The working time for each school year of general education teachers is 42 weeks.

The Ministry of Education and Training has a circular regulating the working regime of general education teachers. Teachers, principals, and vice principals are counted as working 42 weeks/school year.

Primary school teachers have a standard of 23 periods/week - Photo: VINH HA

Teachers work 42 weeks/school year

According to the new regulations on the working regime of general teachers in 42 weeks, the number of weeks for teaching educational content is 37 weeks (35 weeks for actual teaching, 2 weeks for reserve). The number of weeks for studying and improving qualifications is 3 weeks. The number of weeks for preparing for the new school year and summarizing the school year is 2 weeks.

In case of sudden or urgent situations to prevent natural disasters and epidemics, or urgent cases where the school year schedule must be adjusted, the number of weeks for teaching educational content in the general education program shall be implemented according to the adjustment of the competent authority.

The above Circular also stipulates that teachers' annual leave includes summer vacation as prescribed in Decree 84/2020/ND-CP.

During the summer break, teachers participate in training and development according to the requirements of the job position, participate in high school graduation exams, and enroll students when summoned by competent authorities. Time off for holidays, Tet and other holidays according to the provisions of the Labor Code and the Law on Social Insurance.

The above circular also states that 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.

The principal's and vice principal's summer vacations are flexibly arranged during the school year and during the teachers' summer vacations to ensure that school activities run normally. The principal's and vice principal's summer vacation schedule must be reported to the competent management authority or according to the hierarchy.

Standard teaching hours/week

The Circular stipulates that the teaching quota for primary school teachers is 23 periods/week, for secondary school teachers is 19 periods/week and for high school teachers is 17 periods/week.

Teachers at primary boarding schools for ethnic minorities have a teaching quota of 21 periods/week. Teachers at secondary boarding schools for ethnic minorities have 17 periods/week and teachers at high boarding schools for ethnic minorities have 15 periods/week.

In addition to the teaching quota, teachers of ethnic minority boarding and semi-boarding schools participate in other tasks assigned by the principal.

Teachers in schools and classes for the disabled have a standard of 21 periods/week at primary level, 17 periods/week at secondary level and 15 periods/week at high school level. Teachers in charge of the Youth Union are counted from 2-6 periods depending on the type of school and level of education. The standard teaching period for principals is 2 periods/week and vice principals is 4 periods/week.

Teachers do not hold more than two positions at the same time.

Also according to the above circular, homeroom teachers in general schools are reduced by 4 periods/week compared to the norm.

Heads of professional groups and heads of departments are reduced by 3 periods/week, deputy heads are reduced by 1 period/week. Heads of student management groups in ethnic boarding and semi-boarding schools are reduced by 3 periods/week, deputy heads are reduced by 1 period/week.

Teachers who are also in charge of subject classrooms and educational equipment rooms have 3 periods/week reduced.

Some other cases such as teachers who are also Party cell secretaries, teachers who are also union workers, school board presidents, school board secretaries, heads of school inspection committees, teachers who are also teachers, student counselors, clerical workers, and library workers are also considered to have their number of periods reduced.

The Circular states that each teacher cannot hold more than two concurrent positions (including concurrent professional work, Party work, mass organizations, other organizations and some other job positions).

In addition, the above circular also regulates the conversion of professional activities into teaching periods, adding a number of cases that can be converted compared to the old regulations.

Specifically, converting online teaching periods, teaching Vietnamese to ethnic minority children, inter-school teaching, teaching students to review for entrance exams, review for graduation exams, tutoring for students who have not met learning requirements, teaching to foster excellent students as assigned by the principal, teachers assigned to be judges in competitions or competitions of school-level teachers, 1 period of direct grading participation is counted as 1 standard period....

The above Circular takes effect from April 22, 2025.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/quy-dinh-thoi-gian-lam-viec-moi-nam-hoc-cua-giao-vien-pho-thong-la-42-tuan-20250307190200206.htm