Amending regulations on tuition and living expenses support for pedagogical students

To overcome the situation where pedagogical students do not enjoy or are slow to enjoy support policies, Decree 60 has adjusted the regulations on financial support methods for pedagogical students.

Students of Hanoi National University of Education receive their graduation certificates in 2024 - Photo: NGUYEN BAO

The Government has just issued Decree No. 60/2025/ND-CP (Decree 60) amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 116/2020/ND-CP (Decree 116) regulating policies to support tuition fees and living expenses for pedagogical students.

There is still a delay in paying fees to student teachers.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, after 3 years of Decree 116 being issued, there have been many new policies such as supporting student teachers with tuition fees and living expenses; assigning responsibility to provinces and centrally run cities in assigning tasks, placing orders or bidding for training student teachers...

However, the implementation of Decree 116 has encountered some problems such as: localities committed to placing orders but did not do so, leading to delays in payment of funds; regulations on bidding for teacher training do not have specific instructions.

In addition, some localities have difficulties and do not have enough funds to support student teachers; the training of student teachers and the recruitment of students after graduation into the education sector are not synchronized; there are no detailed instructions for monitoring and reimbursement of expenses...

Many new regulations on financial support

To overcome the situation where pedagogical students do not enjoy or are slow to enjoy support policies, Decree 60 adjusts the regulations on the method of financial support for pedagogical students, in which the state supports pedagogical students by assigning budget estimates according to budget decentralization.

In case the locality has a need for teachers that need to be implemented in the form of assigning tasks or placing orders, the task of teacher training will be assigned to the affiliated teacher training institution or the teacher training institution will be ordered.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, with this regulation, training institutions for pedagogical students and pedagogical students will be provided with more timely and adequate funding, contributing to creating conditions for pedagogical students to study with peace of mind and improving the quality of the teaching staff.

In addition, Decree No. 60 additionally clarifies 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.

Decree No. 60 supplements the provision that the budget for implementing the policies in this Decree is balanced in the annual state budget expenditure estimate according to the current management decentralization.

The central budget supports local budgets in implementing policies according to the principle of targeted support from the central budget to local budgets in implementing social security policies issued by competent authorities applicable for each period.

This regulation overcomes the situation where some localities cannot balance their budgets to implement support policies for pedagogical students, while ensuring compliance with the provisions of the 2019 Education Law.

See details of Decree 60 here.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/sua-doi-quy-dinh-ho-tro-dong-hoc-phi-chi-phi-sinh-hoat-voi-sinh-vien-su-pham-20250306211855194.htm