Ministry of Home Affairs responds to proposal to regulate special salary coefficient for teachers

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The Ministry of Home Affairs has just sent an official dispatch to the Ministry of Education and Training to comment on proposals related to salary policies and allowances for teachers.

Teachers' salaries are the highest in today's careers.

Regarding the special salary coefficient for teachers, the Ministry of Home Affairs cited the Party's viewpoints and policies on reforming salary policies in resolutions, conclusions, regulations of current laws and opinions of the National Assembly Party Committee, stating that the regulation of special salary coefficient for teachers has no legal basis.

The Ministry of Home Affairs stated that according to the design principles of the current salary regime, civil servants in all sectors apply a common salary table to facilitate salary arrangement when transferring and rotating in State agencies and units; specific industry policies are implemented through allowances.

Currently, teachers apply the general salary scale and salary allowance regimes issued with Decree 204/2004, including seniority allowance and preferential allowance for teachers of 25-70%.

Therefore, the total salary and salary allowances of teachers are actually the highest in all current careers.

At the same time, based on Resolution 71, the Government Party Committee has submitted to the Politburo a proposal on salary and allowances for cadres, civil servants, public employees, and armed forces after the reorganization of the apparatus and organization of two-level local governments. In particular, it is proposed to adjust preferential allowances for teachers according to the roadmap.

Therefore, the total salary and salary allowances of teachers will continue to increase in the coming time.

For the above reasons, in order to not disrupt the design of the current salary system and create new unreasonable salary and income when comparing with civil servants and public employees in other sectors and professions, the Ministry of Home Affairs proposes not to prescribe a specific salary coefficient for teachers because the specific factor of the profession is the preferential allowance for the profession that has been adjusted to increase according to Resolution 77.

Regarding allowances for teachers, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs, currently, allowances are implemented according to the provisions of Decree 204/2004 and guiding Circulars.

Therefore, the Ministry recommends that the Ministry of Education and Training base on the above legal documents to implement the allowance regime for teachers.

In case of adding beneficiaries of allowances, the Ministry of Home Affairs believes that it is necessary to follow the procedures prescribed in the guiding circulars; at the same time, it is not necessary to re-prescribe the contents already in other legal documents to avoid duplication.

What specific salary coefficient does the Ministry of Education and Training propose?

Previously, the Ministry of Education and Training announced a draft decree regulating salary and allowance policies for teachers to solicit comments. One of the notable contents is that all teachers will enjoy a "special salary coefficient".

In which, the special salary coefficient is stipulated: preschool teachers receive 1.25 times, other teaching positions receive 1.15 times the current salary coefficient. Teachers teaching students with disabilities, in border areas, and boarding schools receive an additional 0.05.

The special coefficient is only calculated for salary, not for allowances. The new salary from January 1, 2026 will be calculated according to the formula:

Salary = Basic salary x Current salary coefficient x Specific coefficient.

The Ministry of Education and Training affirmed that although this regulation does not help teachers' salaries to be "highest", it will help salaries to be "higher" than those of civil servants of the same rank, gradually resolving current shortcomings.

Thus, teachers' salaries will increase from 0.8 to 3.7 million VND per month, in which the common increase is 1-2 million. The monthly budget is 1,652 billion VND.

By the end of the 2024-2025 school year, the country will have 884,764 general education teachers (408,875 primary school teachers, 312,814 secondary school teachers, and 163,075 high school teachers). Currently, the number of teachers receiving salaries from the budget is more than 1.05 million.

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