The 2020-2021 school year marks that preschool and junior high school students in Hai Phong City are officially exempt from 100% tuition fees according to a resolution passed by the City Council at the end of 2019. Particularly high school students will waive tuition fees from the school year. 2021-2022.
"Investment in education must be determined to be at the forefront, over the past years, Hai Phong has spent thousands of billions of dong investing in education and training institutions in the area. At the same time, building an attractive mechanism to attract teachers. good at the city and creating a favorable environment for both teachers and students to develop their talents. "- Mr. LE VAN THANH (Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of Hai Phong City People's Council) -
Thus, Hai Phong is the first locality in the country applying free tuition fees for all educational levels.
Reduce the burden on parents
With a small child born about 3 months, Ms. Nguyen Phuong Thao (28 years old, a worker in a factory in Duong Kinh district, Hai Phong) said that in September 2020, the family received a notice with the school's application form. Preschool where the older child is learning the local police's certification guidelines to enjoy the free tuition policy for preschool children.
According to Ms. Thao, the couple's total income as workers is about 15 million VND / month. But this year the effects of the COVID-19 epidemic should work precarious.
"I am on maternity leave. My husband has just returned to work for three months. Before, the company had difficulty cutting labor. When we learned that the city is free of tuition fees, we are very happy. The month is not big, but it helps the family save money to take care of daily activities "- Mrs. Thao shared.
Previously, at the end of 2019, the policy to support 100% of tuition fees for students at all levels in the area was approved at the 11th session of Hai Phong City Council, Session XV.
Specifically, students with household registration, temporary residence registration or certified by the police actually living in Hai Phong are exempt from tuition fees. Support is based on the number of actual months of study at the school, not exceeding 12 months / school year for preschool children and no more than 9 months / school year with lower secondary, high school and continuing education.
This is the level of support for all families with school-age children. In which the beneficiaries of the highest level of support are preschool children with more than 200,000 VND / month and the number of months of support is 12 months a year.
Great impact on the education industry
According to preliminary statistics of Hai Phong Department of Education and Training, in the school year 2020-2021, the preschool has 96,449 pupils and the junior high school has 125,159 students. City budget to support tuition exemption is more than 226 billion. Mr. Do Van Loi - deputy director of Hai Phong Department of Education and Training - evaluated that the 100% tuition fee subsidy for all educational levels has a great impact on the education sector of the city.
First of all, the staff of managers and teachers feel more responsible to the attention of the city leaders and more responsible in managing and teaching students. In addition, the city's policies also affect every family whose children go to school.
In addition to reducing spending, it also helps them be more accountable in pushing their children to study. "The resolution to support 100% of the city's tuition fees helps to solve the policy of not letting any students be left behind, no students have to drop out" - Mr. Loi shared.
Talking about the difficulty in implementing this policy, according to some education officials, supporting tuition fees for preschool children is more difficult than other education levels. The reason is that preschool children always have fluctuations, leading to difficulties in monitoring and statistics.
Ms. Bui Thi Ngoc Quyen - Deputy Head of Education and Training Department Le Chan District, Hai Phong - said that from the beginning of August 2020, kindergartens in the district sent teachers from house to house to propagate and make a list of children coming. school this school year but have difficulty, because sometimes today parents agree to let their children go to school but change their mind tomorrow.
Currently the Hai Phong Department of Education and Training has a plan to coordinate with the bank to discuss solutions to support schools in accounting profession. In addition, on the database of education and information technology applications, the partner units will together with the department build software to manage the number of students openly and effectively ...
Students of Ngo Quyen Secondary School, Hai Phong City - Photo: TIEN WINS
