Yuzhang Academy’s school-running qualification will be cancelled. Some parents: Firmly support the school.
Locked into a small black room, punished with a ruler, beaten with a "dragon whip"... Recently, Nanchang Yuzhang Academy, which is comparable to a replica of "Yang Yongxin", was criticized verbally and written by students on the Internet, arousing widespread public attention.
After a joint investigation by multiple departments in Qingshan Lake District, Nanchang City, it was found that some of the problems reflected in the online posts existed. The academy did have behaviors and related systems such as punishing standing, beating rulers, and beating dragon whips. In this regard, the district Education, Science and Sports Bureau has been instructed to punish the school's educational institutions and hold relevant responsible persons accountable.
On November 2, Wu Junbao, the principal of Yuzhang Academy, responded in the WeChat group: Yuzhang Academy Slim School has "voluntarily applied for closure. After approval from government departments, home-school communication will gradually control the situation for current students." Diversion".
On November 5, a reporter from the Legal Evening News·View News learned from the local Propaganda Department that the relevant departments had approved the school’s application for deregistration. However, today, Yuzhang Academy held a media open day, and some people who claimed to be parents of students held up banners at the school gate, calling for the resumption of school.
"Quit Internet addiction and educate all kinds of bad teenagers"
Due to long-term disharmony in the family, Wang Mingming (pseudonym) suffered from moderate depression and anxiety, and began to be tired of studying and fall in love early. . My mother saw it and was anxious in her heart until she searched for "Yuzhang Academy" through the Internet.
At the end of 2014, just after his 16th birthday, Mingming was forcibly taken on a train to Nanchang, Jiangxi.
“Xiushen Junior High School, Psychological Education School, and College Preparatory School. Men and women are managed separately and recruit all year round nationwide: addiction to online games; dropout from school; running away from home; early love and rebellion; bad habits; character defects; Violent tendencies; psychological deviations and other general bad behaviors that parents and traditional schools are difficult to educate and guide young people with." The admission brochure of Yuzhang Academy once stated this.
Internet propaganda has led to "problem teenagers" from all over the country being sent here.
Including Wang Mingming, the first "experience" students enter the academy is the "Depression Room". "It was a small dark room of about 10 square meters, with some moldy green military quilts, and there was a squatting pit next to the mattress." Mingming said that for the next week, she never turned off the lights. When she woke up in the middle of her sleep, she found a mouse crawling through the air conditioning duct and crawling on her pillow. She covered her head under the quilt and did not dare to move or make a sound. For several hours, until my whole body cramped up.
The blue door is what students call the "little dark room" and "boring room"
"What I do every day is sit and daydream, and my mind is filled with despair. I even thought about committing suicide."
Mr. Zhou, who once served as an information office teacher and instructor at Yuzhang Academy, also confirmed to the Legal Evening News and Opinion News reporter that after entering the school, freshmen will directly enter the "boring room", which is what students call it. "Little Black Room", in this small room with no windows, students do not leave the house, and the staff delivers three meals a day. They are kept for 7 days before being released.
Interior of the boredom room.
In this regard, Yuzhang Academy officially explained that this is "Morita therapy".
After coming out of the boredom room, he obviously started nine months of college life. At Yuzhang Academy, students have to get up at 5:30 every day, read in the morning, eat, start the day's study and training, and watch the news broadcast at 7 p.m.
"My mother signed a one-year contract for me at that time. I heard that if I performed better, I could go home earlier. I put away all my grievances and temper." Mingming said.
Dragon whip, joint sitting and whistle-blowing system
Legal Evening News·View News reporter found out that Yuzhang Academy has a complete "educational reform" system: Chinese education, physical labor, making mistakes For corporal punishment, there is even a set of management methods similar to ancient supervision. From principals to teachers and even students, people at different management levels have different authorities, and there are also a series of punishment reporting procedures.
