The Ministry of Education and Training has presented its petitions to the Government calling for unchanging tuition fee for the 2020-2021 school year, in order to share the financial burden with parents and students.

A number of public universities in HCM City that have been granted financial autonomy are planning to increase tuition in the 2020-21 academic year.

Experts affirmed that with low costs, medical schools will not be able to produce high-quality doctors.

Some educators have warned that the sharp rise in tuition set by state-owned schools will deprive poor but good students of opportunities to access higher education.

Students did not go to school for the last several months, but international schools have asked parents to pay tuition as usual.

Low training costs are one of the reasons for many students to enroll in state-owned universities, but the tuition of the schools is increasing.

Higher education establishments all have announced their standards for graduates.

The PM has allowed 23 state-owned universities to apply the autonomy mechanism, which means that the schools have the right to set tuition themselves.

Studying at state-owned schools is the first choice for university or college bound students because they only have to pay a part of training fees.

Vietnam’s expenditures on education amounts to 20 percent of total budget expenses, a relatively high figure compared with other countries. But education quality will still depend on how the money is used.

HCM City authorities are considering reducing tuition for secondary education, but many parents and education experts say more urgent measures need to be done, including raising teacher pay and reducing the number of crowded classrooms.

VietNamNet Bridge - The requirement set by the Ministry of Education and Training that general school teachers must have good foreign language and IT skills is too difficult, teachers say.

VietNamNet Bridge - State-owned universities with financial autonomy have announced an increase in tuition of 10-30 percent. However, they say the new tuition is still not enough to cover training costs.

The Hanoi People’s Council on Thursday approved a resolution to raise tuition fees at public schools for the 2018-19 academic year.

MOET says that tertiary education quality is low partially because of the low tuition. 

The new education law allows in universities to have the right to determine tuition, as well as their missions and development paths.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many teachers complain of ‘monster-parents’ who deeply intervene in teachers’ education activities and complain about teachers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tuition for 4-5-year training at university is just equal to tuition for one year at k-12 schools.

The new tuition frame for state-owned schools has been approved by the Hanoi authorities, under which the ceiling tuition will be VND4.3 million per student per month for preschool and VND4.5 million for secondary and high school.