Nghe An Provincial People's Committee proposes to support tuition fees for private primary school students

On the afternoon of June 16, the Provincial People's Committee continued its thematic meeting in June 2022. Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired.

Overview of the Provincial People's Committee's thematic meeting on the afternoon of June 16. Photo: Pham Bang

According to the Provincial People's Committee, Nghe An is a large province with a large population and a large area with 1 city, 3 towns, 10 mountainous districts and 7 plain, midland and coastal districts. The differences in geographical conditions, residential areas and especially socio-economic conditions, economic growth and the actual contribution capacity of people in the areas are not equal.

The scale of the school network in mountainous districts is mostly small and fragmented, and the facilities in many places are degraded. The budget for strengthening facilities and spending on professional activities, purchasing equipment for teaching and learning for public educational institutions from the State budget is still limited, not meeting the minimum conditions to implement the 2018 General Education Program.

On the other hand, the tuition fees currently applied to public educational institutions in the area are no longer suitable, the tuition fees between educational levels are too different, not ensuring fairness in access to education, not promoting the socialization of education to share the burden with the State budget and increase the minimum operating expenses for public educational institutions in the area.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

On that basis, the Provincial People's Committee drafted a Resolution regulating tuition fees in public educational institutions; tuition support levels for private primary school students under the management of Nghe An province from the 2022-2023 school year to the 2025-2026 school year to submit to the Provincial People's Council.

The draft Resolution stipulates that tuition fees for direct learning for public preschool and general education institutions that are not self-sufficient in regular expenditures from the 2022-2023 school year to the 2025-2026 school year are divided into 3 regions: urban areas, rural areas, ethnic minority areas and mountainous areas.

Accordingly, for urban areas, the tuition fee for 3 levels: preschool, middle school, high school for the 2022-2023 school year is 300,000 VND/student/month, for the 2023-2024 school year is 315,000 VND/student/month, for the 2024-2025 school year is 330,000 VND/student/month, for the 2025-2026 school year is 345,000 VND/student/month.

For rural areas, the tuition fee for preschool and junior high school in the 2022-2023 school year is 100,000 VND/student/month, in the 2023-2024 school year it is 105,000 VND/student/month, in the 2024-2025 school year it is 110,000 VND/student, in the 2025-2026 school year it is 115,000 VND/student/month. For high school, it is 200,000 - 210,000 - 220,000 - 230,000 VND/student/month.

Director of the Department of Education and Training Thai Van Thanh presents the draft Resolution. Photo: Pham Bang

For ethnic minority and mountainous areas, the tuition fee for preschool and junior high school in the 2022-2023 school year is 50,000 VND/student/month, in the 2023-2024 school year it is 55,000 VND/student, in the 2024-2025 school year it is 60,000 VND/student/month, in the 2025-2026 school year it is 65,000 VND/student/month. For high school level, it is 100,000 - 110,000 - 120,000 - 130,000 VND/student/month.

The tuition fee for online learning for public preschool and general education institutions from the 2022-2023 school year to the 2025-2026 school year is 80% of the tuition fee for in-person learning.

In addition, the draft Resolution also stipulates the level of support for direct tuition payment for private primary school students who are eligible for tuition exemption and reduction policies according to regulations from the 2022-2023 school year to the 2025-2026 school year.

Specifically, for urban areas, a student will be supported for 4 school years (from the 2022-2023 school year to the 2025-2026 school year), equivalent to 310,000 - 315,000 - 330,000 - 345,000 VND/month; rural areas are: 100,000 - 105,000 - 110,000 - 115,000 VND/student/month; ethnic minority and mountainous areas are: 50,000 - 55,000 - 60,000 - 65,000 VND/student/month.

A lesson of teachers and students of Le Mao Primary School (Vinh City). Photo: MH

The level of support for online tuition fees for private primary school students who are eligible for tuition exemption and reduction policies according to regulations from the 2022-2023 school year to the 2025-2026 school year is equal to 80% of the level of support for direct tuition fees.

The subjects of application are preschool children and primary school students studying at public preschool and primary education institutions that have not yet self-financed regular expenses in Nghe An province; Educational institutions in the national education system as prescribed by the Law on Education under the management of Nghe An province; Relevant agencies, organizations, units and individuals.

Also in the June thematic meeting, the Provincial People's Committee listened to and approved the report on traffic safety work in the first 6 months of 2022; report on crime prevention and control and law violations in the first 6 months of 2022; many draft Resolutions of the Provincial People's Council./.