Expected to grant scholarships to part-time students as full-time students

Accordingly, the Ministry of Education and Training will develop regulations for student work, in which the group considered and granted scholarships to encourage learning should include learners in other forms of training such as work-study and distance learning, not just full-time learners.

The reason for the amendment is that the results of the inspection and audit of the Finance and Budget Committee show that there are still shortcomings. Specifically, at point b, clause 4, Article 8 of Decree 84/2020/ND-CP stipulates: "For vocational training institutions and higher education institutions, scholarships to encourage learning are arranged at least equal to 8% of tuition revenue for public schools".

However, the subjects for consideration and granting of scholarships to encourage learning are only full-time students. Therefore, it is inappropriate to allocate scholarships to the entire tuition fee collection, including non-full-time students, but only to consider and grant scholarships to full-time students.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training awarded scholarships to "support valedictorians" (Photo: T. Phong).

In addition to amending and supplementing the scholarship recipients, the Ministry of Education and Training also proposed that public schools allocate at least 5% of tuition revenue to the scholarship fund to encourage learning, a reduction of 3% compared to the current rate. For private schools, the rate remains at 2%.

At the same time, the deduction level is based on tuition fees of students of all training systems, not just full-time students.

In particular, in this draft, the Ministry of Education and Training proposed to amend and supplement that teachers of continuing education institutions are entitled to summer vacation like general education teachers. The reason for adding the above regulation is because the policies for teachers of continuing education institutions teaching educational programs to grant diplomas of the national education system are implemented similarly to general education teachers, but the current Decree 84/2020/ND-CP does not yet stipulate summer vacation for this group.

A quite practical addition for students in the draft, in addition to the two types of public transport: train and bus, the Ministry of Education and Training adds three more types of public transport that students can get discounts on, including: elevated train, subway, ferry because currently in many large cities, public transport is not only buses but also many other means such as elevated railway, subway...

Full text of the draft is HERE

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/du-kien-cap-hoc-bong-cho-sinh-vien-tai-chuc-nhu-chinh-quy-20241016094112661.htm