What are the policies and regulations for charging in primary and secondary schools?
1At the end of 1996, the former State Education Commission, the State Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance jointly promulgated the Interim Measures for the Administration of Fees in Compulsory Education Schools and the Interim Measures for the Administration of Fees in Ordinary Senior Middle Schools. It is stipulated that students receiving compulsory education are free of tuition fees and only pay miscellaneous fees, and students who meet the conditions of borrowing students pay borrowing fees; Ordinary high school students who receive non-compulsory education pay tuition fees, and if the school provides accommodation, they can charge a certain accommodation fee. In addition, without the joint approval of the three schools or the approval of the provincial people's government, no school may charge any fees to students. Students have the right to refuse to pay more than the prescribed amount. In order to standardize the behavior of school fees, the General Office of the State Council issued the Notice on Strengthening the Management of School Fees with 1993. 1996 also forwarded the "Implementation Opinions on Carrying out 19% National Primary and Secondary Schools' Control of Arbitrary Charges" jointly formulated by the former State Education Commission, the State Planning Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the the State Council State Council Office for Corrections. The Ministry of Education has also made the following provisions: in the compulsory education stage, public primary schools and junior high schools are not allowed to recruit "school-choosing students" and insist on learning from the masses nearby. In the stage of non-compulsory education, public ordinary high schools are allowed to recruit a certain number of "school choice students", but management should be strengthened; It is not allowed to hold cram schools and extraordinary classes with various fees.