Students excitedly interacted with singers during a performance at school (Photo: HUIT).
Tuition fees are still the main source of revenue and expenditure
“Revealing the guest artists at the opening ceremony”, “Revealing the super classy guests attending to welcome new students”, “Schedule a performance with singers at the student music festival”… a series of attractive announcements appear. appear on university community pages.
Along with welcoming new students, educational institutions also plan to organize opening ceremonies and student music festivals for the 2023-2024 school year.
One comment complained because the school did not have a welcoming ceremony for new students and invited singers to attend (Photo: Student community).
This year, many schools “play big” and invite 3-5 singers, but there are also places that are quiet and have no specific plans. This makes many students jealous because one school invites, but another school does not invite famous singers.
According to the reporter’s research Dan Trito organize a school opening program or music festival that invites singers to attend will cost a considerable amount of money.
Famous, slightly famous singers cost no less than 70 million VND for a show, A-listers cost about 100-120 million VND, “really hot” singers sometimes cost up to 700 million to even billions of VND.
If you invite a not-so-famous singer, the salary is only about 10-20 million VND, but most students are not excited.
A grand school program inviting several singers can cost up to more than 1 billion VND, not including sound, lighting, stage, logistics…
The issue being discussed is where does the money to organize these programs come from?
In Vietnam, the three main sources of university revenue include: tuition; State budget, which can be regular expenditures, investment expenditures for training, research, and staff training tasks…; Cooperate with businesses, external funding sources, organizations and individuals.
However, most higher education institutions mainly rely on revenue from tuition, fees and other legal revenues. The proportion of revenue from scientific research and technology transfer, cooperation, and sponsorship activities is still extremely limited.
A grand welcome program for new students was organized by the university at My Dinh National Stadium (Photo: School).
At meetings to discuss financial issues, the Ministry of Education and Training as well as representatives of universities all affirmed that the main source of revenue for schools is tuition, accounting for about 70-80%.
Meanwhile, in recent years, tuition fees at public universities have not increased, which makes it difficult for schools to maintain operations as well as reinvest to improve training quality. Limited revenue sources and rising prices make it difficult for coal schools to ensure quality.
A leader of the student affairs office of a public university in Ho Chi Minh City said that in the past few years, because there has been no increase in tuition fees, experiential activities for learners have been “pulled” due to low funding.
“Initially, we planned to organize “spectacular” new student welcome programs, but due to cost issues, we changed to free admission and support living expenses for students in difficult circumstances. , awarding scholarships… This will be more practical,” he said.
This is a public school that also has other revenues besides tuition. As for private schools, tuition is the “water source” of the school. Therefore, even though it is not officially acknowledged, everyone understands that most activities at private schools come from student tuition fees.
Nguyen Thu Thuy (18 years old, Nghi Loc district, Nghe An province) – a new student at a school in Go Vap, Ho Chi Minh City – shared: “Surely everyone wants to meet a singer, attend a music festival, but think about The organization’s expenses are all taken from tuition fees, which makes me feel sad. My mother works as a maid to support my sisters and I hope the tuition will be used effectively.”
Find a plan that goes both ways
Also planning the opening ceremony to be meaningful, fun but cost-effective, Mr. Trinh Huu Chung – Vice Principal of Gia Dinh University (GDU) – expressed that this is a difficult problem.
He said that in previous years, the school planned to organize activities with the participation of faculties, subjects, and clubs in the school but did not attract students as expected.
Young people often want to meet their idols, experience joyful and youthful activities, and often compare themselves with “other people’s schools”.
Therefore, this year, this unit is trying to come up with the most suitable plan to have both ways, creating a playground for students and lecturers to exchange and express themselves while also inviting artists to join the house. school.
A musical performance by students of Gia Dinh University (Photo: My Ngoc).
“To both meet the expectations of students and not incur too much money, the school is taking advantage of relationships to invite singers and DJs to interact with students but at a very low cost. However, , the number of singers willing to do this is not many,” Mr. Chung said.
Along with the entertainment program, the school also organizes many seminars with famous speakers, business CEOs… to inspire and orient students to study better.
And MSc Pham Thai Son – Director of the Admissions and Communications Center, Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade (HUIT) – said that every school wants to create a space for students to experience… However, the problem Cost issue will be a major obstacle.
“Public schools must spend according to State regulations, so it is difficult to invite famous singers at high costs. The school will take advantage of relationships to save costs,” Mr. Son said. .
Many opinions say that the new student welcome program can be organized with “homegrown” performances (Photo: My Ngoc).
You read newspapers Dan Tri also left dozens of comments with the hope that the opening and welcoming programs for new students will be organized on an appropriate scale to save costs.
Funds that can be invested in facilities, training quality, lecturer salaries, awarding scholarships to difficult circumstances… will bring greater meaning.
