Ministry of Education and Training: Ranking teachers with the highest salary is a worthy treatment, not a 'favor'

According to the Ministry of Education and Training , over the past 29 years, the policy of "teachers' salaries being given the highest priority in the administrative salary scale system" and in addition to salaries, teachers have "allowances depending on the nature of work and region" has always been identified as a consistent task and solution in the Party's resolutions and conclusions.

Most recently, the Politburo issued Resolution 71 on educational development breakthroughs, which clearly stated: "There are special and outstanding preferential policies for teachers."

The above documents are an important political basis for the National Assembly to stipulate that "Teachers' salaries are ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale system" and stipulate "Preferential allowances for profession and other allowances according to the nature of work, according to the region according to the provisions of law". From there, it creates a legal basis for the Government to concretize the contents in the Decree regulating salary policy and allowance regime for teachers according to the requirements of the National Assembly.

Thus, the "special salary coefficient" is a specific policy solution to implement "Teachers' salaries are ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale system", with political and legal basis.

The Ministry of Education and Training emphasized that the regulation of "special salary coefficient" does not disrupt the design of the current salary system because the special salary coefficient is only used to calculate the salary level (which is the basic salary calculated according to the current salary coefficient) according to the formula:

Salary effective from January 1, 2026 = Basic salary x Current salary coefficient x Specific salary coefficient.

Basically, with this calculation method, the salary scale of teachers still uses the general salary scale for civil servants of public service units, only with an additional special coefficient to ensure the principle that "teachers' salaries are ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale".

The Ministry of Education and Training said that the special salary coefficient is not used to calculate the allowance level, not used to calculate the amount of the reserve difference coefficient according to the Circular dated July 5, 2024 of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Therefore, the “special salary coefficient” does not break the structure of the current salary system. On the other hand, when implementing the new salary policy, the conversion is still guaranteed to be convenient and maintain the special coefficient for teachers.

The Ministry of Education and Training affirmed that in Clause 4, Article 23 of the Law on Teachers, the National Assembly assigned the Government to stipulate in detail the salaries and allowances for teachers. Thus, the responsibility to specify the regulation "Teachers' salaries are ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale system" is to realize the Party's policy that has been determined for nearly 30 years.

This is not the sole responsibility of the Ministry of Education and Training, but the shared responsibility of relevant ministries and branches to advise the Government on specific policy solutions to carry out the tasks assigned by the National Assembly.

The Ministry of Education and Training's proposal of policy contents in the draft Decree regulating salary policies and allowance regimes for teachers is entirely to carry out the tasks assigned by the National Assembly and the Government according to the provisions of the Law on Teachers; ensuring compliance with the Party's policies in Resolutions and Conclusions related to teachers' salaries; and complying with salary regulations as prescribed by the Law on Teachers.

The Ministry especially emphasized that "ranking teachers' salaries at the highest level in the administrative career salary scale system" is not a "favor", but a worthy treatment for teachers.

Paying high salaries is a way to recognize the value of a certain profession. With the special nature of labor, creating products of knowledge and a highly qualified workforce; taking on the role of "deciding the future of the nation" as issued in Resolution 71 of the Politburo, having a 'special coefficient' so that teachers' salaries are the highest in the administrative career salary scale is a worthy treatment for the role, position and responsibility of teachers.

Commenting on the draft Decree regulating salary policies and allowances for teachers, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that the regulation of specific salary coefficients has no legal basis. Teachers are applying the general salary scale with allowances according to Decree 204/2004/ND-CP, including seniority allowances and preferential allowances from 25% to 70%, making teachers' total income the highest in all professions.
"In order to not disrupt the current salary system design and create new unreasonable salary and income when comparing with civil servants and public employees in other sectors and professions, do not prescribe a special salary coefficient for teachers due to the industry-specific factor of the preferential allowance that has been adjusted to increase," the Ministry of Home Affairs proposed.

LINH NHI

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