VietNamNet Bridge – Many
different reasons have been cited to explain why 1163 university students had
reportedly dropped out so far this year, according to official statistics.
However, the biggest reason was the overly high tuitions unaffordable to poor
students.
Phung Cam Chi, a student of the Viet Tri Technique Junior
College, from Van Yen town of Yen Bai province, said that coming from a poor
family in remote area, therefore, she can enjoy the tuition exemption as
stipulated in the current policies.
“However, I still have to pay tuitions in the last four
years. My parents in the home village have to borrow money in the black market
at exorbitant high interest rates,” she said.
“The debts have become so big that I may have to stop
studying to go looking for jobs,” she continued.
Le Thi Tam, the mother of Chi, explained that in previous
years, the poor students in the locality did not have to pay tuitions for
university education. However, under the new regulations, students still have
to pay tuitions to the schools and get reimbursement from the local
authorities.
“We still have not received money from the local
sub-department of labor, war invalids and social affairs over the last two
years. As a result, we have to borrow money to pay tuition and become more and
more penurious,” she said.
Though universities and junior colleges have to make
public the tuitions for their training majors, a lot of schools deliberately
ignore the regulations. As a result, a lot of poor students accidentally
registered to study at the schools which required high tuitions.
The students had no other choice than continuing studying
at the schools and moving heaven and earth to get money to fund their study.
However, just after a short time of studying at the schools, a lot of students
had to drop out because they cannot afford the overly high tuitions.
Do Xuan Truong, who was a student of the Thang Long
University, said that the school has required higher tuitions this year, which
has forced him to stop studying.
“I would return to the home village and help parents
breed pigs and fowls. For the time being, I would learn hard to prepare for the
university entrance exam once again. If I pass the exams to a state owned
school, I would be able to follow university education with the lower
tuitions,” he said.
Vietnamese students
never give up
Despite the big difficulties, a lot of students still
have been trying to live and study in the big cities, where everything is
getting more and more expensive.
Nguyen Thi Nhung, a student of the Dai Nam University in
Hanoi, said she needs to become independent, because she does not want to put a
too heavy burden on the parents.
“I borrowed money from the student support fund to open a
tea shop. I can pay debt after two months, and now I can earn 100,000 dong a
day which is enough to pay tuitions,” Nhung said.
Meanwhile, Tuan Nghia and Duy Nam from the Transport
University have been earning their living by trading underwear and computer
parts which they sell to the students at the dormitories of other schools in
Hanoi.
“We both can earn 1.5-2 million dong a month. The
business can lift our worries about the tuitions,” Nghia said.
Source: Tien phong
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