Teachers hope to have a 13th month salary

TPO - Public schools do not have annual Tet bonuses, but usually have budget savings to encourage teachers. For poor schools with few students, teachers only receive a kilo of ham and a bottle of cooking oil as gifts during Tet.

TPO - Public schools do not have annual Tet bonuses, but usually have budget savings to encourage teachers. For poor schools with few students, teachers only receive a kilo of ham and a bottle of cooking oil as gifts during Tet.

Shrink spending to get Tet bonus

Mr. NVH, a physical education teacher at an elementary school in Dong Da district (Hanoi), said that this Tet holiday, in addition to class time, he also takes on the role of a delivery man for his wife to earn extra income. Mr. H.'s wife runs a small cosmetics store, but it is the main source of income for the family of four.

“Tet is a time when there are many expenses, but besides salary, teachers do not receive bonuses. In previous years, the school also saved money to have a little to encourage teachers, but it was not much,” said Mr. H.

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Kien, Principal of Secondary School No. 1 in Thuong Ha Commune, Bao Yen District (Lao Cai) jokingly said that the Tet bonus for teachers in schools is essentially "taking money from the left hand and putting it in the right hand. Because, currently, the education sector does not have any so-called Tet bonus, but the annual bonus is the result of schools carefully saving expenses and dividing it at the end of the year to each person so that teachers can have more banh chung.

Public schools do not have annual Tet bonuses but often have budget savings to encourage teachers to have more "banh chung" (square glutinous rice cakes).

Last year, Thuong Ha Secondary School No. 1 awarded the highest reward to teachers with good achievements and excellent emulation categories, about 1.7 million VND; the lowest reward was about 800 thousand VND. In addition, the school also paid an equal amount to all staff and teachers, from 1 million to 1.5 million VND, depending on the amount of surplus money each year.

"With 21 staff and teachers, the school struggled and struggled to find that amount of money to encourage teachers to have a warmer Tet and not feel sad. After more than 22 years of working, there has never been a year when they received a big Tet bonus, so they have gradually gotten used to it and understood that the economy is difficult, the teaching staff is large, and salary increases are difficult, so they do not dare to make suggestions or proposals. However, when looking at other industries and professions, they see that their bonuses are very high," said Mr. Kien.

Principals of other public schools in Hanoi revealed that depending on the level of spending and savings each year, teachers can receive bonuses ranging from 3-8 million VND/person. However, there are schools with few students and little budget, so even if they are frugal all year round, they still don’t have enough money to spend, so they have to buy gift baskets, cakes, and ham to encourage teachers.

Private schools reward tens of millions of dong

If public schools only rely on annual savings to motivate teachers during Tet, on the contrary, in private schools teachers are rewarded more generously.

The principal of a junior high school and high school in Cau Giay district revealed that each year, depending on the competition level of each teacher, there are different bonus regimes ranging from 20-40 million VND. In particular, regardless of the age of the profession, the school evaluates the ability, dedication, and devotion to students. "There are young teachers who have just graduated for only 1-2 years, but last Tet received a bonus of 35 million VND/month," said the principal.

Recently, MVLomonosov Secondary and High School (Hanoi) also announced the Tet bonus for its teaching staff as in previous years. In particular, employees will receive a one-month salary bonus, calculated by the average income in 12 months of 2024. The average Tet bonus for teachers at the school is 22 million VND/person, the highest will be more than 35 million VND.

Mr. Nguyen Quang Tung, Principal of MVLomonosov Secondary and High School, said that during the period of reforming the general education program, teachers are the ones who work very hard to change and innovate teaching methods. Over the past years, according to the assessment, teachers have been very dedicated and devoted to students, so such a reward is completely deserved.

Sharing with reporters, a teacher in Ba Dinh district (Hanoi) expressed his wish that teachers would have a 13th month salary so that they would have more joy and motivation in their profession. Teachers have low salaries, no Tet bonus, only encouragement.

“If Hanoi has a policy to support teachers with a 13th month salary, in which both old and young teachers receive the same bonus, it will be a great source of encouragement,” said Ms. Na Sa.

Teachers understand the school's Board of Directors, so throughout the school year they are aware of the need to save and preserve facilities to reduce the amount of money needed to spend, but the Tet bonus is not worth much. Not to mention, some schools have many students, some have few students, the level of savings is also different. Meanwhile, in the capital Hanoi with a high standard of living, Tet is an occasion that requires a lot of spending, from new clothes for children to congratulating grandparents, paternal and maternal grandparents...

Ha Linh

Source: https://tienphong.vn/co-keo-de-thuong-tet-nha-giao-mong-co-thang-luong-thu-13-post1699249.tpo