Want good teachers and good students, but teacher salaries are...
Mr. Nguyen Kim Son said that the Ministry of Education and Training has worked with the Ministry of Home Affairs many times and the two ministries have agreed to submit to the Government to increase preferential allowances for preschool and primary school teachers. Specifically, the preferential allowance for preschool teachers will increase by 10% and for primary school teachers by 5%.
"The Prime Minister has also directed the Ministry of Finance to give its opinion before taking the next steps. On May 12, I sent an official document to the Ministry of Finance and hope that this matter will be handled soon...", Minister Son informed.
The Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Home Affairs have proposed increasing preferential allowances for preschool teachers by 10% and primary school teachers by 5%.
Many readers have expressed special interest in this information, there are many supportive opinions but also many suggestions and objections.
A player named Truc Hon Viet sent a comment and was agreed by many other players when he said: "I am a person with a low level of education, only up to 12/12, but I see that the education sector does not know how to use soldiers. You only want soldiers to fight well, go to battle well, bring back many victories... but have you raised soldiers yet, have you known how to nurture soldiers yet?
I hope teachers teach well and students study well, but is the current teacher salary comparable to that of factory workers? Compared to that of market vendors? And even far behind many other professions. Many people simply think that teachers only teach 4-5 hours a day, with a salary of 4 million to 6 million VND, which is much higher than that of workers who work 8 hours with a salary of 6-7 million VND. So, who will calculate their salary for the time they spend at home preparing lesson plans and lessons….
No matter what industry, a stable income must be ensured for a person to live well, have a good spirit to live and work. With such an income, a hundred worries will come to mind, where will the spirit be to focus on work... Teachers spend an unknown amount of money and sacrifice their youth after 4 years of university, and then when will they be able to recover the capital from the salary they receive?
Also according to BĐ Trúc Hòn Việt: "The education sector should be the sector with the most stable income because it is the most important sector, the spearhead sector... but teachers' salaries are not equal to those of students who work as tutors for 1-2 hours a day. In the city, it is quite easy for teachers to earn extra income by opening tutoring classes, but in the countryside, that is impossible"...
Although the above comment received many "likes", it also received a rebuttal from a BĐ named Chu when pointing out the reality: "Education sector leaders do not have the right to decide teachers' salaries. Teachers' salaries must be placed within the overall salary of the general administrative apparatus, and cannot demand high salaries alone while other sectors have low salaries."
More at school than at home, low salary, unstable life
Many BĐs also expressed their doubts as to why the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Home Affairs only agreed to increase preferential allowances for preschool and primary school teachers but not for teachers of other levels or school staff.
BĐ Phong Nguyen wrote: "It's hard to find someone who speaks up for employee salaries. It's sad to see the salary table. Even though it's not as high as teachers', it shouldn't be that different. Employees don't even have extra work because they work full-time during the week."
Phan also said that currently there are really disadvantages for administrative staff because they do not have summer vacation, low salary, have to work too many part-time jobs, and have to travel all day.
However, most opinions expressed agreement that if financial resources are limited, prioritizing increased allowances for preschool teachers is completely reasonable and appropriate to the professional characteristics of this level of education.
Responding to the opinion that teachers of all levels and professions are hard-working and need attention, BĐ Quyen Pham Le wrote: "Is it tiring to teach preschool for one day? I have been teaching for 20 years and my salary is only nearly 7 million VND. If I do not love my job, will I continue my job? If the salary continues like this, when our generation retires, there will certainly not be a younger generation to replace us to take care of, nurture, and educate preschool children."
BD Nguyen Thi Kim Nguyet also shared: "I am a preschool teacher, my working hours are from 6:45 to 17:30, working almost 12 hours a day, many colleagues quit their jobs. Many times we often talk about going to work because of passion, but the salary is not enough to live on, my husband is the one who provides for it. After nearly 15 years of working, my salary is only 6 million, not to mention all the fees and other expenses, there is no month when I can take home 6 million"...
BD Trong Lich Nguyen commented as a parent: "On the first day of sending my child to kindergarten, as soon as I left, the entire classroom cried. Each class had 2 teachers in charge of 20 or so children, teachers and students struggled with each other. It was hard, too hard when the children were "natural"... the teachers had to clean everything up. There was no rest at noon. There was also drawing, decorating... it was unbearable. I hope the government will soon consider and pay attention, and have a policy of worthy treatment for preschool and elementary school teachers. They really sacrifice too much."
Some BĐs expressed concern that if the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Home Affairs agreed to the proposal but the Ministry of Finance and other ministries did not agree, then whether the preferential policy would become a reality or not. Therefore, there needs to be more voices supporting this proposal.
BD Ngoc Nu Danh Thi expressed: "I hope that National Assembly delegates understand the hardships and difficulties of teachers, especially in preschool education. They spend more time at school than at home, but their salaries are too low and their lives are precarious."
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