Although education tailored to an individual is still very expensive, high costs will never prevent the taking of steps forward. At the very beginning costs are huge, but when the whole industry develops, costs will naturally lessen. By then, the "Juvenile MBA" program will be common and a greater number of young students will be able to develop their individual capabilities well. In this sense, this program is a helpful attempt to develop customized education.

Chen Li (Wenzhou Evening News): I believe the accusation that the "Juvenile MBA" program will "make the rich richer, and the poor poorer" is totally groundless. First, launching such a program in a private school does not take away from other students' rights to enjoy compulsory education, nor does it take up educational resources of public schools. Strikingly, to the contrary, the investment brought about by the enrollment of children of the rich will help improve facilities, hardware and infrastructure in the school, which will benefit other students. As for those who complain the course will only be a "money-for-diploma" transaction for rich people's children, I would like to remind them, "Do you think a diploma means anything to them?" Those children can get practically everything.

I think the enmity felt among the people is not because of the launching of a "Juvenile MBA" program, but because of fundamental reasons triggering the phenomena of "the rich getting richer, and the poor getting poorer." What needs to be done is to make sure everyone has access to public educational resources, and for toleration and understanding of exclusive classes such as the "Juvenile MBA" one. Given sufficient time, as long as these types of classes train talent, and help promote development of education and reform, they should be encouraged.

Wu Yinghai (Yangtze Evening Post): It is totally sensible and understandable that the rich buy private education resources for their next generation.

Although the curriculum of the "Juvenile MBA" program shows sharp differences from that of public schools, it does not conflict with state policies or guidance. In fact, it seems more helpful for the overall development of students' abilities, and also emancipates them from the burden of tonnes of textbooks.

We have been calling for efforts to develop quality education and relieve students' burdens, but little progress has been made in these regards. Now, the rich are pouring out money to realize those slogans for their children—and it is a good thing. We once had an economic goal to "let some people get rich first," and now we can have a similar mission to allow some children to get quality education first.

A bizarre trend

Wang Junrong (cnnb.com.cn): It is not rare a child of the rich gets high-quality educational resources. But I am really concerned about the future of the "Juvenile MBA" program.

First, the school said the goal was to "foster future business leaders and elites." To become an elite, you need outstanding IQ and EQ. But the precondition to be enrolled for the program is money, not intelligence. It is partly true that many of the rich are smart, but that does not necessarily mean their children are as smart. Money should not be a threshold for education.

Second, individual effort is a needed condition for educational success. The intention of the "Juvenile MBA" program means well and sounds like a quality education. But if the students do not want to make any effort and drift along, they might not be successful. Some of those who rise from sheer poverty can succeed and become internationally recognized elites.

In my opinion, whether it is a private school or public school, it should focus on raising the quality of education, not money.

Wu Jiang (Bohai Morning Post): The "Juvenile MBA" program focusing on children of the rich as its target group is totally inconsistent with the spirit and goals of MBA education. Such an education never blindly worships familial background or genes, but values true ability and innovation. An MBA education is indeed selective. It is selective about individual profession, experience and ability, but not one's family background or how much their parents are worth.

This "Juvenile MBA" program is just a public relations stunt. Instead of aiming at fostering "future business leaders and elites," the real intention is to access the ample wallets of the rich.

Hu Yinbin (Heilongjiang Morning News): In the past few decades, along with the tide of rural labor migration to cities, education for children of those migrant workers is getting worse. These children can hardly become enrolled in urban primary or high schools. Even if they do, they have a hard time getting along with urban classmates because of sharp differences in family backgrounds.

The separation between urban and rural education is already large enough, and the launch of the "Juvenile MBA" program exposes a deeper gap.

Yang Haidong (Sichuan Daily): Will this "Juvenile MBA" program create business elites as its advertisement says? Not necessarily. In fact, the 70,000-yuan tuition fee a year and enrollment in higher-learning institutions overseas are cutting the already fragile ties binding the "second rich generation" and society. They will eventually become onlookers of society, and will think and look differently at basic living experiences such as hardships and setbacks in life.

Private business leaders, because of their traditional family values, tend to be preoccupied by a mindset of "money can foster talent" when it comes to their children's education. Unfortunately, this mindset is followed by many others who are inclined to equate education with money, thus creating a deleterious environment of the blind pursuit of money and fame. As a result, the "Juvenile MBA" program reflects a bizarre trend in education.

Long Minfei (Chinese Business View): There is a mindset in China that good education can be bought, because education itself is also a kind of investment. But this unfortunately shows an extreme misunderstanding of education.

The so-called "Juvenile MBA" program is deviating from the core values of education, and eroding children's innocent minds with monetary values.

When a school is addicted to getting money, and the parents accept the idea of buying education, they really hit it off, giving rise to special classes particularly for children of the rich. The virtue of traditional education is totally destroyed. What we need to do is to rescue seriously degraded educational concepts and stop the chase for profit.