Khanh Hoa Province's Department of Finance has just commented on the reason for not submitting to the Provincial People's Committee for additional funding to pay monthly study support for the past 3-4 years according to Government regulations for Khanh Hoa's pedagogical students.
Khanh Hoa University at 1 Nguyen Chanh, Nha Trang City - Photo: PHAN SONG NGAN
Regarding the fact that a series of Khanh Hoa pedagogical students have not received their study support money for 3-4 years, according to Tuoi Tre Online 's investigation, the Ministry of Education and Training previously instructed the allocation of funds from the provincial budget to support tuition fees and living expenses for pedagogical students trained according to social needs.
That is to comply with and implement the provisions of Decree No. 116/2020/ND-CP of the Government, effective from November 15, 2020.
Ministry instructs Khanh Hoa province to arrange budget support for pedagogical students
In January 2024, the Ministry of Education and Training issued a written response and guidance regarding the fact that a series of pedagogical students of Khanh Hoa University were not paid monthly living and study support (VND 3.36 million/month).
According to this ministry, Article 5 of Decree 116/2020/ND-CP stipulates the payment of support funds for teacher training students according to social needs: Based on the remaining quota within the quota announced by the Ministry of Education and Training after deducting the quota for assignment, ordering or bidding, every year teacher training institutions prepare budget estimates and send them to superior agencies to synthesize reports for financial agencies to arrange budget estimates according to the provisions of the State Budget Law.
Funding to support teacher training students in accordance with social needs is provided to teacher training institutions in the form of budget allocation according to regulations, and is arranged in the annual state budget estimates for education and training at localities, ministries and branches according to current regulations.
Decree 116/2020/ND-CP also stipulates: "The preparation of estimates, implementation of estimates and settlement of funds for implementing the policy of supporting tuition fees and living expenses for pedagogical students in this Decree shall comply with the provisions of the State Budget Law and guiding documents for implementation".
The total amount of money that Khanh Hoa province has not yet allocated to pay for monthly living and study expenses for 26 pedagogical students trained according to social needs (in 2 courses, from 2022 and 2023 to 2025) is nearly 2.69 billion VND.
The Ministry of Education and Training has instructed that "in case the Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee has difficulty in arranging funds, it is requested that the Provincial People's Committee synthesize and report to the Ministry of Finance to submit to the competent authority to arrange additional funds according to regulations".
The reason why the province does not allocate budget support for Khanh Hoa pedagogical students
However, up to now, all of the above mentioned pedagogical students in Khanh Hoa have not yet received their study support payments.
According to the Khanh Hoa Provincial Department of Finance, after receiving instructions from the Ministry of Education and Training, in July 2024, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting to review and issued a conclusion acknowledging that "according to the instructions of the Ministry of Education and Training in Official Dispatch No. 101/BGDĐT-KHTC dated January 8, 2024 to support pedagogical students according to Decree 116/2020/ND-CP of the Government, the Provincial People's Committee must arrange funds from the provincial budget to support tuition fees and living expenses for pedagogical students trained according to social needs, within the scope of the targets announced by the Ministry of Education and Training (not assigned by the province, ordered or bid)".
However, in the above announcement, Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee also concluded: In reality, the implementation encountered some difficulties such as monitoring and handling financial issues (arranging funds, recovering cases where students do not complete the study program, refunding support funds when students do not fulfill their commitment to work in the education sector after graduation, because educational institutions in the area do not have recruitment needs...).
"Therefore, the Provincial People's Committee has no basis to resolve the assignment of enrollment quotas according to social needs for the pedagogical major code of Khanh Hoa University," the document of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee concluded.
Khanh Hoa Department of Finance, based on the above conclusion, believes that there is no basis to submit to the Provincial People's Committee to supplement funds as requested by Khanh Hoa University to pay support money for 26 pedagogical students.
Many parents of the above-mentioned pedagogical students in Khanh Hoa said that the province's failure to allocate funds to pay monthly living expenses for pedagogical students over the past 3-4 years is not in compliance with the legal regulations set by the Government for pedagogical students nationwide.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/bat-ngo-ly-do-khong-chi-tra-tien-ho-tro-cho-sinh-vien-su-pham-khanh-hoa-20250309195452353.htm
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