Recently, the story of depositing a seat when registering your child for school has become familiar to parents in the Capital. To have a chance to send their children to private school, some people have to spend several million, even 10-20 million VND. This creates an unsightly image in education, causing many people to protest.
In a document dated March 22 on the serious implementation of entry-level enrollment work in the city, the Department of Education and Training informed that it will coordinate with relevant units to strengthen inspection, examination, and strict handling. If a violation is detected.
According to the regulations of most schools, the reservation fee paid by parents will not be refunded if the student does not submit admission documents to the school. If the student enrolls, the school will deduct the costs.
Many Hanoi parents are reluctant to spend millions to reserve a place for their children to go to private school. (Illustration)
According to statistics, some private schools offer the lowest "deposit" today, such as Phan Boi Chau High School (Ha Dong) 1,2 million VND/student, FPT High School (Thach That) 2 million VND.
Meanwhile, some private schools offer quite high admission fees, over 10 million VND such as: Ly Thai To High School (Cau Giay) 11 million VND/student; Newton High School 12 million VND; Hanoi Academy High School (Tay Ho) 20 million VND.
In the 2024-2025 school year, it is expected that more than 50.000 Hanoi students will not have a place in public 10th grade this year. This means that more than 50.000 parents will almost have to face a reservation fee that is not "cheap" if the Department of Education and Training does not thoroughly understand this reservation deposit situation.
Six years ago, the Hanoi Department of Education and Training asked private schools not to charge registration or reservation fees, but then this continued.