The "Yuzhang Academy System Chart" provided by a student to the Legal Evening News·Guan Guan News
According to reports, the mountain chief Wu Junbao is the top administrator of the academy. Below, are the vice-principals of the male and female branches. Normally, students from the two schools attend classes together and live separately. Under the vice-principal is the "Teaching Center", where instructors and teachers are managers.
Etiquette classes at Yuzhang Academy Girls' School
Students are taking Chinese studies classes
Down below are the management of the student group.
Boys' schools and girls' schools each have one "senior", who is the highest-level cadre among students. The next level is called "senator". Boys' and girls' schools have two to three students respectively. They control the most basic and most widely used functions of the school. The power to remember "rulers": When councilors and seniors observe which students violate discipline, they can make a note of it. If it is less, it will be two or three rulers, and if it is more, it will be more than ten rulers.
In Yuzhang Academy, disobeying discipline is a serious or minor "crime". Sometimes disobeying discipline will only result in two rulers, and sometimes it will result in a "dragon whip".
Peeping at extracurricular books or not paying attention in class will be the reasons for being punished. Falling in love, communicating between men and women, fighting, committing suicide, smoking, etc. are serious mistakes and will result in being whipped by the dragon. Regarding the material of the dragon whip, most students said it was steel bars, and some said it was fiberglass, but Wu Junbao said it was a hollow plastic pipe.
“Hit and punishment were used time and time again to make us bow our heads and obey the instructions of teachers and instructors. We even couldn’t mention the pain in the messages we communicated with our parents. When it came to the teacher, he directly delete". One student said.
The results of a questionnaire set by the media among a group of 16 Yuzhang Academy students showed that all the students interviewed had been beaten by the ruler, 52.63% of the students had been beaten by the dragon whip, and 42.11% had been beaten by the dragon whip. Other corporal punishments, such as running 100 laps around the playground, exposure to the sun, etc.
Legal Evening News·View News reporter learned that what makes students feel even more uneasy is the joint sitting and whistle-blowing system.
Yangyang said that when a boy was found to be in love with a girl, all the insiders were punished by making them jump frog thirty times around two basketball courts every day unless they reported on a certain classmate. Little secret, you don’t have to dance the next day.
Students "eternal pain"
Legal Evening News·View News reporters obtained a copy of the school's fee standards for 2014. The picture shows that the fee for the first year is 44,550 yuan, the second year is 30,050 yuan, and the third year is 25,550 yuan.
Yuzhang Academy fees in 2014 provided by a student
According to a student, “the cost is much more than this amount.” The receipt he provided showed that his half-year Tuition and fees are 31,650 yuan.
A student from Dalian said that he paid 30,000 yuan for tuition and miscellaneous fees in half a year
“It can transform children” is the reason why many parents spend a lot of money to send their children to this school. So, does this school have the qualifications to treat problem teenagers?
On the evening of October 30, Nanchang Qingshan Lake District officially announced, "Yuzhang Academy is the Yuzhang Academy Self-cultivation Education School in Qingshan Lake District, Nanchang City. A private non-academic education institution established on May 16, 2013; in January 2014, with the approval of relevant departments, the function of transforming teenagers with general bad behavior was added."
According to reports, Yuzhang Academy Slim School was established in 2014. On February 23, 2014, it was approved by the Procuratorate of Xihu District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province as the minors’ observation, assistance and education base, and became the first minors’ observation, assistance and education base in Jiangxi Province.
On March 29 of the same year, Yuzhang Academy Slim School also became a sunshine school for Nanchang citizens to serve and manage key youth groups.
According to the "Law on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency", minors with serious bad behavior can be sent to work-study schools for correction and education. However, they should be sent to work-study schools by their parents or other guardians, or by their original school. Submit an application and obtain approval from the education administration department. Many students and parents said that this procedure is not required to enter Yuzhang Academy Slim School.
