Ministry of Education and Training proposes to exempt or reduce tuition fees for students affected by storms and floods

The Ministry of Education and Training has just sent an official dispatch to the provincial People's Committees regarding tuition support for students severely affected by storms and floods in many provinces and cities.

Students at Minh Chuan Primary and Secondary School ( Yen Bai ), a place heavily affected by storms and floods

PHOTO: TRUONG MINH CHUAN

The Ministry of Education and Training requested the People's Committees of provinces and cities to continue to base on the level of damage to the people, consider and decide to support tuition fees, not collect 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 for students in areas affected by storms, floods and natural disasters.

The Ministry of Education and Training said that recently, in addition to policies on tuition exemption and reduction, support for learning costs and tuition support according to Government 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 care and attention of provinces and cities for education and shares difficulties with parents and students," the document stated.

The Ministry of Education and Training also reiterated that it has issued documents on implementing collections in the education and training sector for the 2024-2025 school year.

Previously, reports from 18/26 provinces and centrally-run cities sent to the Ministry of Education and Training showed that, as of September 16, the total damage to facilities and teaching equipment was estimated at 1,260 billion VND. 41,564 sets of textbooks were damaged.

Specifically, the damage to facilities was 514,730 million VND. Of which, preschool education suffered 117,637 million VND, primary education 139,515 million VND, secondary education 142,044 million VND and high school 115,534 million VND.

Damage to teaching equipment was 745,801 million VND. Of which, preschool education suffered 306,618 million VND, primary education 169,514 million VND, secondary education 156,028 million VND and high school 113,642 million VND.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, 41,564 sets of textbooks were damaged or swept away by floods after storms and floods and need to be replaced. Of these, primary education needs 23,943 sets of books, secondary education needs 10,598 sets of books and high school needs 7,023 sets.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/bo-gd-dt-de-nghi-mien-giam-hoc-phi-cho-hoc-sinh-anh-huong-bao-lu-185240918181808596.htm