Subjects eligible for tuition exemption under new regulations

The Ministry of Education and Training announced a draft Joint Circular guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the new Decree regulating tuition exemption and reduction and support for learning costs.

Subjects not required to pay tuition fees

According to the draft, primary school students in public schools are not required to pay tuition fees;

Full-time students majoring in pedagogy are studying at public vocational and higher education institutions, according to State training targets.

Students studying specialized majors that meet the requirements of socio-economic development, national defense and security as prescribed by the Law on Higher Education. The list of specialized majors is prescribed by the Ministry of Education and Training in accordance with the actual conditions of each period.

Subjects exempted from tuition fees include: People with revolutionary contributions and relatives of people with revolutionary contributions, specifically:

Heroes of the People's Armed Forces; War invalids and people enjoying policies like war invalids; Sick soldiers;

Children of revolutionary activists before January 1, 1945; children of revolutionary activists from January 1, 1945 to the August 1945 uprising; children of People's Armed Forces Heroes; children of Labor Heroes during the resistance period; children of martyrs; children of war invalids and people enjoying policies like war invalids; children of sick soldiers; children of resistance activists infected with toxic chemicals.

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Preschool children and disabled pupils and students who are from near-poor households according to the regulations of the Prime Minister. Near-poor household standards are implemented according to the regulations approved by the Prime Minister from time to time.

Preschool children and students under 16 years old without a source of support as prescribed in Decree No. 136/2013/ND-CP stipulating social assistance policies for social protection beneficiaries. Specifically: Abandoned without anyone to adopt them; orphaned by both parents;

Orphaned of one parent and the other missing according to the provisions of law; orphaned of one parent and the other receiving care and upbringing at a social protection facility or social house;

Orphaned of one parent and the remaining parent is serving a prison sentence in a prison or is serving an administrative violation decision at a reformatory school, compulsory education facility, or compulsory drug rehabilitation facility;

Both parents are missing according to the provisions of law; both parents are receiving care and nurturing at social protection facilities or social houses;

Both father and mother are serving a prison sentence in prison or are serving an administrative violation handling decision at a reformatory school, compulsory education facility, or compulsory drug rehabilitation facility;

Father or mother is missing according to the provisions of law and the remaining person is receiving care and upbringing at a social protection facility or social house;

One parent is missing according to the provisions of law and the other is serving a prison sentence in a detention camp or is serving an administrative violation decision at a reformatory school, compulsory education facility, or compulsory drug rehabilitation facility;

One parent is receiving care and nurturing benefits at a social protection facility or social house, and the other parent is serving a prison sentence in a detention camp or is serving an administrative violation decision at a reformatory school, compulsory education facility, or compulsory drug rehabilitation facility.

People from 16 to 22 years old who fall into one of the cases in point c above and are studying in high school, vocational school, professional high school, college, or university with a first degree.

Preschool and primary school children whose parents are poor households according to the regulations of the Prime Minister. The poor household standard is implemented according to the regulations approved by the Prime Minister from time to time.

Preschool and primary school children of non-commissioned officers, soldiers and combatants serving for a fixed term in the people's armed forces.

Students and university students (including students selected for vocational boarding with training period of 3 months or more).

Students of ethnic boarding schools, university preparatory schools, university preparatory departments.

Students studying at vocational and higher education institutions are ethnic minorities from poor and near-poor households. The standards for poor and near-poor households are implemented according to regulations approved by the Prime Minister from time to time.

Students majoring in Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thought.

Students, pupils and trainees studying one of the following majors: Tuberculosis, Leprosy, Psychiatry, Forensic Medicine, Forensic Psychiatry and Pathology at public health human resource training facilities, according to the State's training quotas.

Ethnic minority students are very few in areas with difficult or especially difficult socio-economic conditions.

College and university students, graduate students, biological researchers majoring in the field of atomic energy.

Junior high school graduates continue to study at intermediate level. Students studying at intermediate and college levels, for fields and occupations that are difficult to recruit but are in demand by society according to the list prescribed by the Head of the central state management agency of vocational education.

Students of specialized majors meet the requirements of socio-economic development, national defense and security according to the provisions of the Law on Vocational Education. The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs issues a list of specialized majors according to assigned functions and tasks.

Subjects eligible for tuition reduction

Subjects eligible for a 70% tuition reduction include: Students studying traditional and special arts in public and non-public cultural and art schools, including: Traditional opera musicians, Hue traditional musicians, Southern amateur music, opera actors, folk performing arts, Ca Tru art, Bai Choi art, traditional musical instrument performances;

Students majoring in royal court music, cheo, tuong, cai luong, dance, circus; some arduous, toxic, and dangerous occupations in vocational education.

Preschool children and pupils and students who are ethnic minorities (not very small ethnic minorities) in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions as prescribed by competent authorities.

Subjects eligible for a 50% reduction in tuition fees include: Preschool children and students who are children of officials, workers, and civil servants whose father or mother has a work-related accident or occupational disease and is entitled to regular benefits;

Preschool children and primary school students whose parents are from near-poor households according to the regulations of the Prime Minister. Near-poor household standards are implemented according to the regulations approved by the Prime Minister from time to time.

Subjects supported with study costs

Children in kindergarten and primary school who are orphans or disabled and belong to poor or near-poor households according to regulations of the Prime Minister. Standards for poor and near-poor households are implemented according to regulations approved by the Prime Minister from time to time.

Preschool and primary school children whose parents are poor households according to the Prime Minister's regulations. The poor household standards are implemented according to the Prime Minister's regulations approved from time to time./.

According to Education and Times