New tuition plan delayed until 2010-11
Published: 20/05/2009 05:00
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan acknowledged on May 20 that general implementation of the government’s new school tuition scheme will be delayed until the 2010-2011.
The Deputy Prime Minister, who concurrently is Minister of Education, said that in 2009-2010, the tuition ceiling at the university and junior college level will increase by 50% in order to deal the shortfalls in the current tuition scheme (commodity prices have increased sharply, while tuition levels have been frozen since 1998). Meanwhile, the tuition charge for general education (grades 1-12) will stay the same in 2009-2010. Some National Assembly’s deputies have argued that the university tuition increase should not be implemented in 2009, while the national economy is still in big difficulties. Responding, Nhan said that it is really necessary to collect more from university, junior college and vocational school students. Students who have financial difficulties will be able to get loans for study Nhan stressed that tuition levels have been frozen for the last 11 years, while the consumer price index has increased by 62 percent since 2000. At the current maximum level of 180,000 dong per month, the real cost is thus equal to just 62% of the cost of tuition nine years ago. Nhan emphasized that it is imperative to reform education and training finances. The total expense borne for tuition and other educational expenses at the kindergarten and general education level (grades 1-12) should not be higher than 6 percent of average family income. The tuition scheme for vocational and university training needs to be based on the principle that both the state and learners share the expense. Under the plan submitted by the Ministry of Education and Training to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly in early May, the target tuition levels for seven university study branches in 2008-2012 will be between 200,000 dong (for students of teachers colleges) and 800,000 (medical and pharmaceutical colleges). By 2012, the monthly cost of training a physician will be 1.7 million dong. Learners will pay 800,000, while the state will add 900,000 dong per student.
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