Lunch support for boarding kindergartens from May 1, 2025

Decree No. 66/2025/ND-CP has added children in semi-boarding kindergartens (from 3 months to 3 years old) to the list of beneficiaries of the learning support policy from the state budget.

According to Article 6 of Decree 66/2025 of the Government (effective from May 1), children in boarding kindergartens are supported with lunch money of VND 360,000/month (no more than 9 months/school year).

To enjoy the policy, children in boarding kindergartens must meet one of the following conditions:

Firstly, children of kindergartens residing in communes and villages with special difficulties are studying at publicpreschools in communes in regions III, II, I, communes with special difficulties in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, communes with special difficulties in coastal and island areas.

Second, children of ethnic minorities residing in communes in regions II, I, ethnic minority and mountainous areas who are studying at public preschools in communes in regions III, II, I, communes with extremely disadvantaged villages in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, and extremely disadvantaged communes in coastal and island areas are in one of the following cases:

Children from poor households according to multidimensional poverty standards as prescribed by the Government.

Children without a source of support (as stipulated in Clause 1, Article 5 of Decree No. 20/2021 of the Government regulating social assistance policies for social protection beneficiaries).

Children who are children of martyrs, children of heroes of the people's armed forces, children of war invalids, children of people enjoying policies like war invalids, children of sick soldiers, children of other policy beneficiaries according to regulations in the Ordinance on preferential treatment for people with revolutionary contributions (if any).

Children with disabilities learn integrated.

The most notable new point of Decree No. 66/2025/ND-CP is that it has added children in semi-boarding kindergartens (from 3 months to 3 years old) to the list of beneficiaries of the learning support policy from the state budget.

This supplement not only contributes to universalizing preschool education in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, but also ensures fairness in enjoying the State's support policies.

According to VTV.vn

Source: https://baohagiang.vn/xa-hoi/202505/ho-tro-tien-an-trua-cho-nha-tre-ban-tru-tu-152025-f104cb5/