Procedures for registering tuition support and living allowances for pedagogical students in Vietnam

Procedures for registering tuition support and living allowances for pedagogical students in Vietnam (Illustration)

In Article 7 of Decree 116/2020/ND-CP, the procedures for registering tuition support and living allowances are stipulated as follows:

1. Annually, based on the targets announced by the Ministry of Education and Training, teacher training institutions notify the successful candidates in the teacher training disciplines to register according to the assignment, ordering, bidding, or training according to social needs within the target announced by the Ministry of Education and Training.

2. Within 30 days from the date of receiving the admission notice, pedagogical students shall submit an Application for tuition and living expense support and commitment to reimbursement (Form No. 01 in the Appendix issued with Decree 116/2020/ND-CP) to the teacher training institution either directly, via post, or online (if available).

Students only need to submit 01 set of documents for the first-time request for support during their entire study period at the teacher training institution.

3. Teacher training institutions compile and notify the localities that have assigned tasks, ordered, or bid to agree on the support for pedagogical students under assignment, ordering, or bidding.

4. The agencies assigning tasks, ordering, or bidding will set the criteria for selecting admitted pedagogical students, cooperate with the teacher training institutions to choose ensuring fairness, publicity, and transparency.

5. Within 15 days from the closing date for receiving applications, the teacher training institution will coordinate with the task-assigning, ordering, or bidding agency to confirm and notify the pedagogical students eligible for support under assignment, ordering, or bidding policy, and review the eligible students for support within the targets announced by the Ministry of Education and Training and not under the ordering targets.

6. The list of pedagogical students eligible for tuition fee and living expense support will be publicly announced on the teacher training institution’s website and sent to the task-assigning, ordering, or bidding agencies for implementation.

More details can be found in Decree 116/2020/ND-CP, effective from November 15, 2020.

Thuy Tram

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