Many special policies on salaries and allowances for teachers are expected.

This is an important step to concretize the Party's guidelines and policies on salary and allowance policies for teachers, moving towards the roadmap to realize the policy of "teachers' salaries being ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale system".

Photo caption — Teachers and students of Go Den Secondary School ( Tay Ninh province) in a Literature class. Illustrative photo: Duc Hanh/VNA

All teachers are entitled to a "special salary coefficient"

According to the draft Decree, all teachers are entitled to a "special salary coefficient". Of which, preschool teachers are entitled to a special salary coefficient of 1.25 compared to the current salary coefficient; other teacher positions are entitled to a special salary coefficient of 1.15 compared to the current salary coefficient.

For teachers teaching at schools, classes for the disabled, centers to support the development of inclusive education , and boarding schools in border areas, an additional 0.05 is added compared to the prescribed level.

The special salary coefficient is calculated with the salary level and is not used to calculate the allowance level. Thus, the formula for calculating the salary level for teachers is as follows: Salary level effective from January 1, 2026 = Basic salary level x Current salary coefficient x Special salary coefficient.

For teachers appointed to the title of professor, the senior expert salary scale will be applied. Accordingly, the salary scale includes 3 levels: 8.8 - 9.4 - 10.0.

Professor is currently the highest title, demonstrating capacity, scientific prestige and the role of leading expertise, exploring and creating new knowledge in the field assigned to the professor title; is an important factor directly affecting the activities of developing science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation according to Resolution 57-NQ/TW dated December 22, 2024 of the Politburo .

Therefore, considering the standards and conditions of senior experts according to Regulation No. 180-QD/TW, professors are similar to senior experts. Therefore, although it is not confirmed that professors are senior experts, the application of the senior expert salary scale for professors is appropriate to the position and role of professors in the development of the field for which the title of professor is appointed.

Preserving the regime and policies when mobilizing teachers

The draft Decree clarifies regulations on reservations in the implementation of regimes and policies when mobilizing teachers according to tasks assigned by the National Assembly in Clause 4, Article 17 of the Law on Teachers.

Accordingly, the draft Decree stipulates that in the case of transferring teachers between educational institutions where the allowance levels applied at the sending educational institution are higher than the destination educational institution, the teacher is allowed to retain the allowance regimes enjoyed before the transfer or secondment for a maximum period of 36 months according to the time of transfer or secondment. After that period, the allowance regime will be considered to be rearranged to suit the job and working area.

In case of transferring teachers from public educational institutions to educational management agencies where the allowance levels applied at the educational institution are higher than those of the educational management agency, the teachers will have their salary and allowances received before the transfer reserved for a period of 12 months. After that period, the salary and allowances will be considered to be re-ranked and appropriate to the job position they are holding.

This regulation aims to protect the rights of teachers when carrying out the mobilization work, encourage teachers to participate in the mobilization at other educational institutions or educational management agencies at the request of competent authorities. This regulation solves the problem of surplus or shortage of teachers; improves the quality of teaching, education, and management of educational institutions; resolves policies for teachers after the end of the time of being mobilized to work in ethnic minority areas, mountainous areas, border areas, islands and areas with especially difficult socio-economic conditions.

To avoid sudden reductions in the regime and policies of teachers, the draft Decree also stipulates: In case the administrative unit where the educational institution is operating is changed by a competent authority to the type of administrative unit and the old administrative unit is classified as enjoying higher allowance levels, teachers working at that educational institution will continue to enjoy this allowance level for a period of 6 months from the date of the decision to classify the new administrative unit by the competent authority.

The Draft Decree also supplements the payment principles for implementing the allowance regime for teachers working at educational institutions with many levels of education or training, educational institutions with many schools or branches.

Supplementing beneficiaries of responsibility allowances and mobility allowances

Regarding job responsibility allowance, the draft Decree adds cases eligible for job responsibility allowance, including heads of professional groups, deputy heads of groups, heads of departments, deputy heads of departments and equivalent; teachers of ethnic minority languages in ethnic minority language training departments at higher education institutions; teachers teaching subjects in foreign languages (except teachers of foreign languages); teachers assigned to perform student counseling work.

The above regulations aim to meet the requirements of responsibility when teachers are assigned the position of professional group leader/deputy group leader or subject group leader/deputy group leader; ensure fairness in responsibility allowance regime between ethnic minority language teachers in general and continuing education institutions and ethnic minority language lecturers at universities; supplement regulations on job responsibility allowance for teachers assigned to concurrently work as student counselors.

Regarding mobility allowances, the draft Decree adds cases eligible for mobility allowances, including: teachers assigned to teach on special assignment, inter-school teaching, and teachers who must move to teach at different school locations or branches. This regulation aims to overcome shortcomings such as teachers assigned to teach on special assignment, inter-school teaching, or transferred to other educational institutions; teachers who must move between school locations within an educational institution to teach but are not entitled to mobility allowances for the days they have to travel.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/giao-duc/du-kien-nhieu-chinh-sach-dac-thu-ve-luong-phu-cap-danh-cho-nha-giao-20251102094319116.htm