On August 16, the Electronic Information Portal of Binh Duong Provincial People's Committee said that Mr. Vo Van Minh - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee - chaired the 68th meeting of the Provincial People's Committee to consider many contents to promote socio-economic development. .
Notably, in this session, a draft resolution stipulating tuition fees for public preschool and general education establishments from the 2024 - 2025 school year and criteria for determining geographical areas were considered. There are not enough public primary schools in the province.
According to the draft resolution, tuition fees for the 2024-2025 year will be kept stable compared to the 2023-2024 school year , details are as follows:
Tuition levels for primary schools are set to be used as a basis for supporting tuition payments for private primary school students in areas where there are not enough public primary schools and private primary school students in the area. Subjects are entitled to tuition exemption and reduction policies according to regulations.
For the Provincial Center for Continuing Education and Professional Development, the Center for Vocational Education - Continuing Education implements the general education program: the tuition fee is equivalent to the tuition fee of a general education institution. Public schools at the same school level in the area.
The policy of tuition exemption and reduction and support for learning expenses is implemented in accordance with the Government's regulations (poor households, near-poor households, and newly escaped poverty households are determined according to the province's multidimensional poverty standards).
According to the Electronic Information Portal of Binh Duong province, at the meeting, Mr. Vo Van Minh - Chairman of Binh Duong Provincial People's Committee - spoke in general agreement with the above contents.
Children's education costs have a big impact on the lives of workers working far from home
According to records, the average cost of studying for a preschool and primary school child in Binh Duong province is 1.5-2.5 million VND/month. Meanwhile, the average income of workers is from 5.5-7 million VND/month. Thus, the cost of education for one child accounts for an average of 20-30% of a worker's income. Working families with 2 or more children of school age will be more expensive and more affected. Working families have to tighten their spending and eating habits to pay for their children's education.
Meanwhile, it is difficult for workers far from home who live in boarding houses to carry out procedures to verify poor households to receive tuition exemptions and reductions for their children. Because of difficulties, many people have to send their children to school in the countryside, accepting to live far away from their children while working in Binh Duong.
