Policies on tuition support, living allowances for pedagogy students in Vietnam

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Policies on tuition support, living allowances for pedagogy students in Vietnam

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 of Decree 116/2020/ND-CP, 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. At the same time, 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.

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.

Thus, according to the above regulations, from November 15, 2020 (the effective date of Decree 116/2020/ND-CP), pedagogical students 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; however, the validity period of does not exceed 10 months/school year.

Procedures for registration of tuition support, living allowances for pedagogy students in Vietnam

According to the provisions of Article 7 of Decree 116/2020/ND-CP, procedures for registration of tuition support, living allowances for pedagogy students in Vietnam are as follows:

Step 1: Inform candidates who have been admitted to teacher training disciplines

Based on the student intakes announced, 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.

Step 2: Submit application for tuition support and living allowances

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 directly or by post or online (if any).

DOWNLOAD: applications for tuition support and living allowances or stipends to teacher training institutions (Form No. 01)

Note: 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.

Step 3: Process and review application documents for tuition and living expense support

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.

Step 4: Announce the list of pedagogy students entitled to tuition support and living allowances

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.

Thus, above are the procedures for registration of tuition support, living allowances for pedagogy students in Vietnam that will be applied as of November 15, 2020. Therefore, teacher training institutions and pedagogy students need to pay attention to following the above instructions.

Ty Na

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