ChinaCast Education Received NASDAQ Notification Letter Regarding Delayed Form 10-K Filing

BEIJING, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- ChinaCast Education Corporation (the "Company", NASDAQ: CAST), a leading post-secondary education and e-learning services provider in China, announced today that, on March 27, 2012, it had received a letter from NASDAQ staff notifying the Company that it was no longer in compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) because it had not yet filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). NASDAQ Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) requires ChinaCast to timely file all required periodic reports with the SEC. NASDAQ has provided the Company until April 10, 2012 to submit a plan to regain compliance. Any plan submitted to NASDAQ may not be accepted by NASDAQ or may be subject to review and comment by NASDAQ. If NASDAQ approves the Company's plan, it can grant the Company an extension period of up to 180 calendar days from the Form 10-K's original due date to regain compliance.

About ChinaCast Education Corporation

Established in 1999, ChinaCast Education Corporation is a leading for-profit, post-secondary education and e-learning services provider in China. The Company provides post-secondary degree and diploma programs through its three fully accredited universities: The Foreign Trade and Business College of Chongqing Normal University located in Chongqing; Lijiang College of Guangxi Normal University located in Guilin; and Hubei Industrial University Business College located in Wuhan. These universities offer four year and three year, career-oriented bachelor's degree and diploma programs in business, finance, economics, law, IT, engineering, hospitality and tourism management, advertising, language studies, art and music.

The Company also provides e-learning services to post-secondary institutions, K-12 schools, government agencies and corporate enterprises via its nationwide satellite broadband network. These services include interactive distance learning applications, multimedia education content delivery and vocational training courses. The Company is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market with the ticker symbol CAST.

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