Ho Chi Minh City proposes to exempt tuition fees for all students at all levels

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training proposed exempting tuition fees for preschool, high school, and continuing education students from the 2025-2026 school year.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has just completed a draft requesting tuition exemption for high school students from the 2025-2026 school year - Photo: HOANG HUONG

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has just completed a draft requesting tuition exemption for students from the 2025-2026 school year.

Specifically, the draft resolution on specific policies to support tuition fees for preschool children, public and non-public high school students, and continuing high school students from the 2025-2026 school year.

Accordingly, the department proposed a specific policy to support tuition fees for preschool children, public and non-public high school students, and continuing high school students in Ho Chi Minh City from the 2025-2026 school year (excluding students studying at foreign-invested educational institutions).

In particular, the support level is the tuition fee applied to preschool children and high school students studying at public general education institutions that have not yet covered their regular expenses according to Resolution No. 12/2024/NQ-HDND dated July 16, 2024 of the City People's Council on tuition fees for public preschool and general education from the 2024-2025 school year and the following school years in Ho Chi Minh City.

Specifically as follows:

This tuition support level is equivalent to the tuition level that students have to pay now.

+ Group 1: Students studying at schools in Thu Duc City and districts: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, Binh Thanh, Phu Nhuan, Go Vap, Tan Binh, Tan Phu, Binh Tan.

+ Group 2: Students studying at schools in the districts: Binh Chanh, Hoc Mon, Cu Chi, Nha Be and Can Gio.

Applicable time: From school year 2025 - 2026.

The estimated budget for implementing the policy for the 2025-2026 school year is 338 billion VND (public: 277 billion VND, non-public: 61 billion VND).

Free tuition is a gift

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training said that currently, public primary school students, 5-year-old preschool children and secondary school students in the city are exempt from tuition fees. Thus, only preschool children under 5 years old and high school students must pay tuition fees according to regulations.

The tuition exemption will be a meaningful and practical gift for all students in the city, creating a mark to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day.

In addition, this also clearly demonstrates the city's investment in education; Being a leading city in tuition exemption and support policies, ensuring education quality and learning opportunities for people; marking an important milestone in Ho Chi Minh City being the locality implementing tuition exemption for students at all levels...

In addition, the development of the above policy also aims to fulfill the tasks after joining the UNESCO Global Learning Cities Network, effectively implementing the Ho Chi Minh City Education Development Strategy from now until 2030, with a vision to 2045.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tp-hcm-de-xuat-mien-hoc-phi-cho-toan-bo-hoc-sinh-cac-cap-20241216131030578.htm