Get a refund of tuition discount if not used in previous semester
Ms. Nguyen Thi Lien's child is in the third year of Hanoi University of Commerce. Her husband is a worker receiving occupational disease benefits. Ms. Lien asked if her child will receive a tuition reduction. If the reduction has not been applied since the beginning of the course, will the tuition fees of previous semesters be refunded?
Regarding this issue, the Ministry of Education and Training responded as follows:
According to Point b Clause 3 Article 4 Joint Circular No. 09/2016/TTLT-BGDĐT-BTC-BLĐTBXH dated March 30, 2016 of the Ministry of Education and Training, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs guiding a number of articles of Decree No. 86/2015/ND-CP of the Government regulating 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 from the 2015 - 2016 school year to the 2020 - 2021 school year, it is stipulated that:“Kindergarten children and students who are children of officials, workers, and civil servants whose parents have had work-related accidents or occupational diseases are entitled to regular allowances.”
Also according to the provisions of Joint Circular No. 09/2016/TTLT-BGDĐT-BTC-BLĐTBXH, tuition exemption and reduction will be implemented throughout the study period at the school, except in cases where there are changes in the reasons for tuition exemption or reduction.
Thus, in the case of Ms. Nguyen Thi Lien's child, the tuition fee is reduced by 50%. If it has not been reduced since the beginning of the course, it will be refunded for previous semesters.
The application procedure includes: an application for tuition fee exemption according to the form in Appendix IV of Joint Circular No. 09/2016/TTLT-BGDĐT-BTC-BLĐTBXH, a certified copy of the allowance book of the father or mother with occupational disease issued by the Social Insurance and submitted to the university where the student is studying (University of Commerce).