Regulations on annual leave for teachers in general schools

Annual leave for teachers in general schools is regulated in Circular No. 05/2025/TT-BGDDT regulating the working regime for teachers teaching at general education institutions and university preparatory schools, effective from April 22, 2025.

Annual leave for principals, vice principals and teachers is regulated as follows:

1. Teachers' annual leave includes:

a) Summer vacation time as prescribed in Point a, Clause 1, Article 3 of Decree No. 84/2020/ND-CP dated July 17, 2020 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Education.

During the summer vacation, teachers participate in training and development according to job requirements, participate in high school graduation exams, and enroll students when summoned by competent authorities;

b) Time off for holidays, Tet and other holidays as prescribed by the Labor Code and the Law on Social Insurance;

c) Based on the school year plan, scale, characteristics, and specific conditions of each school, the principal shall arrange teachers' annual leave appropriately, in accordance with regulations, ensuring the school year time frame.

2. In case the summer vacation and maternity leave of female teachers overlap, in addition to the leave period prescribed in Point b, Clause 1 of this Article, the teacher's leave period includes:

a) Maternity leave as prescribed;

b) Summer vacation time outside of maternity leave (before or after maternity leave);

c) In case the summer vacation time specified in Point b of this Clause is less than the number of annual vacation days prescribed by the Labor Code, the teacher is entitled to additional vacation days. The total number of additional vacation days and the number of vacation days specified in Point b of this Clause is equal to the number of annual vacation days prescribed by the Labor Code. Additional vacation time is flexibly arranged according to the agreement between the teacher and the principal.

3. In case a male teacher is entitled to maternity leave when his wife gives birth according to the provisions of the Law on Social Insurance, during the maternity leave, the male teacher is entitled to teach the prescribed teaching hours and does not have to make up for it. In case the male teacher's maternity leave when his wife gives birth coincides with the summer vacation, he is not entitled to make up for it.

4. Annual leave of principal and vice principal:

a) Annual leave of the principal and vice principal includes summer vacation; holidays, Tet and other holidays as prescribed by the Labor Code and the Law on Social Insurance;

b) The summer vacation of the principal and vice principal is flexibly arranged during the school year and during the summer vacation of teachers to ensure that school activities take place normally and ensure the completion of work tasks convened by management agencies at all levels (if any). The summer vacation schedule of the principal and vice principal must be reported to the competent management agency or according to decentralization.

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