Research on the Evolving Mechanism of Shadow Education Based on the Law of Supply and Demand

Abstract

Since the implementation of the ”double reduction policy”, the governance of off-campus training for students in the compulsory education stage has achieved remarkable results, but there are still many problems that cannot be effectively solved through special treatment. In this paper, we make a thorough analysis of the mechanism and process of the cause and evolution of shadow education by using the “Law of Supply and Demand” of economic management, and systematically clarify the key factors of supply and demand, which is the ”excessive demand” of parents and students for shadow education leads to the natural increase of the supply of shadow education institutions. We propose countermeasures focusing on the “demand-side management” to gradually reduce parents' demand for shadow education, to achieve a significant effect of inaction.