At the beginning of the school year, what regulations does the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City have regarding collecting parent funds?

At the beginning of the school year, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City clearly stipulates the funding and operating expenses of the parent representative committee, commonly known as the parent fund.

The Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City stipulates that the mobilized funding and operating expenses of the parent-teacher association must comply with Circular No. 16/2018/TT-BGDDT of the Ministry of Education and Training on funding for educational institutions in the national education system.

This regulation is also based on Circular No. 55/2011/TT-BGDDT of the Ministry of Education and Training promulgating the Charter of the Parents' Representative Board, and official dispatches of the City People's Committee, Department of Education and Training, and Department of Finance guiding the implementation of the above documents.

According to regulations, funding must ensure the principles of voluntariness, publicity, transparency, not set an average or minimum funding level, not take advantage of funding for education to force contributions and not consider fundraising as a condition for providing education and training services...

Ho Chi Minh City students at the opening ceremony of the 2025-2026 school year. Photo: Nguyen Hue

Schools are mobilized and receive funding to equip equipment and supplies for teaching and learning; scientific research; renovate, repair, and construct facilities to serve and support educational activities...

Absolutely do not solicit sponsorship to pay for: Teaching fees; expenses directly related to managers, teachers, lecturers and staff, security and protection activities; fees for looking after students' vehicles; fees for maintaining classroom and school hygiene; costs to support the management of educational institutions.

Regarding the parent fund, Circular 55/2011/TT-BGDDT stipulates: the operating budget of the class's Parent-Teacher Association is formed from the voluntary support of parents and other legal funding sources. The school's Parent-Teacher Association's budget is taken from the class's representative committees as agreed at the first meeting of the year and can be supplemented from legal funding sources. The regulation does not impose an average contribution level on parents.

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