On June 3, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Da - Deputy Director of Dak Lak Department of Education and Training (GDĐT) said that the unit had just proposed to the Department of Finance to advise the Provincial People's Committee to consider allocating more than 14.4 billion VND to pay overtime teaching fees still owed teachers at public educational institutions in the area.
According to Mr. Da, through reviewing the dossiers of 33 communes and wards that incurred overtime teaching debts in the period from the 2020-2021 school year to the 2024-2025 school year, 23 localities have proactively balanced budgets to completely pay teachers, so they no longer request provincial budget support.
However, there are still 9 communes and wards that have not balanced enough funding to pay these debts. The appraisal results of the Department of Education and Training show that the total amount of overtime teaching money still owed teachers in the above localities is more than 14.4 billion VND.
Ea Knop commune alone has not provided complete payment documents and vouchers as prescribed, so the Department of Education and Training does not have a basis to appraise and summarize the funding needs for support requests.
According to the Deputy Director of Dak Lak Department of Education and Training, initially, localities reported a total amount of overtime pay debt of teachers of about 38 billion VND. However, after the review process, many localities have proactively used local budgets to pay. In addition, some payment requests have not fully met current regulations.
Therefore, the remaining funding proposed by the Department of Education and Training to the province to consider supporting payments to teachers is currently more than 14.4 billion VND.
As Lao Dong newspaper has reported, Dak Lak province currently has 38 communes and wards that have not paid overtime teaching fees to teachers. This debt has lasted for 5 years.
The Department of Education and Training of Dak Lak province has requested the People's Committees of communes and wards to balance funding sources for affiliated educational institutions to definitively pay off the overtime teaching fee owed teachers for many years.
