Starting on June 23, all parts of the country have announced the results of the 2021 college entrance examination one after another. Volunteer registration has become the most important thing for candidates and parents. This year, college entrance examination candidates from 8 provinces and cities including Guangdong, Hebei, Liaoning, and Chongqing ushered in the first entrance examination of the new college entrance examination. Volunteer registration and recruitment rules have changed greatly. In some areas, the general undergraduate batch can fill up to 112 volunteers. Candidates are voluntary It is more difficult to fill in the report.
In this regard, some candidates and parents choose to seek help from voluntary reporting service agencies. However, are some voluntary reporting services that charge tens of thousands of dollars really reliable? How can candidates and their parents “avoid pits” when choosing a voluntary reporting agency?
Volunteer reporting on the rise of the service industry, 90% of related companies were established within 5 years
“Shandong’s new college entrance examination can fill in 96 volunteers.” A Shandong netizen asked for help on social platforms. This year is the second year of the reform of Shandong’s new college entrance examination. Due to many choices, his family is confused about the direction and intends to consult a professional institution, but At the same time, he was worried that spending money on planning would not be effective, so he asked for help on the Internet to share his experience.
Volunteer filing is related to candidates’ future and is an urgent need of many candidates and parents. Some volunteers and organizations see business opportunities and launch various services.
According to data from Tianyan Check, in recent years, the industry of voluntary payment for college entrance examinations has gradually emerged. Up to now, there are more than 1,500 voluntary companies in my country, and nearly 90% of related companies have been established within 5 years. Among them, in 2019, more than 330 voluntary companies were registered and more than 550 related companies were added in 2020, a year-on-year increase of 66.5%. Before 2013, the number of annual registrations of relevant enterprises in my country voluntarily reported was only single digits.
In addition, in the first five months of this year, there were nearly 320 new voluntary reporting related companies, an increase of 77% year-on-year. In Hebei province alone, there were more than 200 new voluntary reporting related companies, accounting for 77% of the total.
The service fee ranges from one hundred yuan to ten thousand yuan, and it only takes 3 days to have a “volunteer planner” certification training
The reporter searched and found that the companies that currently provide voluntary reporting and payment services are mainly divided into two methods: selling system data and providing one-to-one consultation. The amount of charge ranges from one hundred yuan to ten thousand yuan. For example, for a college entrance examination volunteer application service, the price of ordinary members starts at 218 yuan. The services include college data, smart matching universities, admission probability, etc., but only data is provided and no manual services. If candidates need one-to-one voluntary application services, The price is 6498 yuan; the one-to-one service for college entrance examinations launched by some institutions can even charge as high as 98,000 yuan.
The reporter consulted a voluntary reporting service company called “College Entrance Examination Volunteer Network”. The consulting services provided by the company are divided into three levels, which charge RMB 6,800/person for intermediate experts, RMB 8,800/person for senior experts, and RMB 12,800 for special experts. /people. The company’s customer service stated that expert ratings are based on the number of years they have been engaged in voluntary reporting services, “intermediate level three to five years, advanced level five years or so, and special level more than five years”, and the service price is not uniform across the country, but based on the specific provinces and cities It depends on the situation. For example, if you are an intermediate expert, the fees that Beijing candidates need to pay are relatively more expensive. The customer service also said that now is the peak business season, many parents come to consult, and there is no room for bargaining.
The reporter found on the company’s official website that it also provides training for the college entrance examination volunteer planner certification. The training duration is only 3 days and the fee is 6,980 yuan. The training content includes detailed explanation of the reform of the college entrance examination and examination, and voluntary marketing and marketing.
Prior to this, a number of media outlets have been voluntarily reporting market chaos, including inflated prices, false propaganda, outdated or even incorrect data in the AI system, and uneven qualifications of practitioners.
On June 16 this year, the Ministry of Education issued an early warning that candidates and parents have reported that there are organizations or individuals in the society that use the Internet, telephone, and face-to-face consultations to carry out college volunteer guidance activities and charge high-value services to candidates and parents. There are problems such as inaccurate policies, false information, misleading and even fraud.
For example, a website claims to have internal big data and can “precisely locate colleges and universities” and “do not waste a point.” In fact, every year in the college entrance examination work, the provincial admissions examination agencies will publish the statistics of the college entrance examination results and the admission scores of various colleges and universities in recent years. A consulting agency advertised that it had successfully joined hands with C9, 985, and 211 colleges and universities, and “a team of authoritative and voluntary reporting experts from well-known colleges and universities was formed”. In fact, relevant departments have never issued professional qualification certificates such as “volunteer planners for college entrance examination”. Even some “volunteer tutoring” APPs and websites under the guise of “one-to-one” service for candidates, after charging high fees, slipped away.
The industry is not yet mature, candidates need to choose carefully
“It cost more than four thousand yuan, which is not as suitable as the major I chose.” “My mother spent thousands of consultations for me at the time.” Regarding the effect of the voluntary reporting service, candidates who chose the service in previous years had different opinions.
According to the data from Tianyan Check, among the relevant enterprises that volunteered to report, more than 20 are facing legal proceedings, and 68 have business abnormalities. The reporter searched on Tianyan Check and found that a related industry education and training institution in Beijing had been punished by an administrative penalty of 2 million yuan for refusing a reasonable refund request from a user. When choosing services, parents can inquire about the name of the voluntary organization on Tianyan Check, and quickly find out the basic situation of an organization based on the establishment time of the enterprise, the scope of business, whether there is any abnormal operation and administrative punishment, etc., to prevent stepping on the pit.
Zhang Yizhi, head of the research group for evaluation of college admissions regulations of the China Association for Higher Education, believes that the new college entrance examination has urged the need for volunteer guidance for the college entrance examination. The development of the voluntary reporting service industry has prospects, but it is still in its infancy, and there are indeed some chaos in the market. In this regard, he suggested that parents or candidates should consider institutions that have been in existence for many years, have a certain reputation, and good reputation when choosing a voluntary service organization for the college entrance examination. At the same time, they can also ask previous seniors or parents to understand the situation of the institution to make rational decisions based on their own situation. judgment.
In the early warning issued on June 16th, the Ministry of Education also reminded the majority of candidates and parents that there are currently no enrollment examination institutions, universities and social institutions or individuals to carry out the cooperation of the college entrance examination voluntary filling and guidance, and do not believe the so-called “high price” voluntary filling and guidance services. .
“Seriously investigate and deal with intermediaries, websites, apps, etc. that have exaggerated propaganda, false propaganda, high-priced consulting fees, and illegal training services in accordance with laws and regulations, and effectively protect the rights and interests of candidates.” On June 23, the Ministry of Education was deploying further actions. Good candidates emphasized when they volunteered to fill in the service work, all localities should unite with cybersecurity and informatization, public security, market supervision and other departments to strengthen the supervision of social training institutions or individuals carrying out voluntary reporting and consulting activities.
In addition, in accordance with the “2021 College Entrance Examination Escort Action” arrangement, the Ministry of Education has coordinated relevant Internet platforms to jointly carry out the special action “Lighting up the official website logo of authoritative examination admission agencies”. Weibo, WeChat official accounts, etc. shall be uniformly and authoritatively marked on the Internet to facilitate the identification of candidates and parents, and to obtain authoritative admissions policies and service information.
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