The Politburo decided to exempt tuition fees for public high school students.

The Politburo decided to exempt all tuition fees for students from kindergarten to high school nationwide.

At the Politburo meeting on February 28 to review and evaluate the initial results of the implementation of Resolution 18 of the 12th Party Central Committee on continuing to innovate and streamline the political system's apparatus to operate effectively and efficiently, the Politburo highly agreed on the policy of implementing more strongly, drastically and quickly the contents of Resolution 18 in 2025.

Tuition will be exempted for public high school students from the beginning of the new school year 2025-2026. Photo: Tao Nga

After listening to the Government's report on the ability to balance finances during and after the process of streamlining the political system's apparatus, the Politburo decided to exempt all tuition fees for students from kindergarten to high school nationwide. The implementation time is from the beginning of the new school year 2025-2026 (September 2025 onwards).

The Politburo assigned the Government Party Committee to direct the Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry of Finance , a number of relevant ministries, branches and localities to coordinate in concretizing and seriously implementing the above decision.

Previously, at the 21st session (special session), the 10th Ho Chi Minh City People's Council passed a Resolution on special policies to support tuition fees for preschool children under 5 years old, high school students studying at public and non-public educational institutions and high school continuing education students in the area from the 2025-2026 school year. Currently, in the 2024-2025 school year, there are 8 provinces and cities that exempt 100% of tuition fees from preschool to grade 12, namely Da Nang, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Khanh Hoa, Quang Nam, Vinh Phuc, Yen Bai. Among the above localities, there are localities that exempted 100% of tuition fees for students from preschool to grade 12 in the previous school year, namely Hai Phong and Da Nang.

According to Clause 3, Article 99 of the 2019 Education Law, "primary school students in public educational institutions are not required to pay tuition fees". From September 1, 2024, 5-year-old preschool children are exempt from tuition fees, according to Clause 6, Article 15 of Decree No. 81/2021/ND-CP dated August 27, 2021 of the Government.

Since the end of May 2024, the Ministry of Education and Training has requested localities to implement policies on tuition exemption and reduction, support for learning costs and support for tuition payment in accordance with the provisions of Decree 81.

Source: https://danviet.vn/bo-chinh-tri-quyet-dinh-mien-hoc-phi-cho-hoc-sinh-pho-thong-cong-lap-20250228173422253.htm