This is the content of the document that the Ministry of Home Affairs has just sent to the Ministry of Education and Training to comment on the draft Decree of the Government regulating salary policy and allowance regime for teachers.

According to the draft announced by the Ministry of Education and Training for comments, all teachers will enjoy a "special salary coefficient". In particular, preschool teachers will enjoy a special salary coefficient of 1.25 compared to the current salary coefficient; other teaching positions will enjoy a special salary coefficient of 1.15 compared to the current salary coefficient. For teachers teaching at schools, classes for people with disabilities, centers to support the development of inclusive education , and boarding schools in border areas, an additional 0.05 will be added to the prescribed level.

Commenting on the draft, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that, based on the Party's viewpoints and policies on reforming salary policies, current legal regulations and the opinions of the National Assembly Party Committee (on amending and abolishing the financial mechanism and special income of central state administrative agencies and units), the regulation of a special salary coefficient for teachers has no legal basis.

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 within State agencies and units; specific industry policies are implemented through allowance regimes.

Currently, teachers apply the general salary table and salary allowances issued with Decree 204/2004/ND-CP, including seniority allowances and preferential allowances for teachers from 25% - 70%, so the total salary and salary allowances of teachers are the highest in current career sectors.

At the same time, based on Resolution 71 of the Politburo on breakthroughs in education and training development, the Government Party Committee has submitted to the Politburo a Project on salaries and allowances for cadres, civil servants, public employees, and armed forces after the reorganization of the apparatus and organization of 2-level local governments, in which 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, it is proposed not to prescribe a specific salary coefficient for teachers due to the specific factor of the profession, which is the preferential allowance for the profession, which has been adjusted to increase…”, the Ministry of Home Affairs stated.

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The Ministry of Home Affairs proposed not to prescribe a special salary coefficient for teachers due to the fact that the special factor of the profession is the preferential allowance that has been adjusted to increase. Photo: The Bang.

Regarding allowances for teachers, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs, currently, allowances are implemented according to the provisions of Decree 204/2004/ND-CP and guiding circulars (including work responsibility allowances and mobility allowances). Therefore, the Ministry of Home Affairs requests the Ministry of Education and Training to base on the above legal documents to implement allowances for teachers.

In case of adding beneficiaries of allowances, it is recommended to follow the procedures prescribed in the guiding circulars; at the same time, do not re-prescribe the contents already in other legal documents to avoid duplication (heavy, toxic, and dangerous allowances have been prescribed in Decree 113/2015/ND-CP of the Government on special allowances, preferential allowances, job responsibility allowances, and heavy, toxic, and dangerous allowances for teachers in public vocational education institutions).

Previously, in early November, the Ministry of Education and Training said that according to current regulations, teachers' salaries are not ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale system, and the majority of teachers are even ranked at a lower salary scale.

The Ministry of Education and Training believes that the issue of teachers' salaries can only be fundamentally resolved when the Government issues a new salary policy and rearranges the salary scale of teachers and other officials. However, in the context that the Government has not yet issued a new salary policy, it is necessary to issue regulations on specific salary coefficients (as the draft Decree regulating salary policy and allowance regime for teachers is expected).

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