Many universities will increase tuition fees

The Academy of Finance plans to charge tuition fees of 22-24 million VND/year for standard training programs. Tuition fees for high-quality programs will increase to 48-50 million VND, and tuition fees for students enrolled by order will be 42-44 million VND/student/school year.

Simultaneous increase in tuition fees

Another economic school is the National Economics University, the tuition fee for the 2022-2023 regular standard program is from 15 - 20 million VND/school year. Next school year, the school's tuition fee is expected to be from 16 - 22 million VND/year.

The University of Economics, Vietnam National University, Hanoi plans to increase tuition fees by an average of VND2 million, depending on the major. The Academy of Journalism and Communication has raised the tuition fee for the general program from over VND440,000 to over VND500,000/credit for the upcoming new enrollment period. For the high-quality program, each student must pay nearly VND1.5 million per credit, compared to the old rate of VND1.3 million. The University of Electricity also plans to increase tuition fees by 14% compared to last year, with tuition fees next year being VND16-18 million/school year.

Students will face many difficulties when schools increase tuition fees in the next school year.

Meanwhile, Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics has also announced an increase in tuition fees to VND940,000/credit for the standard program for first-year students. Last year, the school's tuition fees ranged from VND715,000/credit (equivalent to VND22.5 - 29.9 million/year).

University of TechnologyLakeWillBrightThe average tuition fee increase is expected to be 5.3 - 6 million VND/month, equivalent to about 16 - 18 million VND/semester. For pharmacy students alone, they have to pay 6 - 6.5 million VND/month, equivalent to 18 - 20 million VND/semester.

Next school year, tuition fees for general medicine, dentistry, traditional medicine, and pharmacy at the Faculty of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City National UniversityLakeWillBrightis 55.2 million VND/year (an increase of 6.2 million VND compared to the previous school year). Nursing alone has a tuition fee of 41.8 million VND/year (an increase of 4.8 million VND compared to the previous school year)...

Tuition increase needs to take into account learners and quality

Dr. Hoang Ngoc Vinh, former Director of the Department of Vocational Education, Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), said that it is impossible to have high-quality human resources while wanting low tuition fees, no increase in state budget investment in higher education, and at the same time, to have a low tuition fee. Implementing university autonomy while the state cuts investment and schools do not increase tuition fees cannot ensure quality and improve the quality of education. However, how to increase tuition fees and what accompanying policies to ensure equal opportunities in accessing higher education for people are things that need to be calculated and considered.

"Revenue in the context of university autonomy is a difficult problem, which must be linked to the financial management mechanism of universities. Educational institutions must manage effectively, calculate correctly and fully the training costs. If financial management is not done well, universities will not have enough funds to hire good lecturers, cannot invest in facilities, and ultimately the quality of education will not be guaranteed, and the school will not be able to develop scientific research and create new products. The problem here is that higher education institutions need to improve productivity and management efficiency, then costs will be reduced. In the immediate future, schools need to review output standards and restructure the program to reduce costs for the school, thereby reducing tuition fees for students" - Mr. Hoang Ngoc Vinh analyzed. This expert also said that despite autonomy, the state still needs to invest and continue to spend the budget on higher education.

Dr. Le Viet Khuyen, former Deputy Director of the Department of Higher Education (Ministry of Education and Training), raised the issue that schools that increase tuition fees need to consider the financial capacity of students, especially in the current difficult period. The fact that schools simultaneously increase tuition fees can cause a lot of pressure for students. In fact, tuition fees are one of the important factors when candidates decide to choose a major and a school. Many university graduates have had to choose another path because their family's financial situation cannot afford the tuition fees of the chosen school.

In fact, as Deputy Minister Hoang Minh Son said, the total expenditure for a university student in Vietnam is still very low compared to the world, even when calculated as a percentage of GDP. Thus, to improve the quality of training, we must increase the investment rate per student. This serves to expand and strengthen the infrastructure to attract a better training team and develop better lecturers to improve the quality of training.

According to Laborer