Are Preschool Teachers Teaching in Mountainous Regions Eligible for Preferential Allowance?

According to Section I of Joint Circular 01/2006/TTLT-BGDDT-BNV-BTC stipulating the scope and subjects of application for preferential allowance policies as follows:

- Educators (including those in the probationary period, under contract) on the payroll, directly teaching in public educational institutions within the national education system and schools, centers, academies under state agencies, the Communist Party, socio-political organizations (hereinafter referred to as public educational institutions) funded by the state (including revenue from the state budget and other lawful revenues);

- Educators (including those in the probationary period, under contract) on the payroll of public educational institutions assigned as primary team leaders, guiding practice in school workshops, stations, farms, laboratories;

- Management staff on the payroll of public educational institutions, directly teaching the required number of hours as prescribed by competent authorities.

And in Section II of this Joint Circular, the allowance levels are specified as follows:

A 50% allowance is applied to educators directly teaching in preschools and primary schools in mountainous, island, remote, and isolated areas.

The identification of mountainous areas is based on the regulations of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs; island areas according to geographical reality; remote and isolated areas according to the characteristics of each locality guided by the Provincial People's Committee after obtaining the unanimous opinion of the Joint Ministries.

Thus, according to the above regulations, educators directly teaching at preschools in mountainous areas are entitled to a 50% allowance. Although you are a contract teacher, you still fall under the above category.

However, the identification of mountainous areas where you are teaching must be based on the regulations of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs. Please refer to this document Decision 612/QD-UBDT 2021

Respectfully!