In 2024, how much financial support does the State provide for pedagogy students' living expenses in Vietnam? When shall the pedagogy students in Vietnam reimburse support funds?

In 2024, how much financial support does the State provide for pedagogy students' living expenses in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 1.b Article 4 of the Decree 116/2020/ND-CP stipulating support and support time:

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.

As regulated above, 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.

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When shall the pedagogy students in Vietnam reimburse support funds?

Pursuant to Article 6 of the Decree 116/2020/ND-CP stipulating reimbursement of support funds :

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.

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As regulated above, pedagogy students required to reimburse funds for tuition support, living allowances, including:

- 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 in point a of clause 2 of this Article;

- 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.

Who are pedagogy students serving in the education sector after graduation in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 2 of the Decree 116/2020/ND-CP:

Interpretation

For the purposes of this Decree, terms used herein shall be construed as follows:

1. The number of rounded months used for calculation of the seniority of a teacher is determined by taking the number of working days a month which is at least 15 days as one month.

2. Pedagogy students serving in the education sector after graduation, including:

a) Teachers or lecturers performing teaching, research or other academic tasks, public employees responsible for academic administration activities at educational institutions of the national education system, and other educational institutions established according to consents from competent authorities, scientific research institutions for education and training;

b) Civil servants and public employees working for state regulatory authorities in charge of educational affairs under the provisions of the Decree, regulating responsibilities for state management of education.

3. Persons accorded authority to certify the seniority of teachers are Heads of entities and authorities prescribed in clause 2 of this Article.

As regulated above, pedagogy students serving in the education sector after graduation, including:

- Teachers or lecturers performing teaching, research or other academic tasks, public employees responsible for academic administration activities at educational institutions of the national education system, and other educational institutions established according to consents from competent authorities, scientific research institutions for education and training;

- Civil servants and public employees working for state regulatory authorities in charge of educational affairs under the provisions of the Decree, regulating responsibilities for state management of education.

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