Are pedagogy students assessed as incompletion of tasks in Vietnam required to reimburse the training costs?

Are pedagogy students assessed as incompletion of tasks in Vietnam required to reimburse the training costs?

Under Clause 1, Article 6 of Decree 116/2020/ND-CP regarding tuition support and living allowances granted to pedagogy students:

Reimbursement of support funds  

1. Pedagogy students required to reimburse funds for tuition support, living allowances, including:

a) Pedagogy students already receiving financial support policies have not served in the education sector for 2 years of receipt of graduation decisions;

b) Pedagogy students already receiving financial support policies and serving in the education sector fail to meet the seniority requirement prescribed in point a of clause 2 of this Article;

c) Pedagogy students receiving financial support policies change their field of study during their course period, drop out of school, fail to complete the training programs or are disciplined in the form of expulsion.

2. Pedagogy students not required to reimburse funds for tuition support, living allowances, including:

a) Within 02 years of receipt of graduation recognition decisions, pedagogy students have to work in the education sector at least twice times greater than the period of academic program from the date on which they are officially recruited;

b) Graduated pedagogy students have served in the education sector for the period of time less than the one prescribed in point a of clause 2 of this Article and have been transferred to non-educational duties;

c) Graduated pedagogy students proceed to receive commissioning, ordering or procurement policies to take higher-level teacher training programs and continue to serve in the education sector for a period of time conforming to the seniority requirement set out in point a of clause 2 of this Article.

Thus, according to the regulation on reimbursement of training costs, pedagogy students already receiving financial support policies have not served in the education sector for 2 years of receipt of graduation decisions; pedagogy students already receiving financial support policies and serving in the education sector fail to meet the seniority requirement prescribed are required to reimburse the training costs. Pedagogy students assessed as incompletion of tasks in Vietnam are not required to reimburse the training costs.

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How long are pedagogy students in Vietnam granted tuition support and living allowances?

Clause 2, Article 4 of Decree 116/2020/ND-CP regarding tuition support and living allowances granted to pedagogy students:

Support and support time

1. Support or allowance rate:

a) Pedagogy students shall be entitled to the state-funded tuition support which is equal to tuitions charged by teacher training institutions where they are taking training programs;

b) Pedagogy students shall be entitled to 3.63 million dong each month as an allowance or stipend offsetting their living expenses while studying at teacher training institutions.

2. The validity period of tuition support and living allowances or stipends shall be determined in proportion to the actual number of academic months as prescribed, but not exceeding 10 months/academic year. If any teacher training institution provides academic programs according to the credit system, they may convert support rates to adapt to the credit system. Total financial support in the whole training course provided according to the credit system shall not exceed the specified support rate applied to a course in each academic year.

According to the above stipulations, pedagogy students in Vietnam are granted tuition support and living allowances based on the actual number of academic months as prescribed, but not exceeding 10 months/academic year.

If any teacher training institution provides academic programs according to the credit system, they may convert support rates to adapt to the credit system. Total financial support in the whole training course provided according to the credit system shall not exceed the specified support rate applied to a course in each academic year.

What are the procedures for granting tuition support and living allowances in Vietnam?

According to Article 7 of Decree 116/2020/ND-CP, the procedures for granting tuition support and living allowances in Vietnam are stipulated as follows:

- Every year, based on the student intakes announced by the Ministry of Education and Training, teacher training institutions must inform candidates who have been admitted to teacher training disciplines in order for them to apply for support policies, based on their eligibility for commissioning, ordering or procurement policies or training programs tailor-made to social needs, provided that they fall within the student intakes notified by the Ministry of Education and Training.

- Within 30 days of receipt of notices of admission, pedagogy students shall submit applications for entitlement to support policies and commitments to refunding tuition support and living allowances or stipends to teacher training institutions (Form No. 01 in the Appendix issued together with this Decree), directly or by post or online (if any).

Students only submit 01 set of documents for the first time to apply for support policies during the period of their study at teacher training institutions.

- Teacher training institutions shall collect these applications and notify commissioning, ordering or procuring localities to reach agreement on support for pedagogy students who are eligible for commissioning, ordering or procurement policies.

- Commissioning, ordering or procuring bodies shall develop criteria for selection of pedagogy students granted admission, cooperating with teacher training institutions to ensure fairness, public disclosure and transparency.

- Within 15 days from submission deadlines, teacher training institutions must reach agreement with commissioning, ordering or procuring bodies to confirm and notify pedagogy students entitled to support policies if they are eligible to become beneficiaries of commissioning, ordering or procuring programs, and consider granting approval to pedagogy students entitled to support policies if they are eligible to become beneficiaries of support policies applied to those falling within the intakes announced by the Ministry of Education and Training, and do not fall within the intake of students selected by the ordering method.

- The list of pedagogy students entitled to tuition support and living allowances or stipends shall be publicly posted on the web portals of teacher training institutions and concurrently sending it to commissioning, ordering or procuring bodies for further actions.