Funding of ODE

FUNDING OF ODE

The policy of Socializing Education has been implemented for a few years. This mobilizes all available resources of the society for the development of education, and in return, education is for everybody in the community. The Government creates favorable conditions, such as land for construction, loans from State Bank with low interest, etc. to encourage developing education of all forms and modes.

However, each institution has its own conditions and status, tries to balance the finance. Therefore, the tuition fee varies from one institution to another. Besides, the cost of a certain program is different from one to another, depending on the requirement for media and instructional materials used, etc.

Some projects are subsidized by the Government and international institutions, such as Teachers Training Project, Environment Protection Project, etc. For these programs, students have to pay lower tuition fees. Early in July 2005, the Prime Minister signed the Decision to approve of the MoET proposal namely Promoting Distance Education 2005-2010. This is the first macro scheme that the Government claims to invest such a big amount of money (100,000,000 USD) to improve the ODE system. According to the Prime Minister Decision, Hanoi Open University and four other institutions: Semi-public Open University in Ho Chi Minh City, University of Post and Tele-communication Technology, Hue Pedagogic University and Hanoi Pedagogic University will be provided with modern equipment and technologies for distance education development. Consequently, millions of learners will certainly benefit from this project. ODE in Vietnam is really entering a new stage of development.