Guidance on application requirements for tuition support and living allowances or stipends for pedagogy students in Vietnam

According to the Decree No. 116/2020/NĐ-CP of the Vietnam Government, 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.

Pedagogy students need to carry out the following procedure for tuition support and living allowances or stipends. In particular:

- 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 the Decree No. 116/2020/NĐ-CP), 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.

After receiving applications, 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.

Legal basis: Article 7 of the Decree No. 116/2020/NĐ-CP of the Vietnam Government.

For more details: Decree No. 116/2020/NĐ-CP, effective from November 15, 2020.

Le Thanh

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