Research and complete regulations on preferential allowances and working regimes for teachers

On December 11, in Can Tho City, the Department of Teachers and Educational Managers, Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) held a consultation conference on preferential allowances for civil servants in public educational institutions, and working regimes for general education and pre-university teachers.

The conference was organized in a combination of in-person and online formats with the participation of representatives of leaders, experts from the Department of Education and Training, Department of Education and Training, managers, teachers of preschool and general education institutions nationwide; leaders and lecturers of Can Tho University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Central Ethnic University Preparatory School, Ho Chi Minh City Ethnic University Preparatory School.

Director of the Department of Teachers and Educational Managers Vu Minh Duc discussed at the conference

According to the report of the Department of Teachers and Education Management Staff, the implementation of preferential allowances for teachers is not yet consistent among localities due to overlaps in documents regulating zoning to determine beneficiaries and payment levels; due to mergers and adjustments of administrative unit types leading to untimely adjustments to payment levels; due to regulations in documents not being really strict leading to different ways of determining beneficiaries...

In addition, school staff only receive basic salary based on coefficient, not receiving allowances and benefits like teachers, so their material life is still difficult. This leads to the situation that many job positions cannot be recruited, many staff ask to quit to change careers...

The Department of Teachers and Educational Managers proposed to develop a Decree regulating preferential allowances for civil servants in public educational institutions to replace Decision 244/QD-TTg dated October 6, 2005 of the Prime Minister . In particular, some subjects are proposed to have their vocational preferential allowances adjusted to better suit the complexity of their work; the division of administrative units is adjusted to be consistent with current legal regulations; clearer regulations on subjects who are entitled to and are not entitled to preferential allowances...

The proposed adjustments were highly agreed upon by the conference delegates, especially the Education sector's attention to school staff. The delegates also discussed, commented, and proposed additional specific regulations to make the preferential allowance policy clear, ensuring feasibility and consistency in implementing the regime for education sector officials.

At the conference, the Ministry of Education and Training also organized a consultation on the draft Circular regulating the working regime of general education and university preparatory teachers. Up to this point, the draft Circular has been completed based on comments from relevant ministries and branches; comments from 63 provinces/cities with the participation of more than 585,000 teachers and managers of educational institutions.

Many provisions in the draft Circular received consensus from over 90% of the participants; the draft Circular was highly appreciated by the delegates, if promulgated, it will thoroughly remove difficulties and obstacles in the process of assigning and arranging teachers according to current regulations in Circular No. 28/2009/TT-BGDDT and Circular No. 15/2017/TT-BGDDT.

The discussions at the conference focused on a number of specific contents, which are valuable bases for the Department of Teachers and Education Managers to continue perfecting relevant legal documents to ensure the rights of teachers.

Source: https://moet.gov.vn/tintuc/Pages/tin-tong-hop.aspx?ItemID=10121