Vinh City officially starts collecting fees for preschool boarding services

(Baonghean.vn) - Starting from 2018, Vinh city will start collecting fees for boarding services in public kindergartens.

This is one of the contents in document No. 7192/UBND - GDTĐ - TCKH on guidance on management of collection and use of funds for boarding organizations in public kindergartens issued by Vinh City People's Committee.

Accordingly, from January 1, 2018, all public kindergartens in Vinh city will collect an additional 70,000 VND/month per student to serve the boarding organization based on the actual number of months of childcare, collected periodically every month and collected for a maximum of 9 months/school year.

Meals of students at Ha Huy Tap Kindergarten, Vinh city. Photo: Song Hoang

The proceeds will be used to pay salaries and salary contributions for contract staff who directly cook at the school; pay overtime for teachers on duty at noon for children to eat and rest at school; pay for additional electricity and water costs due to the boarding organization; purchase essential items for the boarding organization: cooking utensils (pots, bowls, cups, spoons...), items for children (countertops, beds, mats, blankets, pillows...) and other expenses.

Previously, starting from the 2017-2018 school year, Official Dispatch No. 1643/SGD & DT - KHTC dated August 22, 2017 of the Department of Education and Training on guidelines for implementing annual revenues and expenditures mentioned the issue of collecting fees for boarding services at public kindergartens. After that, many kindergartens in Vinh city built an estimated collection level of 110,000 VND - 150,000 VND/month/student and received many mixed opinions from parents. Most of them said that this was a quite high collection level.

Currently, the tuition fee in Vinh city is 210,000 VND/month, 3 to 5 times higher than other areas in the province (commune schools in towns, districts or schools in mountainous districts). In recent years, schools have used part of this revenue to pay for contracted cooking staff and other expenses./.

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