About to graduate but still not supported

TP - The policy of free tuition and living expenses support for teacher training students has helped change the quality of input into teacher training programs. However, after 4 years of implementation, the funding flow is blocked due to the lack of uniform regulations.

TP - The policy of free tuition and living expenses support for teacher training students has helped change the quality of input into teacher training programs. However, after 4 years of implementation, the funding flow is blocked due to the lack of uniform regulations.

Students in difficulty

Decree 116 (supporting tuition and living expenses for pedagogical students) taking effect in 2021 has attracted a large number of local students and students from many provinces to study. At Tan Trao University ( Tuyen Quang ), by the end of 2023, 1,859 students studying pedagogical majors had registered to enjoy the regime but had not yet been accepted.

According to current enrollment regulations, the Ministry of Education and Training assigns quotas for pedagogical majors based on training capacity, while universities determine their own quotas for other majors. Tan Trao University is assigned by the Ministry of Education and Training to train pedagogical majors in 2021 with 1,003; in 2022 with 2,303; in 2023 with 920 and in 2024 with 860.

Students of Hanoi National University of Education at the graduation ceremony. Photo: HNUE

Decree 116 stipulates 3 groups of student teachers who are entitled to tuition and living expenses support: ordering, bidding or according to social needs.

Pedagogical students of Tan Trao University are trained according to social needs. Every year, the school submits a request for additional funding to support tuition and living expenses for pedagogical students according to Decree 116, but it has not been implemented yet.

NTT student said that although he has entered his final year, he has not received any tuition or living expenses support. As a student with difficult circumstances, T. chose to study pedagogy because of the support policy and also because of his wish and interest in becoming a teacher.

“It is difficult but I am about to complete the course. If I receive support like the Decree, my life and my family's life will be less difficult,” she shared.

Every year, Hung Vuong University receives more than 200 orders from Phu Tho province. However, the school still faces some difficulties in implementing Decree 116.

According to statistics, the school has 124 pedagogical students enrolled from 2021 and 2022 who have not yet enjoyed the policies under Decree 116 because they are not subject to the order assignment of Phu Tho province.

Representatives of teacher training schools affirmed that Decree 116 has helped attract many excellent high school students to register and study. This means that the quality of input in the field of teacher training will increase, helping to form a higher quality team of teachers. According to this decree, teacher training students are exempted from tuition fees and receive a living allowance of 3.6 million VND/month.

Difficult for local

Faced with difficulties in implementing Decree 116, Tan Trao University has reported to the Ministry of Education and Training and the People's Committee of Tuyen Quang province. Tuyen Quang has sent a document to the Ministry of Finance to report and ask for guidance on implementing Decree 116; requesting the Ministry of Finance to consider providing guidance on funding sources and budgeting for tuition and living expenses support for pedagogical students training according to social needs, but there are still no specific instructions.

The delay and failure to provide funding to support students studying pedagogical majors as prescribed by Decree 116 significantly affects their rights.

This Decree stipulates that the funding to support tuition fees and living expenses for pedagogical students within the quota announced by the Ministry of Education and Training and those in need of social services is arranged in the annual budget of teacher training institutions assigned by competent authorities according to the provisions of the State Budget Law.

Decree 116 clearly stipulates tuition and living expenses support for pedagogical students in the social demand training group. But so far, not all localities have been able to resolve this.

In 2024, Saigon University will pay for 300 pedagogical students of the 2021 and 2022 courses to train according to social needs. After the first two years of implementation (2021 and 2022), Hung Vuong University found it difficult so it decided to stop and only train the group that ordered from Phu Tho province.

The Ministry of Education and Training is synthesizing reports from schools to coordinate with localities and relevant ministries to ensure students' rights; and is submitting to the Government for approval the revised Decree 116.

NGHIEM HUE

Source: https://tienphong.vn/sinh-vien-su-pham-sap-tot-nghiep-van-chua-duoc-ho-tro-post1718806.tpo