Reflecting to Lao Dong newspaper, many students majoring in pedagogy at Saigon University said that they are owed money for living expenses by the school as prescribed in Decree 116 of the Government.
A representative of Saigon University confirmed with Lao Dong that the above incident happened and said that the school has proposed to the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City to provide living expenses support for students who have been in debt recently. and the plan has been approved by the City People's Committee.
However, it is still unknown when student loans will be repaid!
It's also a matter of debt. Recently, dozens of teachers working at Canh Thuan Secondary School, Canh Vinh and many other schools in Van Canh district, Binh Dinh province have been even more miserable when the school's debt for teaching fees increased. period of the 2022-2023 school year with an amount of more than 1.2 billion VND and the date of payment is still unclear.
Not only are teachers owed money for increased teaching hours, teachers also have their salaries delayed in December 2023, April and May 2024, leading to a difficult life, debt, and financial hardship...
And only after 2 months since Lao Dong Newspaper stepped in to demand the rights of the collective of teachers in the mountainous Van Canh district, along with a very strong voice, demanding to handle the responsibilities of individuals and groups involved. Department of the Secretary and Chairman of the People's Committee of Binh Dinh province, the Department of Finance and Planning of Van Canh district has just submitted an application to advance funds to pay benefits for teachers.
In the corporate environment, it is normal for employees to have debts, delayed salaries and other benefits. However, in the educational environment, it is unusual for pedagogical students and teachers to be late to teach, to owe salaries, and to owe additional teaching fees.
Because first of all, this is a lack of responsibility and irresponsibility in terms of administrative procedures at the relevant levels, because both salaries and student support money are used from the State budget.
We know that the budget is always a certain difficulty, but it is certainly not so difficult that there are not enough several hundred million, even several billion dong to pay for regular, mandatory expenses like this.
Mr. Pham Anh Tuan, Chairman of the People's Committee of Binh Dinh province, told Labor reporters more than 2 months ago, "For the province's teachers to be owed salaries, such a regime is not good."
Actually, saying "not good" is still an understatement. To be exact, it must be said that it is unacceptable for any reason!
Because in the context of the State, the Ministry of Education and Training is using support measures such as Decree 116 of the Government to attract human resources for the pedagogical industry; Increasing salaries to retain teachers and prevent the wave of resignations that have lasted for many years, the debt of support money, unpaid salaries and additional teaching fees is also a debt to the trust of students, teachers and the whole community. people into education!
