Standard Teaching Hours for Lecturers Appointed to Leadership Positions in Vietnam

Below is a notable content in Circular 20/2020/TT-BGDDT which stipulates the working policies for lecturers at higher education institutions in Vietnam and takes effect on September 11, 2020.

Standard  teaching  hours  for  lecturers  appointed  to  leadership  positions,  CIRCULAR  20/2020/TT-BGDDT

Standard Teaching Hours for Lecturers Appointed to Leadership Positions in Vietnam ​ (Illustration)

Circular 20/2020/TT-BGDDT stipulates that lecturers appointed to leadership positions or concurrently holding management, party, or union positions (excluding lecturers in national defense and security education) in Vietnam have minimum teaching obligations according to the following standards (calculated as a percentage of the standard teaching hours from 200 to 350 hours). To be specific:

No. Lecturers appointed to leadership positions or concurrently holding management, party, union positions Minimum standard
1 Chairman of the University Council, Director of the University 10%
2 Deputy University Director, Chairman of the School Council, Rector of the University, and equivalent 15%
3 Deputy Chairman of the School Council, Deputy Rector of the University, and equivalent, Head of functional departments of the University, and equivalent 20%
4 Deputy Head of functional departments of the University, Head of administrative departments, and equivalent, Secretary of the School Council 25%
5 Deputy Head of administrative departments, and equivalent 30%
6 Dean, Deputy Dean, and equivalent  
  For departments with 40 lecturers or more or with a scale of 800 or more students  
Dean 60%
Deputy Dean 70%
  For departments with fewer than 40 lecturers or with a scale of fewer than 800 students  
- Dean 70%
- Deputy Dean 80%
7 Head of Departments 80%
8 Deputy Head of Departments, Class Advisors, Academic Advisors 85%
9 Secretary of the University Party Committee 15%
10 Deputy Secretary of the University Party Committee 30%
11 Party cell Secretary, Head of Inspection Board, Head of Women's Affairs, President of Veterans' Association 85%
12 Deputy Secretary of the Party Cell 90%
13 Lecturers engaged in non-specialized national defense and military duties as regulated in Decree 168/2018/ND-CP. 80%
14 Lecturers who are reserve soldiers, militia members called for annual training and exercises, time spent in training and exercises is converted whereby one working day equals 2.5 standard teaching hours.
15 Lecturers engaged in youth union, student association, youth federation activities to follow Decision 13/2013/QD-TTg.
16 Lecturers engaged in non-specialized union work in higher education institutions to follow the regulations in Circular 08/2016/TT-BGDDT.

See details in Circular 20/2020/TT-BGDDT effective from September 11, 2020.

Ty Na

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