Another school in Ho Chi Minh City does not collect funds from parents of students.

Class activity fees: Voluntary, not equal

On the morning of September 21, Nguyen Huu Tho High School, Xom Chieu Ward, Ho Chi Minh City held a parent-teacher meeting at the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year. On September 20, sharing with Thanh Nien Newspaper reporter, Mr. Do Dinh Dao, Principal of the school, said that the spirit of the meeting was to provide information and achievements of the school in the 2024-2025 school year, goals and tasks in the 2025-2026 school year.

Một trường không tổ chức thu quỹ cha mẹ học sinh trường - Ảnh 1. — Classes prepare for parent-teacher meetings at the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year

At the same time, the classes will discuss more solutions to promote cooperation between schools and parents in the process of caring for and educating students, developing talents, providing career orientation, focusing on promoting students' ability to self-study, read, and research lessons under the guidance of teachers...

Notably, Mr. Do Dinh Dao, Principal of Nguyen Huu Tho High School, emphasized the school's notable points in the new school year. All of this information was publicly announced and widely communicated by homeroom teachers at the parent-teacher meeting this morning, September 21.

"In the 2025-2026 school year, the school will not collect funds from parents of students. For classes that contribute to activities for students in the class, the homeroom teacher and the parent representative committee must comply with the spirit of Circular 55 of the Ministry of Education and Training, which is voluntary, not equal, not forced. The homeroom teacher will keep a list of voluntary contributions from the class, if any," said Mr. Do Dinh Dao.

Một trường không tổ chức thu quỹ cha mẹ học sinh trường - Ảnh 2. — Students of Nguyen Huu Tho High School, Xom Chieu Ward, Ho Chi Minh City

The principal of Nguyen Huu Tho High School, Xom Chieu Ward also emphasized: "All collections are fully and publicly announced by the school to parents and students. Homeroom teachers do not let the parent-teacher association arbitrarily implement collection contents in the name of collecting for the school and the class. The school requests that teachers pay attention to and monitor the contents related to the mobilization of the parent-teacher association on Zalo groups, Facebook... of the class, and immediately report to the school board if they detect any unusual content."

Additional review periods for the 2026 high school graduation exam, completely free

Nguyen Huu Tho High School is a school that teaches 2 sessions/day. In the 2025-2026 school year, the school has nearly 2,200 students, with 48 classes, including 18 intensive English classes, students in all 3 grades study according to the new 2018 General Education Program.

This school year, the school also adjusted the class schedule. Morning classes start at 7:30 and end at 11:00. Afternoon classes start at 1:30 and end at 4:00.

After the last afternoon class at 4:00 p.m., students can enjoy sports and self-study on the ground floor of the school campus until 5:15 p.m. The school will stop all activities and close the gate after 5:15 p.m.

Following the direction of the city's education sector, from this school year, high schools will not collect 120,000 VND/month for regular tuition and 300,000 VND/month for second-session tuition.

Một trường không tổ chức thu quỹ cha mẹ học sinh trường - Ảnh 3. — Nguyen Huu Tho High School starts at 7:30 and ends at 16:00. Students can play sports and study on their own in the school yard until 17:15.

The principal of Nguyen Huu Tho High School also said that the school does not charge fees for some things this school year, such as tutoring for students who have not achieved their goals, training for excellent students, increasing review hours for 12th graders, and student movement activities and fun clubs.

During the parent meeting on the morning of September 21, the 12th grade homeroom teachers also informed all parents about the content the school had implemented and instructed students on how to choose subjects for the high school graduation exam (math and literature are compulsory, students choose 2 more subjects to review and take the high school graduation exam in 2026).

"The school will arrange a timetable to add extra review periods for students according to the exam subjects they have chosen. This is expected to take place in October 2025 and will be completely free for students," said Mr. Do Dinh Dao.

A school has not collected funds from parents for the past 8 years.

Previously, according to information from parents of students at Nguyen Van Luong Secondary School (Binh Phu Ward, Ho Chi Minh City), this school year the school principal directed not to collect parent funds. Talking to Thanh Nien reporter, Mr. Dinh Phu Cuong, Principal of Nguyen Van Luong Secondary School, said that from 2018 until now, at the beginning of the school year, the school informed all parents of students not to collect parent fees or fundraising funds.

"All expenditures are balanced by the school from its own budget and other legal sources of revenue from the school's programs, which are clearly stated in the annual internal spending regulations. If the budget and revenue sources are balanced, the school will not lack operating funds and will not have to collect from parents. Usually, after paying salaries, the budget will still have a surplus of 10% to 15% to spend on educational activities. The school uses this budget to organize educational activities for students. After spending on student educational activities, at the end of the year the school will still have a surplus to increase income for teachers and staff," Mr. Dinh Phu Cuong analyzed.

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Source: https://thanhnien.vn/them-mot-truong-tai-tphcm-khong-thu-quy-cha-me-hoc-sinh-cua-truong-185250920203755892.htm