FROM SEPTEMBER 01, MONTHLY SCHOLARSHIP FOR GIFTED UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS SHALL BE AT LEAST THREE TIMES THE CURRENT TUITION FEE
This is a new content promulgated by the Government in the Decree No. 84/2020/ND-CP on detailing a number of articles of the Law on Education dated July 17, 2020.
In accordance with this content, pupils of gifted upper secondary schools in higher education institutions, pupils of gifted schools who have excellent behavior and distinction learning capacity in the term of consideration and grant of scholarships and have the gifted subject mark of the semester of at least 8.5, or win consolation prizes or higher prizes in any of the national, regional or international outstanding pupil-selection exams of such year… shall be provided the following scholarship levels:
Firstly, for schools for gifted students and schools for students with art and sport aptitudes, the monthly scholarship level granted for a pupil shall be equal to at least three times the current tuition fee of local gifted upper secondary schools.
Next, for gifted upper secondary schools in higher education institutions, the scholarship level granted for a pupil shall be stipulated by higher education institutions’ principals but not lower than the ceiling level of the current tuition fees paid by such pupil.
Finally, for schools exempted from tuition fees, the scholarship level shall be equal to at least three times the ceiling tuition fees of local upper secondary schools.
Additionally, the Government also stipulates that for students studying under the regime of enrollment through nomination; students of pre-university schools, boarding general education schools for ethnic minority students…, the scholarship level shall be equal to 80% of the base salary/month. For students being invalids from poor households who study in vocational education institutions for invalids and persons with disabilities, the scholarship level shall be equal to 100% of the base salary/month.
This Decree takes effect on September 01, 2020.
