International school fee in HCMC to hit massive $32,500

A foreign teacher and two students during a class at Canadian International School Vietnam (CIS) in HCMC's District 7. Photo by CIS

For the 2022-2023 academic year, international schools based in Ho Chi Minh City are now expected to collect the highest school fee at $32,500 per year reported VN Express.

There are over twenty international schools in HCMC that teach bilingual programs or programs from the U.K., U.S., Canada, and Australia.

For the upcoming academic year, most schools have raised their tuition fee by VND15-40 million ($650-1,730) per year against the 2021-2022 school year.

Among those that have announced enrollments, the school fees for kindergartens remain around VND100-300 million per year, elementary schools at VND150-500 million per year, and secondary-high schools at VND200-700 million per year.

Depending on different schools, the listed fee could or not include funds for books, uniforms, insurance, and extracurricular activities.

HCMC has around 2,300 schools, including 1,300 public schools, with the rest all private.

Among the private schools, nine hundred are kindergartens, one hundred inter-level schools that comprise classes from first to 12th grades, and more than twenty international schools.

As for the tuition fee of public schools, the fee of secondary schools in the inner-city area, excluding the districts of Binh Chanh, Hoc Mon, Cu Chi, Nha Be, and Can Gio, will increase five times from VND60,000 per month in 2021-2022 to VND300,000 per month in 2022-2023, marking the biggest hike in tuition fee for all public schools for the upcoming new academic year.

The fee for kindergartens, primary schools and high schools will also be raised to VND300,000 per month from VND200,000, VND160,000 and VND120,000 per month, respectively.

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