REDU RISE Education Cayman Ltd

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of January 2022

Commission File Number: 001-38235

RISE EDUCATION CAYMAN LTD

Room 101, Jia He Guo Xin Mansion,

No. 15 Baiqiao Street Guangqumennei, Dongcheng District

Beijing 100062, People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices)

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RISE Education Cayman Ltd Announces Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

BEIJING, China, January 7, 2022 – RISE Education Cayman Ltd (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: REDU) today announced that the the Board of Directors (the “Board”) has appointed BDO China Shu Lun Pan Certified Public Accountants LLP (“BDO”) as the Company’s new auditor, effective as of January 7, 2022. The appointment of BDO was considered and approved by the audit committee of the Board and the Board.

During the Company’s most recent two fiscal years and through the subsequent interim period on or prior to the appointment of BDO, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf has consulted with BDO on either (a) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements; or (b) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement, as that term is defined in Item 16F(a)(1)(iv) of Form 20-F (and the related instructions thereto) or a reportable event as set forth in Item 16F(a)(1)(v)(A) through (D) of Form 20-F.

Safe Harbor Statement

This current report contains statements of a forward-looking nature. These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these forward-looking statements by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “estimates” and similar statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about RISE and the industry. All information provided in this current report is as of the date hereof, and RISE undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although RISE believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that its expectations will turn out to be correct, and investors are cautioned that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results.