In order to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Notice on Extending the 2020 Spring Festival Holiday" on January 27, proposing that colleges and universities, primary and secondary schools, and kindergartens in various places postpone the start of the new semester, and the specific time will be notified separately by the education department. After the postponement of the start of the new semester, how to arrange student learning in a targeted manner to ensure that "classes are not suspended but learning continues" has become a key issue that education authorities in various places need to consider.

In this context, online education companies have also taken action to cooperate and support the relevant work of the education departments in various places. Xueersi Online School, a subsidiary of TAL Education Group, announced that starting from February 10, it will launch free live and self-study courses synchronized with on-campus schedules from Monday to Friday, covering all subjects from the first grade of primary school to the third grade of high school. Children can study systematically anytime and anywhere through the Xueersi Online School APP or official website as needed. Xueersi Online School began all-day trial classes from February 1 (the eighth day of the first lunar month).

The person in charge of Xueersi Online School introduced that in these free live courses, the main subject teaching will be led by teachers who graduated from Tsinghua University, Peking University, and some national-level outstanding teachers. The overall teaching difficulty will be consistent with that of schools. The primary school content mainly includes elementary mathematics (People's Education Edition), elementary Chinese (Curriculum Edition), and elementary English (Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press Edition); the junior high school content mainly includes science (People's Education Edition), Chinese (Curriculum Edition), and English (National Edition); the content for the first and second year of high school is based on the People's Education Edition, and for the third year of high school, it is based on the national unified test content.

In addition, Xueersi Online School has partnered with multiple institutions in the industry to provide children with physical education, art courses, as well as courses in programming, go, general knowledge, and science to exercise their thinking. In addition, well-known figures such as Ji Lianhai, Liu Xinwu, Li Tianfei, Geng Shuo, Yan Yu, Yu Gengzhe, as well as experts from the School of Basic Medicine, Wuhan University, such as Feng Yong, designer of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Lin Ming, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hu Wenrui, will give lectures on famous masterpieces such as A Dream of Red Mansions, Journey to the West, the top ten figures of the Qing Dynasty, the creative spirit of modern people, the historical evolution of hygiene and epidemic prevention systems from ancient to modern times, the mysteries of museums, and the history of civilization of the entire world, allowing students to listen to the insights of experts and broaden their horizons.

There is no need to register for the free live courses. Users only need to download the Xueersi Online School APP, log in or register for a school account, and click on the "Classes continue even when school is suspended" carousel on the app homepage to enter the course. The live courses will continue until the end of the epidemic.

In addition, Xueersi Online School provides electronic teaching materials to all students of the free live courses. Users can obtain the accompanying lecture notes by clicking on "Course Services" in the bottom menu of the public WeChat account "Xueersi Second Classroom".