According to feedback from schools, many teachers have not been paid for extra classes, with a total number of periods up to thousands of periods.
Some people are "suspended" from nearly 100 million VND, others at least over 10 million VND, a not small number for mountainous teachers.
It is worth mentioning that this overtime teaching did not arise outside the regulations. This is a task assigned by the school, with specific statistics from the time of Muong Lat district (old), complete records, and clear data.
However, due to "not being able to allocate resources", that amount of money is still being extended year after year.
That delay is not just a financial issue, but directly affects the lives and psychology of teachers.
For many teachers in mountainous areas, tutoring money is not for accumulation, but for covering daily living expenses, raising children to study, and taking care of medicine for the family.
Therefore, when that amount of money is owed for a long time, the burden is not only in the meal, but also weighs heavily on the spirit of the teacher.
It should be emphasized that, according to current regulations on the working regime and salary payment for teachers, overtime teaching is a legitimate right, associated with the completed labor obligation.
The delay in payment, no matter what the reason, cannot be considered a matter of "flexibility" or "compassion" prolonged, especially when workers are teachers in difficult areas, a group that has already suffered many disadvantages.
Previously, schools had repeatedly petitioned to the Muong Lat district (old) level but had not been resolved definitively.
The school continues to request the commune level and functional sectors to soon allocate resources to pay. The transfer of administrative agencies cannot become a reason to put aside the rights of teachers.
Thanh Hoa has always prioritized education in difficult areas for many years, taking care of teachers' lives. Therefore, the story of overtime pay debt, if prolonged, will not only affect each individual teacher, but also erode the trust of those who "sow knowledge" in remote areas.
Mountainous teachers do not demand privileges. They only hope to receive the right and enough money earned by their own labor, according to State regulations.
Paying teachers for tutoring is not "support", but an obligation.
Thanh Hoa needs to soon completely resolve this debt, so that teachers in mountainous areas can enter the new year with peace of mind, so that the podium is no longer burdened with worries about food and clothing, and so that the words about honoring teachers do not just stop at slogans.
