Deputy Director of the Departmentof Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City Le Thuy My Chau responded to the issue of schools collecting tuition fees for many years - Photo: TRONG NHAN
On the afternoon of March 21, Tuoi Tre Online reporters asked a representative of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training at a press conference providing information on socio -economic issues in Ho Chi Minh City about whether many private schools in Ho Chi Minh City collect tuition fees in multi-year "investment packages", some of which are up to 12 years, in accordance with regulations.
Ms. Le Thuy My Chau, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, affirmed: "In Clause 1, Article 12 of Decree 81, it is clearly stated that tuition fees must be collected periodically every month . If the student voluntarily pays, the school can collect it once for the entire semester or the entire school year ."
Regarding the number of months tuition fees can be collected during the school year, Ms. Chau said that according to Article 12 of Decree 81, for preschool and general education facilities, tuition fees can be collected for a maximum of 9 months/year.
As for continuing education facilities, continuing training and short-term training and development courses, tuition fees are collected based on the actual number of months of study.
According to Ms. Chau, the above regulations on tuition collection have been sent by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training to both public and non-public educational institutions in the area at the beginning of each school year.
She said international schools that have been operating for many years, such as AISVN, established in 2006, will know these regulations.
Regarding the "companionship contract" and "refundable contract" between parents and schools, Ms. Chau said that the department is coordinating with functional agencies and law enforcement agencies to guide parents in exercising their rights in court according to the Civil Law.
Previously, on March 20, Tuoi Tre Online published an article about many private and international schools in the area collecting tuition fees many years in advance, possibly from 3 to 12 years, in the form of "educational investment" and "educational finance" packages.
The former principal of an international school in District 7 (HCMC) raised a problem: suppose an international school has 1,000 students, about 1/5 of the parents, or 200 people, participate in this investment package, each package costs about 5 billion VND on average. Thus, the total amount of money this international school has raised has reached 1,000 billion VND.
"This is clearly a large amount of money, and a mechanism is needed to prevent private schools from taking advantage of or misusing the raised money," he said.
Proposal for periodic review of private schools
Also at the press conference, Ms. Le Thuy My Chau said that Ho Chi Minh City is a locality that receives a lot of attention from education investors, with more than 3,000 private preschools and more than 100 private schools at many levels from elementary to high school. Therefore, legal issues are always of concern.
Ms. Chau said that the Department of Education and Training is proposing that the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee issue a coordination regulation to help the Department of Education and Training, together with relevant departments, conduct periodic reviews, thereby ensuring that investors in local schools must comply with the Enterprise Law and Investment Law.
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