, incorporated as an exempted
limited liability company in the Cayman
Islands. Established in 1999, the Company's primary business
is to provide comprehensive services to the online degree programs
of leading Chinese universities. These services include academic
program development, technology services, enrollment marketing,
student support services and finance operations. The Company's
other lines of businesses include the operation of private primary
and secondary schools, online interactive tutoring services and
providing marketing and support for international curriculum
programs.
The Company believes it is the largest service provider to
online degree programs in China in
terms of the number of higher education institutions that are
served and the number of student enrollments supported. The Company
currently has 17 long-term, exclusive contracts that generally vary
from 10 to 50 years in length. ChinaEdu also performs recruiting
services for 15 universities through our nationwide learning center
network.
For further information, please contact:
ChinaEdu Corporation
Lily Liu, CFO
Phone: +86-10-8418-6655 x1002
Email: ir@chinaedu.net
S. Jimmy Xia, IR Manager
Phone: +86-10-8418-6655 x1150
Email: ir@chinaedu.net
SOURCE ChinaEdu Corporation