Tuition and Fees Basic Adjustment Rate 0.62%; Colleges Receiving Operational Subsidies Cannot Increase Fees
Taiwan's Ministry of Education announced a basic adjustment rate of 0.62% for university tuition and fees for the 115th academic year. However, universities that received approximately NT$6.5 billion in operational subsidies from the Executive Yuan last year are prohibited from increasing tuition fees from the 114th to 116th academic years.
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Central News Agency (Reporter Chen Chih-chung, Taipei, 1st) The tuition and fees collection standards for junior colleges and universities for the 115th academic year were recently announced, with an adjustment rate of 0.62%, slightly lower than last year's 0.7%. However, the Executive Yuan last year approved a resilience special budget plan, with approximately NT$6.5 billion allocated for the 'Program for Improving University Operations,' and most colleges and universities nationwide received subsidies. It was clearly stipulated that subsidized schools cannot adjust tuition fees.
According to the 'Regulations on Tuition and Fees Collection for Post-secondary Schools,' the basic adjustment rate for tuition and fees is calculated based on the annual growth rate of the consumer price index, the annual growth rate of average household disposable income, and the annual growth rate of employed workers' wages, and is announced annually by the Ministry of Education.
The Ministry of Education recently sent official letters to universities, announcing that the basic adjustment rate for the 115th academic year is 0.62%. Based on an estimated annual tuition fee of approximately NT$100,000 for private schools, if approved for adjustment, the tuition burden would increase by about NT$620.
However, the Executive Yuan approved a resilience special budget plan last September, of which NT$6.5 billion was for the 'Program for Improving University Operations,' and most colleges and universities nationwide received subsidies.
The purpose of the aforementioned program is to ensure that universities do not need to maintain operations by increasing tuition and fees due to financial pressures brought about by the international situation. At that time, the Ministry of Education agreed with various schools that subsidized schools would not adjust tuition fees for daytime programs during the 114th to 116th academic years.
The basic adjustment rate of 0.62% this year is slightly lower than 0.7% for the 114th academic year but higher than 0.61% for the 113th academic year, 0.53% for the 112th academic year, and 0.44% for the 111th academic year. According to regulations, universities must complete relevant information and public discussion procedures within the school and submit applications within the announced deadline, which will then be reviewed by the Ministry of Education's tuition and fees review committee. (Editor: Li Shu-hua) 1150501
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According to the 'Regulations on Tuition and Fees Collection for Post-secondary Schools,' the basic adjustment rate for tuition and fees is calculated based on the annual growth rate of the consumer price index, the annual growth rate of average household disposable income, and the annual growth rate of employed workers' wages, and is announced annually by the Ministry of Education.
The Ministry of Education recently sent official letters to universities, announcing that the basic adjustment rate for the 115th academic year is 0.62%. Based on an estimated annual tuition fee of approximately NT$100,000 for private schools, if approved for adjustment, the tuition burden would increase by about NT$620.
However, the Executive Yuan approved a resilience special budget plan last September, of which NT$6.5 billion was for the 'Program for Improving University Operations,' and most colleges and universities nationwide received subsidies.
The purpose of the aforementioned program is to ensure that universities do not need to maintain operations by increasing tuition and fees due to financial pressures brought about by the international situation. At that time, the Ministry of Education agreed with various schools that subsidized schools would not adjust tuition fees for daytime programs during the 114th to 116th academic years.
The basic adjustment rate of 0.62% this year is slightly lower than 0.7% for the 114th academic year but higher than 0.61% for the 113th academic year, 0.53% for the 112th academic year, and 0.44% for the 111th academic year. According to regulations, universities must complete relevant information and public discussion procedures within the school and submit applications within the announced deadline, which will then be reviewed by the Ministry of Education's tuition and fees review committee. (Editor: Li Shu-hua) 1150501
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