Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope
This Decree prescribe collection and management of tuition fees of education institutions affiliated to national education program; policies on tuition fee exemption, reduction, and financing for learning fees; service fees in education and training sectors.
Article 2. Regulated entities
This Decree applies to preschool children, students, learners, and researchers (hereinafter referred to as “leaners”) studying in education institutions affiliated to national education program according to Law on Education, Law on Higher Education, and Law on Vocational Education; education institutions affiliated to national education program according to Law on Education, Law on Higher Education, and Law on Vocational Education, and relevant organizations, individuals.
Article 3. Term interpretation
1. “service fees in education and training sector” refers to the money paid by service users for each service in education, training, and vocational education sectors, including: tuition fees (depending on education and training level) and fees for other services in education and training sectors (fees for enrolment service, fees for education quality control service; fees for issuance of degree, certificate templates; fees for education support and human resource supply service via researching and developing strategies, planning, schemes for human resource training; fees for human resource demand investigation, analysis, and estimation services via connecting training facilities with employers to extract resources for human resource training; fees for teacher and education personnel improvement service; fees for consulting service for organizations and individuals to develop plans and schemes for human resource development and development of necessary skills for learners; fees for education and training support services).
2. “tuition” refers to the amount of money paid by the learners to cover fees of education and training services in part or in whole. Tuition amount shall be determined according to roadmap for guaranteeing education and training service according to this Decree.
3. “education quality control” under this Decree consists of education quality control for preschool, continuous education facilities, formal education institutions, higher education institutions, education quality control for education program of higher education institutions as per domestic quality assessment criteria issued by Minister of Education and Training and quality control of vocational education institutions, quality control of training program of all levels of vocational education issued by Minister of Labor – War Invalids and Social Affairs (hereinafter referred to as “quality control by domestic standards”) or by quality assessment criteria of foreign education quality control bodies accredited for operation in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as “quality control by foreign standards”).
Article 4. State management regarding fees for education and training services
1. Ministry of Education and Training and Ministry of Labor – War Invalids and Social Affairs shall take charge and cooperate with Ministry of Finance and relevant ministries in implementing state management functions regarding tuition and fees for other services in education and training:
a) Provide guidelines and develop, appraise, and issue economic and technical norms, methods of determining tuition and fees for other services in education and training applied in education and training sector under their management;
b) Decide on methods of assigning tasks, placing orders, and bidding for provision of products and services in education and training sectors under lists of public services utilizing state budget from central government budget within their assigned sector; decide on price of order of service in education and training sectors under lists of public services utilizing central government budget within their assigned sector.
2. Ministries, ministerial agencies within their tasks and powers shall perform state management regarding tuition and fees of other services in education and training sectors; issue economic and technical norms, fee norms or cooperate with Ministry of Education and Training, Ministry of Labor – War Invalids and Social Affairs in developing and issuing economic and technical norms for specific professions; decide on methods of assigning tasks, placing orders, and bidding for product, service provision in education and training sectors from central government budget; decide on price of service order in education and training sectors under lists of public services utilizing central government budget for services under their management.
3. People’s Committees of provinces shall perform state management regarding other tuitions and fees for services in education and services; issue economic and technical norms, and costs in education and training sectors for services with incomplete economic and technical norms under management of local government; decide on methods of assigning tasks, placing orders, and bidding for product, service provision in education and training sector; decide on price of service order in education and training sectors under lists of public services utilizing budget under management of local government, People's Committees of provinces shall request People's Councils of provinces to decide on tuition or tuition range of preschool education and public formal education; elaborate fee amount, fee purpose, and expenditure management solutions for services assisting education and training activities in public education institutions under their management for application in provinces.
4. Heads of education institutions affiliated to national education program shall publicize to the general public regarding basis and methods for determining, calculating service fees in education and training sectors for services which the institutions calculate the value and report to competent authority as per the law.
Article 5. Principles of determining service fees in education and training sectors
Fees for services in education and training sectors are determined according to regulations and law on prices and regulations of the Government on financial autonomy of public service providers.
2. Fees for services in education and training sectors shall be revised according to appropriate roadmap corresponding to quality of education and training services with the rate of increasing service fee does not exceed 15%/year.
Article 6. Methods of determining fees and entitlement to determining fees for services in education and training sectors
Methods of determining fees and competent authority capable of determining fees in education and training sectors shall be identified according to Law on Prices, Law on Education, Law on Higher Education, Law on Vocational Education, guiding documents, and regulations of the Government on financial autonomy of public service providers.
Article 7. Roadmap for calculating fees for services in education and training sectors
1. Roadmap for calculating fees for services in education and training sectors shall conform to regulations of the Government on financial autonomy of public service providers.
2. Tuition shall conform to roadmap under Article 9, Article 10, and Article 11 hereof.
3. Based on education development policies of the Government and realistic conditions of local administrative divisions, People's Committees of provinces shall request People's Councils of provinces to consider and allow preschools, formal education institutions in areas with high possibility of private sector involvement and preschools, formal education institutions in universities, colleges, and research institutes to implement roadmap for wholly including costs in fees for services in education and training sectors corresponding to education and training quality; while guaranteeing mandatory education objectives as per Law on Education and guiding documents.
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