Consider supporting tuition fees, not collecting tuition fees for preschool children and primary school students in areas affected by storms and floods.

The document stated that the Ministry of Education and Training has issued Official Dispatch No. 2179/BGDĐT-KHTC dated May 13, 2024 and Official Dispatch No. 4916/BGDĐT dated August 30, 2024 to the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities on the implementation of revenues in the education and training sector for the 2024-2025 school year.

Recently, in addition to the policies of tuition exemption and reduction, support for study costs and tuition payment support according to the Government 's regulations, many provinces and cities have issued Resolutions on tuition support policies for preschool and primary school students in the area. The Ministry of Education and Training highly appreciates the attention and care of provinces and cities for education and sharing difficulties with parents and students.

Storm No. 3 (Storm YAGI ) and the recent floods have severely affected many provinces and cities. The Ministry of Education and Training requests the People's Committees of provinces and cities to continue to consider and decide on tuition support, exemption of tuition fees for preschool children and primary school students according to their authority and current legal regulations to share and support parents and students, especially students in areas affected by storms, floods and natural disasters.

Many households in Yen Bai province had to evacuate due to the impact of storm No. 2 (photo: VNA)

The report on damage caused by storm No. 3 and its circulation to the education sector shows that, according to the reports of 18/26 provinces and centrally-run cities sent to the Ministry of Education and Training, as of September 16, 2024, the total damage to facilities and teaching equipment is estimated at 1,260 billion VND, with 41,564 sets of textbooks damaged.

Specifically, damage to facilities: 514,730 million VND. Of which: Preschool Education: 117,637 million VND; Primary Education: 139,515 million VND; Secondary School: 142,044 million VND; High School: 115,534 million VND.

Damage to teaching equipment: 745,801 million VND. Of which: Preschool education: 306,618 million VND; Primary education: 169,514 million VND; Secondary school: 156,028 million VND; High school: 113,642 million VND.

Textbook damage: 41,564 sets of books. Of which: Primary education: 23,943 sets of books; Middle school: 10,598 sets of books; High school: 7,023 sets of books.

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