The credit-based fee system has become an education fee system in which annual tuition fees paid for studies are calculated based on two parts: professional registration tuition fees and credit-based tuition fees. The sum of professional registration tuition and credit tuition paid by students to complete their studies shall not be higher than the original academic year tuition.
The school’s trial credit system charging standards should follow the principle of “new students with new methods, old students with old methods”. If old students are charged according to the credit system, the tuition fees paid by students each academic year can be based on the number of credits required. Fee collection, the total tuition fees paid by students to complete their studies shall not be higher than the total tuition fees for the original academic year.
After the implementation of the credit-based charging system, the school can charge tuition fees for students who still fail after the make-up examination and need to re-study the course, but the tuition fee shall not exceed the original fee for the course.
Schools must charge tuition fees based on the number of credits of courses actually taken by students that year. The school collects tuition fees in advance at the beginning of the school year based on professional academic year fees. At the beginning of the next school year, tuition fees will be settled based on the actual credits earned by students in the previous school year, based on the principle of refunding more and making up for less, until it is settled at graduation.
Relevant departments require that fees must be publicized. Schools should publicize the credit system fee standards, tuition fees for re-learning and taking courses outside the teaching plan, refund methods, and credit system fee management. Relevant departments also require that all administrative fees such as tuition fees and accommodation fees collected by various public colleges and universities should be paid in full to the fiscal accounts at the same level or the national treasury, and "two lines of revenue and expenditure" management should be implemented.
Strengthen the supervision and inspection of fees charged by institutions of higher learning
The national policies and regulations on the management of fees charged by institutions of higher learning have always been clear, and relevant institutions of higher education should strictly implement them to the letter. Pricing departments at all levels should strengthen the publicity and explanation of the charging policies of colleges and universities, help schools improve their charging management systems, and conscientiously accept policy consultations and complaints about education charging from the masses. Price authorities at all levels must seriously investigate and deal with arbitrary charges for education and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of students and parents.