BEIJING, April 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- ChinaEdu
Corporation (NASDAQ: CEDU) ("ChinaEdu" or "the Company"), a leading
educational services provider in China, announced the celebration of the 15th
anniversary of its 101 Online School, held at the Diaoyutai State
Guesthouse in Beijing on
April 12, 2011. At the celebration,
officials from the National Center for Education Technology,
leading education industry experts as well as teachers from the
most prestigious middle schools in Beijing joined the 101 Online School's faculty
and staff in a profound discussion on the impact of online
education on learning habits and education models in China over the past 15 years and the future of
interactive web-enabled education and tutoring.
ChinaEdu chairman and chief executive officer, Julia Huang, hosted the event and commented,
"The 15th anniversary of our 101 Online School is a significant
milestone for ChinaEdu as it concludes a long period of observation
of Chinese students studying and learning in an internet-based
interactive tutoring environment. Over the years, as the internet
gained traction in China, we
harnessed the new technology to develop a student-centric, cutting
edge online curriculum that matches after-school tutoring content
to provincial text books and allows delivery of content by
China's most gifted teachers."
She continued, "Today marks the starting point of the execution
of a new strategy for ChinaEdu's 101 Online School that will result
in our next phase of growth. With emerging technology and quality
of teaching remaining our focus, we will launch a series of
products for new internet-enabled terminals such as tablets, smart
phones and other mobile devices that encourage interactive
learning. These new platforms allow us to deliver engaging
real-time tutoring as well as weekly practice sessions for
mathematics and other subjects to a growing user base, making
personalized online learning a reality. Our brand is already
recognized and respected by students and parents across
China. We look forward to bringing
new 101 Online School products and platforms to market that build
on our experience while constantly evolving to meet the needs of
China's present and future
students."
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, support for international curriculum programs
and online learning community for adult students.
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 contracts that generally vary from 10 to
50 years in length. ChinaEdu also performs recruiting services for
18 universities through our nationwide learning center network.
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Company Contact:
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Yang Min, Interim
CFO
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ChinaEdu Corporation
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Phone: +86-10-8418-6655
x1012
E-mail: yangmin@chinaedu.net
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Web: http://ir.chinaedu.net/web/news/2010/web116.html
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SOURCE ChinaEdu Corporation