EXHIBIT 15.1

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RYB Education, Inc.

4/F, No. 29 Building, Fangguyuan Section 1, Fangzhuang

Fengtai District, Beijing 100078

People’s Republic of China

14 May 2021

Dear Sirs and/or Madams,

RYB Education, Inc.

We have acted as legal advisers as to the laws of the Cayman Islands to RYB Education, Inc., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (the “Company”), in connection with the filing by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) of an annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2020 (the “Annual Report”).

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of the summary of our opinions under these headings into the Company’s registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-223864) that was filed on March 23, 2018, pertaining to the Company’s 2009 Share Incentive Plan and 2017 Share Incentive Plan.

We consent to the filing with the SEC of this consent letter as an exhibit to the Annual Report. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in each case, as amended, or the regulations promulgated thereunder.

Yours faithfully,

Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP

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