The reporter found out that Yuzhang Academy was born out of a "Longhui School" to combat Internet addiction. Through Tianyancha, reporters found that in 2007 before Yuzhang Academy Slim School, Wu Junbao established two enterprises, Nanchang Qingshan Lake District Longhui Psychological Counseling Service Center and Nanchang Longhui Education Consulting Co., Ltd., and founded a counseling service center. The special training school for Internet addiction is "Nanchang Longhui Psychological Education School".
On January 6 this year, the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council announced the "Regulations on the Internet Protection of Minors (Draft for Review)" to solicit opinions from the public. It is clarified: No organization or individual may engage in activities to prevent and interfere with minors' addiction to the Internet through abuse, coercion and other illegal means, harm the physical and mental health of minors, and infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of minors.
“I never understood how much crime we committed to be locked up in this place. To be honest, I feel hopeless, not only for the teacher, but also for my parents.
I will never forget the pain that Yuzhang Academy has brought me.” After staying at Yuzhang Academy for 9 months, Wang Mingming said that his personality is more extreme, withdrawn, and does not like to talk. “It is dark and cold, and it feels like a burst of pain when I think about it. Trembling slightly."
Ming Ming said, "If my mother had chosen to spend more time with me and care about me instead of sending me to such a cage, my life might have been a different scene. ”.
Today, the students’ condemnation of Yuzhang Academy has not stopped, and they look forward to a more in-depth investigation by the relevant departments.
On November 2, the executive director of Yuzhang Academy Wu Junbao responded in the WeChat group: Because ancient education methods such as "guarding rulers" cannot be used in the current education system, and stopping "guarding rulers" will inevitably put disadvantaged students and teachers in danger, Yuzhang Academy Slim School has "voluntarily applied to suspend operations." , and after approval from government departments, students will be gradually diverted through communication between home and school."
He also said, "On the 5th of this month, the school will officially open to the public and conduct on-site inspections of various rumors." Legal system Evening News·Guan Guan News reporter called Wu Junbao several times, but no one answered.
Open Day: Some people who claimed to be parents expressed their "firm support for Yuzhang Academy"
On the morning of November 5, Yuzhang Academy, which is in the midst of a whirlpool of public opinion, held a media open day. College staff attended the scene to respond to online questions. When they talked about emotional points, some people below burst into applause and shouted "Come on, Academy!"
The staff said that the statement about the small black room is not true. It is part of the school's "six-step teaching method". He said that for the special situations of some children, there will be a "depression room", which they call ". "Quiet Room". Here children's emotions can be settled and they can reflect on their behavior over the years. Teachers will accompany them here 24 hours a day.
Inside the boredom room.
< p>On the walls, there are many banners praising Yuzhang Academy and its teachers.Some people claiming to be parents of students also put up banners and signatures at the entrance of the school, saying, "Thank you very much, Yuzhang." Thank you to all the teachers at the academy for your hard work during this time! Under the education and guidance of all the teachers, the children are working hard to be a moral and kind person, and a cultural person with a bright mind." "Don't believe in rumors, don't spread them, and firmly support Yuzhang Academy. "Running a school".
Some students’ parents placed banners and petitions at the school gate
Some students’ parents placed banners and petitions at the school gate
Aiming at Yu Zhang Shuyuan took the initiative to apply for closure. At noon on November 5, the Propaganda Department of Nanchang Qingshan Lake District Committee responded to reporters that after research by the Qingshan Lake Education, Science and Sports Bureau, it had agreed to terminate the school and canceled its school qualifications, and ordered it to be properly resettled according to relevant regulations. Students and teachers at the school. The District Civil Affairs Bureau also agreed to accept the cancellation application of Yuzhang Academy. In addition, after investigation and verification by the public security agency, there is currently no evidence to prove that the educational institution is suspected of committing crimes or violating social security management penalties. We welcome relevant reports. The personnel provided evidence and relevant clues.
Relevant departments gave Yuzhang Academy’s application for suspension of school operations
Relevant departments gave Yuzhang Academy’s application for suspension of school operations
If it is not illegal, we will not stop running the school. Now that the truth has been revealed, it will definitely not work no matter who says it.