A parent from Heze City, Shandong Province revealed on April 28th that they were required to pay a fee to view their child’s exam results through an app, totaling 300 yuan annually. This news trended on Baidu’s hot search on April 30, sparking discussions among netizens.
In a video, a woman from Heze City complained that it costs money to check her child’s grades, saying, “Not only does analyzing rankings cost money, now even checking grades requires payment.” The fee structure is set at 25 yuan per month or around 300 yuan for a year. If paid monthly, it amounts to 38 yuan per month.
The parent concluded by saying, “I can’t stand it anymore, is this how unappealing things have become now?”
According to a report by China Network on April 29, students’ grades are published on an app called “Seven Days School,” and parents need to recharge their membership to view their child’s grades. The monthly subscription costs 25 yuan consecutively or 38 yuan per month non-consecutively.
The media believes that setting up the app should have been for the convenience of parents to check their child’s grades and gather information. However, it has turned into an infringement upon parents’ rights and disrespectful to educational fairness.
Following the release of this information, after being widely reposted by various media outlets, it sparked heated discussions among netizens.
A netizen from Sichuan, “Wanting to Dance Machine,” expressed, “It’s so speechless, it’s really funny.”
A comment from Qingdao, Shandong, by “Latte-flavored Americano,” said, “This is really speechless, what’s going on?”
Some netizens lamented that in the past, asking a teacher for grades was simple, but now, inquiring about grades requires money, making it tough for parents these days!
Another netizen said, “Things that could be solved with a simple message from a teacher are now turned into paid services. Isn’t this just exploiting parents?”
A disgruntled netizen from Shandong, “Embracing the Moon and the Fairy,” expressed, “What’s with this, still charging money? Are they crazy for money?”
A post from the Weibo account “Viewing the Past and Present” on April 29 stated, “Educational informatization should be a public welfare project, why has it become a cash cow for some companies?”