Ministry of Education and Training proposes to keep tuition fees unchanged for the 2021-2022 school year

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong said that the tuition fee and learning cost support policies are being implemented according to Decree 86/2015. Since this document is only valid until the end of the 2020-2021 school year, the Ministry is drafting a replacement decree to ensure continuity of legal regulations.

According to the draft,tuitionPreschool and general education increase by 7.5%; university increases by 12.5% ​​per year, starting from the 2021-2022 school year. This increase has been calculated by the Ministry based on many statistics and studies.

Accordingly, tuition fees for higher education and vocational education for the 2021-2022 school year will be applied as in the 2020-2021 school year. Tuition fees for preschool and general education will also be applied according to the framework of this school year and will continue to be assigned to the Provincial People's Council based on the actual situation of the locality for consideration and approval. Tuition exemption and reduction policies, support for learning costs and other regulations will still be implemented according to Decree 86.Ministry of Education and TrainingIt is also proposed to postpone the issuance of the new decree until 2021 to have conditions to widely receive opinions from the whole society and continue to perfect the draft.

Deputy Minister Pham Ngoc Thuong. Photo: MOET.

The 2019 Education Law continues to maintain the tuition-free policy for public primary school students and expands tuition support for non-public students in areas with insufficient public schools. The Ministry of Construction drafts a replacement decree to comply with this requirement.

However, in order to have a basis to support tuition fees for non-public students, and to have a basis and transparency in the budget allocated to primary schools, the draft decree stipulates a service price framework (tuition ceiling framework for primary education institutions).

Ministry of Education and Training proposes to increase tuition fees at all levels

According to the proposal of the Ministry of Education and Training, from the 2021-2022 school year, university tuition fees will increase by 12.5%. Preschool and general education tuition fees will increase by 7.5% compared to the 2020-2021 school year.