Schools in Ho Chi Minh City officially collect tuition fees for semester 1

On October 27, after the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee agreed to allow public educational institutions to temporarily collect tuition fees for the first semester of the 2023-2024 school year at the same level as the 2021-2022 school year, the Department of Education and Training provided guidance to schools on the collection and use of tuition fees.

Students of Tay Thanh High School (Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City) in a literature class

Specifically, the tuition fee for the first semester in the form of direct learning for the 2023-2024 school year for public preschools, general education, continuing education and other training institutions applying the general education program is as follows:

Tuition fees apply in semester 1 of the 2023-2024 school year

Tuition fees for online learning are 50% of the above tuition fees.

At the same time, the Department of Education and Training instructed schools to continue implementing policies on tuition exemption and reduction, support for learning costs, support for tuition payments for students and policies on developing preschool education from the 2021-2022 school year as specifically issued as follows:

• Official dispatch No. 794 dated March 21, 2022 of the Department of Education and Training on guidelines for implementing tuition exemption and reduction, support for learning costs, support for tuition fees for students and policies for developing preschool education from the 2021-2022 school year.
• Official dispatch No. 1406 dated May 9, 2022 of the Department of Education and Training on additional instructions on implementing the lunch policy for preschool children...

Mr. Le Hoai Nam, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, requested schools to strictly implement the instructions of the Ministry of Education and Training and the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on tuition fees and regulations on revenue and expenditure at the beginning of the school year. The Department will establish inspection teams to inspect the revenue and expenditure situation at the beginning of the school year at educational institutions in Thu Duc City, districts and affiliated units, promptly correcting the situation of overcharging and illegal tuition fees.

The leaders of the Department of Education and Training also requested Thu Duc City and districts to strengthen inspection, examination and supervision of the revenue and expenditure situation at the beginning of the school year at educational institutions under their management, promptly correct the situation of collecting tuition fees not in accordance with regulations (if any). At the same time, they are responsible for explaining to society about the activities of educational institutions under their management, including the management of revenues in the area.

The Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training emphasized that schools must fully and publicly notify parents of tuition fees in writing. The school's finance department collects money, issues receipts and invoices for each student in accordance with regulations, and does not assign teachers to directly collect and pay money. Monitor and record all revenues generated at the unit in a timely manner to ensure compliance with current financial and accounting regulations.

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