Poor students to find it easier to access online learning
Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has agreed with the Finance Ministry’s proposal to help needy students with electric devices to serve their online learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eligible students are those who have no computer and equipment for online study and have not yet received any support in the field. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Le MinhKhai has agreed with the Finance Ministry’s proposal to help needy studentswith electronic devices to serve their online learning amid the COVID-19pandemic.
Under the ministry’s proposal, students from poor andnear-poor families as well as those facing difficulties due to the COVID-19pandemic, including students whose fathers or mothers died of the disease, willbe enabled to get loans to buy computers under support of the “computers andInternet services for children” programme.
According to the ministry, eligible students are thosewho have no computer and equipment for online study and have not yet receivedany support in the field.
The People’s Committees of communes and wards areresponsible to make and verify the lists of beneficiaries before submitting tothe Vietnam Bank for Social Policies for approval.
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The maximum value of the loans will be 7 million VND(307 USD) per student, according to the proposal, which estimates that thetotal capital for the scheme is about 3.5 trillion VND (153.86 million USD).The duration of the loans is under one year with a zero percent interest rate.
Initially, resources for the scheme will come from the7.5 trillion VND credit package that is being implemented by the Vietnam Bankfor Social Policies, which was designed for employers to borrow to pay salariesfor their employees but received few requests.
The Deputy PM has assigned the Ministry of Labour,Invalids and Social Affairs to coordinate with the Finance Ministry, the StateBank of Vietnam and relevant agencies to work on supplementing the policyregarding the credit package and report it to the Government./.
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Eligible students are those who have no computer and equipment for online study and have not yet received any support in the field. (Photo: VNA) 
Illustrative image (Source: VNA) 
