BEIJING, April 9 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- ChinaEdu Corporation (Nasdaq: CEDU) ("ChinaEdu" or "the Company"), an educational services provider in China, today announced that it has recently signed an agreement with WIDE World, developed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
WIDE World is an innovative professional development program through both online courses and on-site workshops designed for the wide-scale improvement in classrooms and schools. Under the agreement, ChinaEdu will work with universities and schools to bring learners to WIDE World's Chinese language professional development programs. The current students of these courses are professional and administrative members of ChinaEdu's partnership schools and subsidiaries; Remin University, China Agricultural University, Jiangnan University, Chongqing University, Nanjing University, Beijing Language and Culture University, East China University of Science and Technology, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Lanzhou University and 101 Online School.
About WIDE World
WIDE World (Wide-scale Interactive Development for Educators) is an innovative professional development program based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. WIDE World successfully combined 30 years of research and practice to address the top educational challenge of the 21st century -- helping schools implement sustained, systemic improvement in teaching practice and student performance.
WIDE World collaborates with school systems to support and engage teachers as instructional leaders and mentors within their school or district through highly customized, interactive, online and in-person professional development experiences that both teach and model best practices.
About ChinaEdu
ChinaEdu Corporation is an educational services provider in China, incorporated as an exempted limited liability company in the Cayman Islands. Established in 1999, the Company's primary business is to provide comprehensive services to the online degree programs of leading Chinese universities. These services include academic program development, technology services, enrollment marketing, student support services and finance operations. The Company's other lines of businesses include the operation of private primary and secondary schools, online interactive tutoring services and providing marketing and support for international curriculum programs.
The Company believes it is the largest service provider to online degree programs in China in terms of the number of higher education institutions that are served and the number of student enrollments supported. The Company currently has 17 long-term, exclusive contracts that generally vary from 10 to 50 years in length. ChinaEdu also performs recruiting services for 15 universities through our nationwide learning center network.
For further information, please contact:
ChinaEdu Corporation
Lily Liu, CFO
Phone: +86-10-8418-6655 x1002
Email: ir@chinaedu.net
S. Jimmy Xia, IR Manager
Phone: +86-10-8418-6655 x1150
Email: ir@chinaedu.net
