Government requests no increase in tuition fees for new school year

The Government Office has just announced the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at a meeting on the draft amendment to Decree No. 81 of the Government on the mechanism for collecting and managing tuition fees for educational institutions in the national education system and policies on tuition exemption, reduction, and support for learning costs.

Accordingly, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha requested the Ministry of Education and Training (Education and Training)Receive opinions from delegates attending the meeting, agree with relevant ministries to complete the draft revised Decree 81, and submit it to the Government before August 8, 2023.

The Decree needs to be amended to clearly stipulate a number of provisions on the failure to implement and apply a roadmap for the mechanism for collecting and managing tuition fees. In particular, the Deputy Prime Minister requested that tuition fees not be increased for the 2023-2024 school year.

Government requests no increase in tuition fees for new school year

The Deputy Prime Minister also requested the MinistryEducation and TrainingPreside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to research and propose additions to the Government and Prime Minister's work program on the content of developing and promulgating a decree to replace Decree No. 81 according to regulations, and report to the Prime Minister in December 2023.

In May 2023, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha requested the Ministry of Education and Training to clearly assess the social impact, especially the impact on policy beneficiaries, disadvantaged groups, and those who cannot even go to school due to increased tuition fees, thereby having specific support plans, "ensuring consistent goals in implementing universal primary education".

"In areas with favorable economic conditions, it is necessary to promote socialization and encourage autonomy for public educational institutions on the basis of correctly and fully calculating educational costs, and allocating the state budget to support policy groups, disadvantaged groups, and those in remote and isolated areas," the Deputy Prime Minister said, clarifying the principle of "not reducing the state budget invested in education."

The Deputy Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Education and Training to continue researching a comprehensive and systematic tuition policy, ensuring the goal of socialization as well as universalization of general education.

Recently, many localities and universities have announced their expected roadmap to increase tuition fees for students in the 2023-2024 school year. Notably, many universities have increased their tuition fees by 2-13 million VND/school year, or doubled the fees students need to pay based on the number of credits they study. Localities have also increased their tuition fees higher than last year according to the regulations of Decree 81.

According to VTC News