Teachers' salaries and benefits will have many changes.

The Ministry of Education and Training is finalizing a draft of detailed regulations on salaries, allowances, and policies to attract and support teachers, with many expected changes based on the principle that all teachers' incomes will increase.

Sharing with Thanh Nien reporters on the occasion of the new school year opening, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son said: "It is expected that the basic salary of all teachers will increase, at least about 2 million VND, at most it can be up to 5-7 million VND/person/month. This increase is only calculated on the basic salary, not including other allowances."

Teachers' basic salaries are expected to increase by at least 2 million VND, and at most up to 5 - 7 million VND/person/month.

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Previously, Resolution 71 of the Politburo directed to have special and outstanding preferential policies for the teaching staff; increase the preferential allowance for preschool and general education institutions to at least 70% for teachers, at least 30% for staff, 100% for teachers in especially difficult areas, border areas, islands, and ethnic minority areas.

This information attracts special attention from teachers.

LOW SALARY FOR NEW TEACHERS

According to the 30% increase in basic salary from July 1, preschool teachers from grade 3 receive nearly 6.6 - 28.2 million VND; from primary to high school, grade 3 and above, the actual salary is 7.4 - 30 million VND. Particularly, more than 44,000 grade 4 teachers, who have not been upgraded according to the new regulations, receive a salary of about 5.9 - 17.5 million VND per month (an increase of 1.35 - 4 million VND).

Some localities also have their own preferential policies, notably Ho Chi Minh City applies a salary coefficient increase of 1.8 times for civil servants and public employees, including teachers. The above figures include basic salary multiplied by the coefficient, plus allowances. In particular, the teacher rank currently includes 3 ranks in decreasing order of 1, 2, 3. Each rank has 8-10 salary levels (salary coefficients), usually increasing by one rank every 3 years of work.

Regarding allowances, teachers receive a number of additional amounts, depending on the nature and location of work, including: seniority (5% after 5 years of work, 1% more each year), career incentives (30 - 70%), position allowance, seniority exceeding the framework, special allowances for teachers who are artisans, teaching the disabled, working in particularly difficult areas...

According to statistics from the Ministry of Education and Training, the whole country has more than 1.05 million teachers receiving salaries from the state budget. Of which, newly-employed preschool and primary school teachers (grade 3, level 1) only receive 6.6 - 7.4 million VND per month, including allowances. This level is lower than the average income of workers nationwide in the third quarter of this year (7.6 million VND).

Mr. Vu Minh Duc, Director of the Department of Teachers and Educational Managers (Ministry of Education and Training), shared that about 61% of teachers who quit their jobs were under the age of 35. Young teachers often face pressure to support themselves and their families and have to study to improve their expertise.

The Law on Teachers, which is about to be issued, will stipulate the highest teacher salary in the administrative career salary scale system.

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THERE WILL BE MORE CHANGES FOR THE BETTER

Mr. Vu Minh Duc said that when the Law on Teachers comes into effect, there will be many changes in the policies on teachers' remuneration. The goal that the Ministry of Education and Training has been persistently advising for many years to have teachers' salaries ranked highest in the administrative and career salary scale will gradually be realized; approaching the spirit of reforming salary policies according to the Party and State's policies.

Currently, the Ministry of Education and Training is urgently drafting documents guiding the implementation of the law to submit to the Government for promulgation or promulgate under its authority. In the coming time, other relevant documents in the field of education will also be edited and changed to be consistent with the Law on Teachers.

The latest point of the law is to implement the policy of "Highest teacher salary in the administrative career salary scale system". The Ministry of Education and Training plans to design a regulation that teacher salary will be linked to a specific coefficient. The specific coefficient is calculated based on the actual job position of the teacher according to the job, level of education, region, taking into account the priority for preschool teachers, teachers working in remote and difficult areas...

Mr. Vu Minh Duc also said that another new point is that the preferential allowance according to the profession will be adjusted to a higher level than the current level, in which preschool teachers and teachers working in areas with especially difficult economic and social conditions will be given priority at a higher level than teachers working in areas with normal conditions.

In addition to preferential allowances according to the profession, teachers also enjoy a number of other allowances such as: position allowance for teachers appointed to management positions, responsibility allowance for key teachers, heads of professional groups, student advisory groups, teachers teaching ethnic minority languages...

In response to concerns about whether teachers will still receive seniority allowances, Mr. Vu Minh Duc shared that the current Teachers Law stipulates that seniority allowances will remain until the new salary policy is implemented. After applying the new salary regime paying salaries according to job positions, there will be no seniority allowances. "However, according to the information we know, the design of the new salary table for civil servants according to job positions has also taken into account the working time of civil servants (including teachers) with "salary levels" calculated according to working time," Mr. Duc said.

Proposal to subsidize 1 year's salary for newly recruited preschool teachers

In the draft Decree implementing Resolution 218 on universalizing preschool education for children aged 3-5, the Ministry of Education and Training proposed that preschool teachers at public preschools newly recruited from the 2025-2026 school year will enjoy a policy of attracting at least 1 year of basic salary. Specifically, preschool teachers at public preschools newly recruited from the 2025-2026 school year to perform the task of nurturing, caring for and educating children aged 3-5 to meet the task of universalizing preschool education for children aged 3-5 will enjoy a policy of attracting at least 1 year of basic salary. Teachers must commit to working at the recruited preschool for at least 5 years.

Employees at public preschools receive a support fund of VND 960,000/month (the support fund is not used to calculate social insurance contributions and benefits).

This amount is to recognize their commitment and contributions, and motivate them to continue to contribute, especially in professions that require experience and high professional skills such as education, healthcare, military, police, etc.

In addition to salary and preferential allowance policies, the Law on Teachers also stipulates other policies that teachers are entitled to, such as: policies to support training activities, professional development; policies to support and arrange public housing for teachers working in remote areas...

In addition, the guiding decree will also have policies to attract talented and gifted people in specific fields (culture, arts, sports, etc.) to work as teachers in educational institutions, and to attract volunteers to work at educational institutions in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions.

What does the Law on Teachers stipulate about salaries and allowances?

Salaries and allowances for teachers in public educational institutions are regulated in principle by the Law on Teachers, and the Government will stipulate details. Specifically as follows:

Teachers' salaries are ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale system; preferential allowances and other allowances according to the nature of the job and by region according to the provisions of law.

Preschool teachers; teachers working in ethnic minority areas, mountainous areas, border areas, islands and areas with especially difficult socio-economic conditions; teachers teaching in specialized schools; teachers implementing inclusive education; teachers in some specific fields and occupations enjoy higher salaries and allowances than teachers working in normal conditions.

Salaries of teachers in non-public educational institutions are implemented according to the provisions of the law on labor.

Teachers working in industries and professions with special regimes are entitled to special regimes according to the provisions of law and are only entitled to the highest level if that policy coincides with the policy for teachers.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/luong-va-cac-chinh-sach-dai-ngo-nha-giao-se-co-nhieu-thay-doi-185250909202601482.htm