Although tuition is exempt, students are still required to pay other fees during the school year.
At the meeting on February 28, 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).
This means that parents do not have to pay tuition fees for their children in the following school year, but other fees must still be paid in full. Below are some fees that schools are allowed to collect and that parents must pay at the beginning of the new school year.
Parents have to pay many other fees in addition to tuition. (Illustration photo)
Uniform
Pursuant to Article 9, Circular 26/2009, the budget for sewing, purchasing, renting, and borrowing uniforms and ceremonial costumes is taken from the school's regular expenditure budget, contributions from students or other legal sources of income and must be publicly disclosed.
Therefore, the school is allowed to collect money for the student uniform list and parents must contribute in full.
Student health insurance
Decision 595/2017 of Vietnam Social Security stipulates that the health insurance premium for students is currently applied at 4.5% of the basic salary. The school only plays the role of collecting on behalf of the Social Security.
Amount to be paid = 4.5% x 1,800,000 VND x 12 months = 972,000 VND/year. Of which, the actual amount paid by students is 680,400 VND/year because the state budget has supported 30% of the payment.
Some other income
In addition, parents must pay a number of separate fees collected according to the agreement between the school and parents in each locality or collected according to the Resolution of the People's Council of each province/city. These fees include:
- Meals, boarding care, boarding equipment;
- Class fund;
- School supplies for preschool children;
- Drinking water.
Previously, schools were allowed to collect tuition fees from students according to Circular 17/2012 of the Ministry of Education and Training promulgating regulations on extra teaching and learning. However, in the content of Circular 29/2024 recently issued to replace the old circular, the Ministry of Education and Training stipulates that schools are not allowed to collect tuition fees from students, and the cost of organizing extra teaching is taken from the budget.
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