Teachers' salaries are still low.

TP - The Ministry of Education and Training has just announced a draft Decree regulating salary and allowance policies for teachers to widely solicit comments from relevant agencies, organizations and individuals.

This is a necessary regulation to realize the policy of teachers' salaries being ranked highest in the administrative and career salary scale system. According to current regulations, teachers' salaries are not currently ranked highest in the administrative and career salary scale system, and most teachers are even ranked at a lower salary scale.

When reviewing and comparing the applied salary scales, it can be seen that the salaries of most teachers (except college and university lecturers and vocational education teachers) are ranked lower than those of civil servants in other sectors. In particular, the salary scale applied to preschool teachers is the lowest among all teaching positions and lower than all civil servants in other sectors and fields. Meanwhile, the working environment and the nature of the professional activities of preschool teachers have been proven to be difficult in practice.

Teachers are on exam duty at the 2025 competency assessment exam of Hanoi National University of Education. Photo: Nhu Y

According to the Ministry of Education and Training , to implement the Law on Teachers, which will take effect on January 1, 2026, the Ministry is advising the Government to issue a Decree regulating salary policies and allowances for teachers. One of the outstanding policies expected to be stipulated in this Decree is that all teachers will enjoy a special salary coefficient.

In particular, preschool teachers are entitled to a special salary coefficient of 1.25 compared to the current salary coefficient; other teaching positions are entitled to 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 is added to the prescribed level.

The Ministry of Education and Training affirmed 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 civil servants.

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).

Source: https://tienphong.vn/thang-luong-giao-vien-con-thap-post1794057.tpo