(To Quoc) - On February 28, the Politburo agreed with the proposal of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) on exempting tuition fees for students from preschool to general education.
Additional tuition exemption for preschool students (from 3 months to 4 years old) and high school students
Pursuant to Resolution No. 29, Conclusion No. 91-KL/TW dated August 12, 2024 of the Politburo on continuing to implement Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW, Resolution 42-NQ/TW dated November 24, 2023 of the 8th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee on continuing to innovate and improve the quality of social policies, meeting the requirements of the cause of national construction and defense in the new period, to demonstrate the superiority of the regime and the policy of ensuring fairness in access to education, "leaving no one behind", the Ministry of Education and Training has proposed that the Politburo and the Government Party Committee consider the policy of exempting tuition fees for students from preschool to general education.
Currently, the Government has issued regulations on tuition exemption for students. According to current regulations, from September 1, 2025, the State will exempt tuition fees for all public students from 5-year-old kindergarten to junior high school (up to grade 9). In addition, the Government has also issued a policy of reducing 50% - 70% of tuition fees, supporting study costs for many poor students, students in difficult circumstances, students under social policy, ethnic minority students (studying in public and private schools).
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 high school students in public schools will be exempted from tuition fees. Students in private schools will be compensated for tuition fees equal to the tuition fees of public schools according to the provisions of law; the difference in tuition fees between public schools and private schools will be paid by the student's family.
According to statistics, 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 middle school students and 3 million high school students.
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Funding to implement the tuition-free policy for students
Based on reports from 46 provinces/cities directly under the Central Government up to now and recent documents and reports, the Ministry of Education and Training bases on the minimum tuition fee as prescribed in Decree No. 81/2021/ND-CP and Decree No. 97/2023/ND-CP of the Government to estimate the state budget funding needed to implement tuition exemption for all students from preschool to high school.
Accordingly, the state budget expenditure required to implement the tuition exemption policy for the above subjects is about 30 trillion VND (if deducting the local budgets of the provinces/cities that have implemented tuition exemption, the central budget will have to implement less than this amount). In fact, the budget level that needs to be ensured will depend on the specific tuition fee level of each province/city directly under the Central Government under the authority of the Provincial People's Council decided on the basis of the Government's regulations on the floor and ceiling tuition fee levels.
Expected impact of the policy when implemented
Tuition fees affect most families and are a matter of public concern every time a new school year begins. Expanding the scope of tuition exemptions affects the balance of the state budget. In addition, exemption of tuition fees for high school students (grades 10 to 12) may affect the orientation of student streams after junior high school in choosing to study in high school or choosing vocational training. However, if the tuition exemption policy is implemented for all preschool to high school children nationwide, it will significantly contribute to improving the quality of education, gain high consensus from society, be in line with the superiority of the regime and policies of the Party and State on education and be in line with the general trend of developed countries./.
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