The Decree regulating salary policies and allowances for teachers is expected to take effect from January 1, 2026.
The subjects of application are teachers recruited to teach and educate in public educational institutions under the national education system.
In particular, Clause 1, Article 7 of the draft Decree stipulates the level of benefits and beneficiaries of work responsibility allowances for teachers.
In addition to teachers who are entitled to work responsibility allowances according to the provisions of law, this Decree stipulates that some cases are entitled to work responsibility allowances at the following levels:
a) Level 0.1 compared to the basic salary applied to teachers assigned to provide student counseling;
b) A rate of 0.2 compared to the basic salary applied to teachers assigned to the task of deputy professional group or deputy department group according to the provisions of law; teachers directly teaching people with disabilities by integrated education in educational institutions that are not specialized schools or centers supporting the development of integrated education according to the number of hours of lecturing or teaching lessons for people with disabilities in practice;
c) Level 0.3 compared to the basic salary applied to:
- Teachers assigned to perform the tasks of key teachers from 05 days/month are entitled to responsibility allowances for that month;
- Teachers assigned to the task of professional group leader or department group leader or student management group leader according to the provisions of law;
- Teachers of ethnic minority languages in ethnic minority language training faculties at higher education institutions; teachers teaching foreign languages (except for teachers teaching Foreign languages);
- Teachers of ethnic minority languages in general education institutions, continuing education institutions and other educational institutions other than higher education institutions if they ensure the number of teaching hours according to the norm, including the average number of ethnic minority language teaching periods of 04 periods/week or more for teachers; the average of 02 periods/week of ethnic minority language teaching for principals and deputy principals;
- Teachers and managers of educational institutions working at specialized schools and centers to support the development of integrated education;
- Teachers directly teach people with disabilities through specialized education in educational institutions that are not specialized schools or centers to support the development of integrated education.
The formula for calculating work responsibility allowances for teachers is clearly stipulated in Clause 4, Article 7 of the draft Decree, as follows:
a) The method of calculating the responsibility allowance is implemented according to the provisions of law, except for the case specified in Point b of this Clause;
b) Teachers directly teaching people with disabilities through integrated education in educational institutions that are not specialized schools or centers supporting the development of integrated education are entitled to work responsibility allowances as follows:
In which, the standard of teaching hours or lessons of teachers in a month = the standard of teaching hours or lessons of teachers in a year/12 months;
c) The work responsibility allowance is paid at the same monthly salary and is not used to calculate and pay social insurance.
The draft Decree is allowed for comments until November 9, 2025.
