A few days ago, some netizens left a message on People's Daily, saying that the minimum tuition fee for private universities in Anhui starts at 10,000 yuan, and can even reach more than 20,000 yuan, and some private universities have increased their tuition fees very fast. Students They are even more miserable.
I hope to attach importance to private universities, to pay attention to the high fees and rapid growth of private universities. Allocate more grants and scholarships to private universities. At the same time, I hope to be able to supervise private universities, not to blindly charge or increase fees blindly, to control the teaching of private universities more, and to improve the quality of private universities.
The Department of Education of Anhui Province replied: 1. Regarding the issue of high fees and rapid growth in private schools. According to the Anhui Provincial Price Bureau, the Anhui Provincial Department of Education "Notice on Issues Concerning the Pilot Program of Liberalizing Private Education Fees" (Wan Price Fee [2017] No. 56) and the Anhui Provincial Price Bureau, Anhui Provincial Department of Education, Anhui Provincial Human Resources In cooperation with the Social Security Department’s "Notice on Promoting the Pilot Program of Opening Private Education Fees" (Wan Price Fee [2018] No. 70), the pilot liberalization of fees for for-profit private schools and fees for non-academic education in non-profit private schools is determined by The school sets its own prices; the non-profit private school academic education charge pilot covers all private general colleges and universities and private vocational colleges, which are independently set by the school according to factors such as education training costs, accommodation costs, school level, local economic development, and social affordability. Report to the provincial price and education authorities for the record. At the same time, in order to regulate the charging behavior of private colleges and universities, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Provincial Department of Education jointly issued the "Reminder Letter on the Charging Policy of Private Colleges and Universities" at the end of July 2020, further clarifying the charging management policy of private colleges and urging to remind private colleges and universities to set prices. It is necessary to coordinate various factors such as education training costs, school running level, economic development status, social affordability, etc., to grasp the range and frequency of price adjustments, to maintain a relatively stable fee standard, and to collect tuition fees in strict accordance with the announced fee range and fee standard. No matter how increasing the charging standards and fees, it is not allowed to charge other fees in addition to the publicly announced charging items and charging standards.
2. Regarding the allocation of more scholarships and grants to private universities. In accordance with the unified deployment of the state, in the process of formulating and implementing the national student funding policy, our province implements the spirit of the "Several Opinions of the State Council on Encouraging Social Forces to Establish Education to Promote the Healthy Development of Private Education" (Guo Fa [2016] No. 81) and other documents ,Private school students and public school students enjoy the same student funding policy, and are consistent in funding projects, funding coverage, and funding standards. The allocation of national scholarships, national inspirational scholarships, and national bursaries in various universities will be based on the number of places assigned to our province by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education, and the number of undergraduate and junior college students in each university. At the same time, in accordance with national requirements, our province also requires private colleges and universities to withdraw no less than 5% of their tuition income for the establishment of work-study positions, "green channels", school funding, etc., to reward and subsidize students with financial difficulties.
Third, on the issue of improving the quality of private universities. Over the years, our province has attached great importance to the development of private higher education, taking multiple measures, comprehensively implementing policies, and vigorously implementing them, continuously increasing support and standardization, and promoting sustainable and healthy development. Every year, the Provincial Department of Education and the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs jointly carry out annual inspections of private colleges and universities across the province, continuously optimize the annual inspection index system, standardize the annual inspection work procedures, and strengthen the use of annual inspection results, which effectively regulates school-running behavior and promotes the high-quality development of private colleges and universities .
Source: People's Daily Online Local Leaders Message Board
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