How many students nationwide enjoy the tuition-free policy?

TPO - On February 28, the Politburo agreed with the proposal of the Ministry of Education and Training on exempting tuition fees for students from preschool to general education. According to statistics, the country has 23.2 million students and it is estimated that the budget will spend about 30 trillion VND to implement the policy.

TPO - On February 28, the Politburo agreed with the proposal of the Ministry of Education and Training on exempting tuition fees for students from preschool to general education. According to statistics, the country has 23.2 million students and it is estimated that the budget will spend about 30 trillion VND to implement the policy.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the Government has issued regulations on tuition exemption for students. According to current regulations, from September 1, the State will exempt tuition fees for all public school students from 5-year-old kindergarten to the end of secondary school (up to grade 9).

The Government has also stipulated a policy of reducing 50%-70% of tuition fees and supporting study costs for many poor students, students in difficult circumstances, students belonging to social policy beneficiaries, and ethnic minority students (studying at public and private schools).

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The State will exempt tuition fees for all public students from 5-year-old kindergarten to the end of secondary school (through grade 9).

In addition to the subjects exempted from tuition fees according to the current regulations mentioned above, the Ministry of Education and Training proposed and received approval from the Politburo to add tuition exemption for preschool students from 3 months to 4 years old and high school students. Accordingly, all preschool students, primary school students, middle school students and public high school students will be exempted from tuition fees.

Students of private schools are compensated for tuition fees equal to those of public schools according to the provisions of law; the difference in tuition fees between public and private schools will be paid by the student's family.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the country currently has 23.2 million students (not including students studying at vocational education and continuing education centers), including: 3.1 million preschool students under 5 years old; 1.7 million preschool students 5 years old; 8.9 million primary school students; 6.5 million secondary school students and 3 million high school students.

The Ministry of Education and Training estimates that the state budget needs to pay for implementing the policy of exempting tuition fees for the above subjects is about 30 trillion VND. In fact, the budget level that needs to be ensured will depend on the specific tuition fee level of each province/city under the authority of the Provincial People's Council to decide on the basis of the Government's regulations on the floor and ceiling tuition fees.

Tuition fees affect most families and are a matter of public concern every time a new school year begins. Expanding the number of tuition-free beneficiaries affects the state budget balance.