Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training responds to the issue of collecting fees for classroom facilities

A representative of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City shared the concerns of many parents about the issue of collecting fees for classroom facilities every year.

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training responds regarding collection of fees for classroom facilities.

Mr. Ho Tan Minh, Chief of Office, Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, shared the concerns of many parents about the issue of collecting fees for classroom facilities every year.

According to Mr. Minh, according to Circular No. 16 of the Ministry of Education and Training, educational institutions mobilize and receive funding to purchase equipment and supplies for teaching and learning; equipment for scientific research; renovate, repair, and construct construction items serving educational activities at educational institutions; and support educational, training, and scientific research activities.

Accordingly, sponsors are encouraged to organize investment and construction in the form of "turnkey" (instructions in Official Dispatch No. 1427 of the City People's Committee on the implementation of Circular No. 16 of the Ministry of Education and Training), purchase equipment and complete installation for handover to educational institutions.

This must ensure the principles of voluntariness, publicity, transparency, no coercion, no regulation of average funding levels, no regulation of minimum funding levels, no taking advantage of funding for education to force contributions, and no considering funding mobilization as a condition for providing education and training services.

Mr. Minh said that in reality, schools in need of funding have made plans to raise funding according to regulations and submitted them to the governing body for approval. Most schools have raised significant funds to support facilities and educational activities for the schools; and annually carry out settlement procedures according to regulations.

Regarding the collection of fees for facilities, according to Mr. Minh, many schools built recently or built many years ago have deteriorated and become damaged during use, requiring funding for renovation and repair while state funding is still limited.

Therefore, every year, schools need to renovate and repair classrooms, toilets, sports fields, gymnasiums, etc., in addition to state funding, they need to mobilize additional funding from the community. Each year, schools only do a few projects, so every year they mobilize funding according to their needs, with an agreement with parents at the parent meeting at the beginning of the year.

Regarding teaching support equipment such as sound systems, projectors, and screens in classrooms to improve teaching quality, schools also have plans to mobilize funding based on agreements with parents in the first meeting of the year.

Most units still focus on mobilizing from parents through the Parents' Representative Board. Many units have not yet expanded to other funding sources in the area such as companies, businesses, and philanthropists...

At the beginning of the school year, parents have to worry about many expenses for books, notebooks, school supplies, uniforms; if additional funding is added, it will also cause difficulties for parents.

Therefore, the solution is that schools need to continue to expand the number of funding sources in the area, not just focusing on one target: parents. The Chief of Office, Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City also affirmed that schools do not focus on funding sources at the beginning of the school year.

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