On March 7, the Ministry of Education and Training issued Circular No. 05/2025/TT-BGDDT (Circular 05) regulating working regimes for general education and university provisionary teachers.
This Circular takes effect from April 2 and replaces Circular No. 28/2009/TT-BGDDT dated October 21, 2009; Circular No. 15/2017/TT-BGDDT dated June 9, 2017 of the Minister of Education and Training.
Article 7 of Circular 05 stipulates the teaching period for teachers as follows:
The teaching period quota is the total number of theoretical (or practical) truc tiep (or online teaching) that each teacher must teach in 1 school year.
The teaching period norm for 1 school year is determined as follows:
Coefficient of teaching hours in 1 school year = Coefficient of average teaching hours in 1 week x Number of teaching weeks.
In which, the number of teaching weeks is the number of teaching weeks for educational content in the educational program (excluding the number of reserve weeks).
The average teaching period for 1 week is as follows:
Primary school teachers are 23 periods, secondary school teachers are 19 periods, high school teachers are 17 periods;
Teachers at primary boarding schools for ethnic minorities are 21 periods, teachers at secondary boarding schools for ethnic minorities are 17 periods, teachers at secondary boarding schools for ethnic minorities are 17 periods, teachers at secondary boarding schools for ethnic minorities are 15 periods;
In addition to teaching according to the prescribed teaching periods, teachers of ethnic minority boarding schools and ethnic minority boarding schools also participate in performing other tasks of ethnic minority boarding schools and ethnic minority boarding schools, including student management, supervision, student development and organization of special educational activities of ethnic minority boarding schools and ethnic minority boarding schools as assigned by the principal to ensure the overall operation of the school;
Teachers at schools and classes for people with disabilities are 21 periods for primary school, 17 periods for secondary school, and 15 periods for high school;
Teachers at pre-university schools are 12 periods;
Teachers in charge of the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneers' Team are 2 periods for primary schools with 28 classes or more in regions 2 and 3, 19 classes or more in regions 1; 8 periods for the remaining primary schools. Based on the implementation of zoning according to the provisions of Circular No. 20/2023/TT-BGDDT dated October 30, 2023 of the Minister of Education and Training providing guidance on job positions and quotas for the number of employees in general education institutions and public specialized schools;
Teachers in charge of the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneers' Team are 2 periods for secondary schools with 28 classes or more in regions 2 and 3, 19 classes or more in regions 1; 6 periods for the remaining secondary schools;
Teachers in charge of the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneers Team are 2 periods for high schools with many levels of education with a total of 28 primary and secondary school classes or more in regions 2 and 3, 19 classes or more in regions 1; 6 periods for high schools with many remaining levels of education.
Teaching hours for principals and deputy principals
Article 8 of Circular 5 stipulates the teaching period norms for principals and deputy principals.
Accordingly, the teaching period norm for 1 school year is determined as follows:
Coefficient of teaching hours in 1 school year = Average teaching hours in 1 week x Number of teaching weeks
In which, the number of teaching weeks is the number of teaching weeks for educational content in the general education program (excluding the reserve number of weeks).
The average teaching period for a principal in a week is 2 periods and for the vice principal is 4 periods.
Principals and deputy principals are not allowed to convert the teaching period reduction regime for concurrent tasks as prescribed in Articles 9, 10, and 11 of this Circular to replace the teaching period reduction regime prescribed in Clause 3 of this Article.
When teaching at the standard of teaching hours prescribed in Clause 3 of this Article, principals and deputy principals are subject to the provisions of Article 13 of this Circular to calculate the total number of teaching hours when calculating the number of extra teaching hours (if any).
