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Author: Du Jiexin
2020-09-16 15:00
Last update date: 2020-09-16 15:00
As of September 11, 2020, the Education Bureau has completed the approval of 738 participating kindergartens' tuition applications. Among them, about 90% of half-day kindergartens will be exempt from tuition in the 2020/21 school year.
As for full-time/long-term full-time courses, based on the principle that the government and parents share the cost, parents have to pay some additional fees.
In the 2020/21 academic year, the median tuition fee per term is about 860 yuan, an increase of about 40 yuan over last year.
Schools affected by the epidemic can arrange for no more than one-sixth of the schools to return to school on September 16, and some kindergartens arrange for K1 students to return to school to adapt.
The Education Bureau completed the examination and approval of tuition fees, and over 490 kindergartens maintained their tuition fees unchanged.
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According to the Education Bureau, as of September 11, 2020, it has completed the approval of 738 kindergartens participating in the program, including 501 kindergartens offering half-day courses. Among them, 1 has reduced the tuition fee, 494 kept the tuition fee unchanged, and 6 The fee increase was approved.
As for the 610 kindergartens offering full-time/long-term full-time courses that have completed their tuition applications, 3 have reduced their tuition fees, 327 have kept their tuition fees unchanged, and 280 have been approved for fee increases.
The Education Bureau stated that there is a rigorous mechanism to review kindergartens' applications for tuition adjustments.
When approving tuition applications, the main consideration is the overall financial and actual operating conditions of the kindergarten. The main items include salary adjustments, improvement of the teacher-student ratio, and improvement of school facilities.
Due to the diversified operation mode of kindergartens, the operating costs and expenditures of each kindergarten are different. During the review process, individual kindergartens will adjust their tuition fees according to actual operating conditions. The Education Bureau will also request individual kindergartens to submit supplementary information as needed , In order to assess whether the budget proposed by the kindergarten is reasonable, to ensure that parents can benefit from the plan and the public funds are used appropriately.
In the 2020/21 academic year, the median tuition fee per term is about 860 yuan, an increase of about 40 yuan over last year. According to the Education Bureau, the overall tuition fee is still at a low level.
According to the Education Bureau, there are about 20 kindergartens that need to submit supplementary information. It is now following up on kindergartens that do not yet have all the information, and providing assistance as needed to complete the remaining approval work as soon as possible.
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