Ho Chi Minh City: Principals are not allowed to generate additional income outside of regulations.

The leaders of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City requested the People's Committees of wards, communes, and special zones to unify the collection level suitable to the actual situation of each locality and require schools not to incur other fees than prescribed.

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has issued instructions on the implementation of school fees.

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On September 18, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training announced the conclusion of Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhat Hang, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, at the conference on implementing guidelines for collecting and using tuition fees and other revenues; implementing the tuition exemption, reduction, and support regime and support for learning costs for the 2025-2026 school year of public educational institutions.

Accordingly, Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhat Hang requested that schools need to base on documents guiding the collection and use of tuition fees and other revenues, documents guiding the implementation of school program content; documents on tuition exemption, reduction and support policies... to make revenue and expenditure estimates. At the same time, they must be made public to parents before implementation and ensure full financial regimes according to regulations. School principals are not allowed to generate any revenues outside of regulations.

In addition, the Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training also requested the People's Committees of wards, communes and special zones to consider service fees and other fees other than tuition fees based on the operational plan, revenue and expenditure estimates and proposed collection levels of each educational institution. Agree on a collection level framework suitable to the actual situation of each locality and the practice of each educational institution before implementation.

In addition, the People's Committees of wards, communes and special zones need to strengthen the inspection and supervision of the revenue and expenditure situation at the beginning of the school year at the educational institutions under their management in order to promptly rectify the situation of collecting revenues that are not in accordance with regulations. They are responsible for explaining to society the activities of educational institutions under their management, including the management of revenues in the area in accordance with regulations.

Previously, on August 29, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City issued guidelines on the collection and use of tuition fees and other fees; implementation of tuition exemption, reduction, and support policies and support for learning costs of public schools for the 2025-2026 school year. It details the fees that are allowed to be collected at kindergartens, primary schools, secondary schools, and high schools.

Accordingly, in the 2025-2026 school year, the Department of Education and Training stipulates a list of 15 other service revenues in the field of education and training of public schools with fees for organizing school programs and organizing other services for individual students.

The leader of the Department of Education and Training said that the department will establish inspection teams to inspect the revenue and expenditure situation at the beginning of the school year at public schools, promptly rectify the situation of collecting illegal fees; inspect the guidance on revenue and expenditure at the beginning of the school year of the People's Committees of wards, communes, and special zones according to regulations on decentralization, delegation and assignment of authority to perform state management tasks of local authorities at two levels in the field of education .

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tphcm-hieu-truong-khong-duoc-phat-sinh-khoan-thu-ngoai-quy-dinh-185250918151222348.htm