K-12 Tuition Centre - Eligible or Not?
I walked past a tuition centre today. Spent the entirety of the walk wondering if tuition centre's would be eligible under Niantic Criteria. I suppose the best category it could go under would be "a great place to gather/socialise"... but it makes me wonder if there should be a category for "a great place to learn" too.
When I got home and had a look at their website it specifically says that they specialise in tuition for GCSEs and A-Levels (which for people not from the UK basically means students aged 14-18 roughly). So even if tuition centre's were eligible, this one specifically probably is not since it caters to K-12 ages.
What do you all think?
Some links:
https://goo.gl/maps/dLxxZSveCkmCiAeC7 - Google Streetview
https://www.facebook.com/pathwaytuitioncentre/ - Social Media
https://www.netmums.com/local/l/pathway-tuition-centre - Website
Comments
I think you answered yourself with the title of the thread - if you are sure the place caters for K-12 students then there is no more that needs to be said - K-12 locations are ineligible.
Yeah, I thought that'd be the case. I was wondering if it was specifically schools that weren't allowed, or all K-12 learning facilities. Now I think about it, the reason that the latter is probably the case is just to stop kids from getting distracted whilst in a learning environment so Niantic doesn't get into trouble with angry parents lol.
Would an adult tuition/learning centre be eligible, though? Just for future reference.
Adult tutoring centers would not be excluded but if that is all they are, they would not really meet any criteria either. They are not a place to socialize, exercise, or that people would want to explore.
Even if we exclude the K-12 reason, I will reject because we have not found any reason to approve it.
@Angeljho-PGO K-12 locations (places where parents leave children under age 18 in the care of others) are invalid because it's creepy for unrelated adults to hang around. Most kidnappings are the non-custodial father. Some are even more nefarious. Teachers are trained to look for suspicious people (especially males alone) hanging around. Niantic doesn't want to get dragged into lawsuits for attracting people to K-12 places.