Vietnam: What are the latest academic incentive scholarship levels provided for students in 2023?
Who are eligible for academic incentive scholarship in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 8 of Decree 84/2020/ND-CP, individuals eligible for academic incentive scholarship are:
- Students in specialized upper secondary schools affiliated to institutions for higher education and students in specialized schools displaying excellent behavior grades, excellent learning capacity and at least 8.5 in scores of specialized subjects in the semesters in which scholarship is considered for award or achieving at least consolation prize in national, regional or international examination for gifted and talented students of the same year;
- Students in schools for artistic, athletic and sports talents displaying at least good behavior grades and average learning capacity in the semesters in which scholarship is considered for award and earning prizes or medals in national, regional or international examinations of the same year;
- Students studying in vocational education and training institutions and institutions for higher education displaying at least good behavior grades and studying results and not disciplined by reprimand or any severer form during the semester in which scholarship is considered for award.
What are the latest academic incentive scholarship levels provided for students in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 8 of Decree 84/2020/ND-CP and Clause 3, Article 8 of Decree 84/2020/ND-CP as follows:
- In case of specialized schools and talented schools for artistic, athletic and sports talents: Scholarship awarded to a student must equal at least 3 times the current tuition of local specialized upper secondary schools;
- In case of specialized upper secondary schools affiliated to institutions for higher education: Scholarship awarded to students shall be decided by principals of the institutions for higher education but not lower than the highest tuition paid by the students for studying at the schools;
- In case of schools that do not charge tuition fees: Minimum scholarship shall equal 3 times the highest tuition fees of local upper secondary schools.
- For students studying in institutions for vocational education and institutions for higher education displaying at least good behavior grades and studying results and not disciplined by reprimand or any severer form during the semester in which scholarship is considered for award
+ Scholarship for good students: Scholarship shall be awarded to students displaying at least good academic scores and behavior grades, decided by principals or directors (hereinafter collectively referred to as “principals”) and equal or higher than the highest tuition fee of the disciplines, majors and vocations paid by the students. Minimum scholarship in private schools shall be decided by the principals.
In case of training majors and vocations that do not charge tuition fees, apply unit price ordered, assigned or contracted for the training majors and vocations by the Government;
+ Scholarship for excellent students: Scholarship shall be higher than that for good students, decided by the principals and awarded to students displaying at least excellent academic scores and good behavior grades;
+ Scholarship for outstanding students: Scholarship shall be higher than that for excellent students, decided by the principals and awarded to students displaying outstanding academic scores and behavior grades;
+ Academic scores and behavior grades specified under Points a, b, and c of Article 8 of Decree 84/2020/ND-CP shall conform to applicable regulations and law of Ministry of Education and Training and Ministry of Labor – War Invalids and Social Affairs; in which academic scores for scholarship consideration specified under this Decree shall be based on scores of the first final exam.
What are the funding sources for providing academic incentive scholarships for students in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 4, Article 8 of Decree 84/2020/ND-CP, the funding sources for providing academic incentive scholarship for students in Vietnam are:
- In case of specialized schools and schools for artistic, athletic and sports talents: Academic incentive scholarship shall be included in expenditure estimates of local government budget in order to sufficiently award at least 30% of total specialized students of the schools.
- In case of specialized upper secondary schools affiliated to institutions for higher education, academic incentive scholarship shall be taken from legal revenues of institutions for higher education and legal revenues of specialized upper secondary schools;
- In case of institutions for vocational education and institutions for higher education: Academic incentive scholarship shall be taken from at least 8% of tuition revenues in case of public schools and at least 2% of tuition revenues in case of private schools.
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