MORE than 500 educational training organizations without business licenses and qualification certificates are being closed, the city government’s information office said yesterday.

The office said the Shanghai Education Commission had inspected nearly 7,000 educational training organizations in the city recently and found only a quarter were running with all necessary licenses and certificates.

More than 1,300 were found running without licenses and certificates. Among them, 502 were offering training related to courses in primary and middle schools.