Support Funding from the State Budget for Community Learning Centers

Financial support from the state budget for community learning centers (Illustrative image)

Circular 96/2008/TT-BTC stipulates the financial support from the state budget for community learning centers as follows:

- Initial equipment purchase support: The state budget provides one-time support to newly established Centers for the purchase of management equipment, teaching and learning materials, and textbooks. The minimum initial financial support is 30 million VND for a newly established Center.

- Regular operational support:

+ Financial support for paying allowances for concurrently-held positions for staff participating in the management of the Center; The allowance level for staff participating in the management of the Center is decided by the Chairman of the Provincial, City People's Committee depending on the local socio-economic conditions and budget capacity.

+ For community learning centers in ethnic minority and mountainous areas as stipulated in Decision No. 301/2006/QD-UBDT dated November 27, 2006, by the Minister, Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs on recognizing 3 regions of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas according to the level of development: financial support from the budget for purchasing additional teaching materials, textbooks, and learning tools. Specific support levels are as follows:

+ The financial support level for Centers in Region I communes is a minimum of 20 million VND/year/Center.+ The financial support level for Centers in Region II and III communes is a minimum of 25 million VND/year/Center.

- Additionally, Centers are allowed to participate in the implementation of education universalization programs, legal knowledge dissemination, agricultural, forestry, and fishery extension programs, etc., and other local programs and projects as decided by the competent authority from the state budget funds allocated to each project on a contract or task assignment basis.

More details can be found in Circular 96/2008/TT-BTC, effective November 24, 2008.

Ngoc Tai

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