Schools can only mobilize funding after the Department of Education and Training approves the implementation plan.

To unify and ensure transparency and publicity when implementing school sponsorship for the new school year 2025-2025 after the merger, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City has issued instructions on implementing Circular No. 16/2018 of the Ministry regulating sponsorship for educational institutions in the city for the school year 2025-2026.

The Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City clearly defines the responsibilities of principals when organizing fundraising campaigns in schools.

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No average funding level is specified.

Accordingly, in order to ensure consistency in the preparation and approval of the fundraising plan and not be passive in publicizing it to all parents of students at the beginning of the school year, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City requires schools to develop the content and fundraising plan based on clearly defining the purpose, beneficiaries, implementation methods, implementation progress and taking responsibility for the quality of activities, product quality, and works with detailed estimates in accordance with current regulations on standards and norms.

Schools can only mobilize funding after receiving an official document approving the implementation plan from the Department of Education and Training.

According to the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, when receiving financial sponsorship, schools must approve the sponsorship receipt, create a receipt, open a detailed accounting book to separately track the sponsored amount; open an additional account at a bank or the State Treasury to receive the transferred sponsorship and record it in the accounting system according to regulations.

In particular, the Department of Education and Training notes that schools are not allowed to set average funding levels.

For in-kind sponsorship, the school must coordinate with the sponsorship receiving team responsible for carrying out handover procedures, preparing the site and warehouse to preserve the sponsored items to ensure convenience and speed.

The receiving unit receives the basic construction project, encouraged in the form of "turnkey", the sponsor completes the records, documents and certificates related to the construction of the project and transfers them to the educational institution...

Educational activities organized in primary schools

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Principal's responsibilities when raising funds

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training emphasized that school principals are responsible before the law for mobilizing, receiving, managing and using sponsorships. Coordinate with sponsors to effectively organize and implement sponsorship activities for educational institutions. Proactively propose to sponsors the order of priority tasks in using sponsorships to improve school facilities, support teaching and learning activities, and educational activities in accordance with the development plan of the educational institution.

Organize acceptance and receipt of products and works carried out by sponsors in accordance with legal regulations and be responsible for management, maintenance and repair to ensure that products and works are used effectively and for the right purposes.

The principal is responsible for reporting to the superior management unit on the situation of mobilizing, receiving, managing and using funding after completing the implementation of the mobilization plan.

Responsible for reporting and explaining to units with functions of monitoring, checking and inspecting the management and use of funding at educational institutions if requested.

Responsible for explaining and answering questions (if any) from officials, teachers, staff, students, parents and sponsors in receiving, managing and using sponsorship.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training stated that the Parents' Representative Committee is responsible for coordinating with schools in organizing, receiving, managing and using sponsorships. Sending representatives to participate in the process of receiving sponsorships, accepting and handing over sponsorships in kind or in kind. Supervising the management and use of sponsorships by educational institutions.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/truong-chi-duoc-van-dong-tai-tro-sau-khi-duoc-so-gd-dt-phe-duyet-ke-hoach-thuc-hien-185250801120425078.htm