University tuitions skyrocket above Ministry-set levels
Published: 13/09/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Non-state universities are setting high tuitions while state-owned universities are also collecting tuitions above the allowed rates.
The book reported that Van Lang collects 8-9 million dong in tuition per school year. Mao planned to attend Van Lang as his second choice with a score of 15.5 on the university entrance exams, but the official website states that the lowest tuition is 8.8 million dong http://tuyensinh.vanlanguni.edu.vn. Some majors can cost between 9.4 million and 10 million dong. Mao plans to study accounting, which costs 9.8 million dong per school year, 800,000 dong higher than the previously reported tuition level. “My parents saved a specific sum of money to cover all expenses during the first year. However, it is clear now that we will have to pay more,” Mao complained. Gouging students? Tien Phong has discovered that all non-state universities have increased tuition levels 12-20 percent higher than that of 2008-2009. Explaining the higher-than-announced tuitions, Dr Nguyen Dung, President of Van Lang People-Founded University, said that the published tuition was just the expected rate. In the months since the book was published in February 2009, many changes have occurred, “The university has just set the official tuition rates after considering price increases and scheduled investments in material facilities,” Dung offered. Concurrently, the Government has set ceilings for university tuitions at 50,000-240,000 dong per month per student, or 2.4 million dong per school year. However, many universities are trying to collect more. These universities say they all have “reasonable” explanations as to why they have raised tuition charges. Representatives from the HCM City Open University, for instance, which has shifted to a semi-state institution from being a state-owned university, argued that now they do not receive State support and must raise tuition to cover necessary expenses. Widespread increases The Ministry reported that the six million dong tuition at Just three months after the book’s release on June 20, 2009, the university’s president, Dr Tran Hanh, signed a 500,000 dong increase. Students must now pay 6.5 million dong instead of six million. The Can Tho University has increased tuition by 20,000 dong per credit over 2008-2009. Students need 138 credits to graduate and 34.5 credits per school year. Their yearly tuition will be 2.76 million dong, 376,000 dong higher than the level established by the State. Similarly, many students of HCM City Polytechnical and Additionally, semester and yearly rates differ as well. Yearly tuition at HCM City Polytechnical and Interior and fashion design students must pay 9.3 million dong if they pay once a year; the previously-reported cost was only 8.6 million dong. HCM City Polytechnical and Technology University President Ho Dac Loc denies that tuition levels are higher than the rates announced in the book, but he does admit that tuition has risen by 12 percent over 2008-2009. VietNamNet/TT
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