Over 5,000 teachers in Hanoi have petitioned for increased income.

(Dan Tri Newspaper) - More than 5,000 civil servants, who are teachers in Hanoi, have sent a letter to the city's leaders requesting a review and adjustment of the eligibility criteria for additional income under Resolution 46.

Resolution 46/2024/NQ-HĐND of the Hanoi City People's Council, issued on December 10, 2024, stipulates the payment of additional income to officials, civil servants, and public employees, but is limited to public service units whose regular operating expenses are guaranteed by the state.

Therefore, officials who are teachers in schools granted autonomy in recurrent expenditure during the 2024-2025 period will not receive the additional income as stipulated in Resolution 46.

These schools include all public high schools in the city and some kindergartens, primary schools, and middle schools in the districts and counties.

Notably, this autonomy is only a pilot program. In essence, the schools remain public institutions fully funded by the state budget.

Teachers acting as invigilators at an exam (Photo: Hoang Chung).

"The revenue of these units comes from tuition fees, which will be deducted when the higher authority allocates the budget. The tuition fees collected will be used to supplement salary expenses; for the development of educational activities; for professional and technical work... not to increase revenue to raise income."

Therefore, these public schools are essentially still fully funded by the state budget for their operating expenses," teacher Nguyen Van Duong from Phu Xuyen High School, Hanoi, stated in his open letter.

The teachers who signed the open letter argued that the fact that most civil servants, who are teachers, do not receive the additional income stipulated in Resolution 46 will lead to negative consequences, including creating inequality among the city's officials, civil servants, and public employees.

"Although they are all civil servants, some receive and others do not benefit from the increased income, and the funding comes from the remaining budget from salary reforms at various levels."

Caring for education and improving the lives of teachers has been and continues to be a firm commitment of the entire political system, aiming to make education truly a "top national priority".

"Teachers who are not eligible for the city's increased income will find it more difficult to implement that goal," the letter stated.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong, a tenured teacher at Vietnam-Poland High School, expressed: "I am also a civil servant in Hanoi, but I do not receive the benefits stipulated in Decree 46 of the Hanoi People's Council like other civil servants in the capital. I find this very unfair. I, along with other tenured teachers in the school and teachers in Hanoi, hope to be treated fairly."

Previously, also due to the regulations of Resolution 46, high school teachers and teachers of many kindergartens, primary schools, and junior high schools that are piloting autonomy were not entitled to Tet bonuses for the Lunar New Year of the Year of the Snake 2025 according to Government Decree 73.

The Hanoi Department of Education and Training (GD&ĐT) has proposed that the city establish a special mechanism to support the bonus fund under Decree 73 for educational institutions that are self-sufficient in covering their operating expenses due to participating in the pilot program of ordering educational services at service prices. The Hanoi People's Committee has approved this proposal and submitted it to the City Council for approval.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/hon-5000-giao-vien-ha-noi-kien-nghi-duoc-huong-thu-nhap-tang-them-20250206122244205.htm