To overcome the situation where student teachers do not receive or are late in receiving support policies, Decree 60 adjusts the regulations on the method of financial support for student teachers. Accordingly, the state supports student teachers by allocating budget estimates according to budget decentralization.
Financial difficulties
The Government has just issued Decree No. 60/2025 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 116/2020 regulating policies to support tuition and living expenses for pedagogical students. This is to overcome limitations and difficulties in the implementation of Decree No. 116, helping to provide tuition and living expenses for pedagogical students in a more timely and complete manner.
Previously, according to Decree 116, from 2021, pedagogical students will receive 100% state support for tuition fees and 3.63 million VND/month for living expenses (not exceeding 10 months/school year). This funding comes from the budgets of localities, ministries, and branches, through the form of ordering with schools. The annual pedagogical enrollment quota is regulated by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET).
However, many pedagogical students have been waiting for support for many years, but after nearly 4 years of studying, the policy can be implemented but they have not received it until the day of graduation. Regardless of the cause of this delay, the most disadvantaged people are still the students. Many students shared that they chose to study pedagogy after graduating from high school to ease the difficulties for their families and to be able to study with peace of mind. However, because there is no support money, in order not to interrupt their studies, many students have to study and work part-time to earn money to cover their living expenses, leading to a decrease in the quality of their studies and not meeting expectations.
Pedagogical students are guaranteed to enjoy policies
Meanwhile, with Decree 60, training institutions for pedagogical students and pedagogical students will be guaranteed timely and more adequate funding, contributing to creating conditions for pedagogical students to study with peace of mind and improve the quality of the teaching staff. Expressing his excitement with the new regulation, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Mau Banh - Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Retired Teachers said that one of the policies to attract talented people into pedagogy is Decree 116. However, in the actual implementation process, difficulties have been revealed, mainly stemming from the fact that localities cannot arrange budget support sources and do not place orders with universities.
“With Decree 60, the budget for implementing the policy in this Decree is balanced in the annual state budget expenditure estimates according to the current management decentralization. The central budget supports local budgets to implement the policy according to the principle of targeted support from the central budget to local budgets to implement social security policies issued by competent authorities applicable for each period. This helps to overcome the situation where some localities cannot balance the budget to implement support policies for pedagogical students, while ensuring implementation in accordance with the provisions of the 2019 Education Law” – Prof. Dr. Nguyen Mau Banh said.
In addition, Decree No. 60 also adds a transitional provision, according to which "The central budget supports local budgets to implement support policies for pedagogical students from the 2021-2022 school year to the end of the 2024-2025 school year according to the principle of targeted support from the central budget to local budgets to implement social security policies issued by competent authorities applicable for each period".
According to the current enrollment regulations, the Ministry of Education and Training assigns quotas for the pedagogical majors based on training capacity, while universities determine quotas for other majors. This leads to many pedagogical students being trained according to social needs and therefore not receiving support. Now, with Decree 60, it has clarified the responsibilities of relevant parties such as the Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry of Finance, provincial People's Committees, teacher training institutions, learners... in implementing the policy; especially clarifying the responsibility of ensuring funding to implement support policies for pedagogical students.
Decree 60 also provides more detailed instructions on the procedures for paying refunds in cases where refunds are required according to regulations; the responsibilities of teacher training institutions, agencies assigning tasks, and ordering pedagogical students in coordinating with agencies and individuals in paying support funds and recovering refunds; and the responsibilities of learners in fulfilling their commitment to refund funds.
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