Benefit offered to early childhood education teachers working in people-founded or private preschool institutions located near an industrial park in Vietnam

Benefit offered to early childhood education teachers working in people-founded or private preschool institutions located near an industrial park in Vietnam (Internet image)

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1. Benefit offered to early childhood education teachers working in people-founded or private preschool institutions located near an industrial park in Vietnam

Benefit offered to early childhood education teachers working in people-founded or private preschool institutions located near an industrial park according to Article 10 of Decree 105/2020/ND-CP are as follows:

* Persons eligible for the benefit

Early childhood education teachers currently working in people-founded or private preschool institutions granted the establishment license by the competent authority, operating under the law and located near an industrial park, and satisfying the following conditions:

- Meet the standards for the title of early childhood education teacher as prescribed by law;

- Work under a labor contract with the legal representative of the people-founded or private preschool institution;

- Directly provide care and education for students of a junior kindergarten class/senior kindergarten class at least 30% of the students of which are children of workers of the industrial park.

* Benefit

A teacher meeting the conditions stated in Clause 1 of Article 10 of Decree 105/2020/ND-CP is entitled to at least VND 800.000 each month (eight hundred thousand dong each month).

Number of teachers that may receive the benefit of public preschool institutions per existing regulations is applicable to people-founded or private preschool institutions.

The teacher may receive this amount for every month in which they teach. This benefit shall be separated from the salary agreed upon between the head of the people-founded or private preschool institution and the teacher and not be included in the basis for calculation of social insurance, health insurance and unemployment insurance.

The provincial People's Committee shall decide the benefit rate as suitable for the province’s budget and propose it to the People's Council at the same level for consideration and decision.

* Application components and procedures:

- Application components

+ List of teachers eligible for the benefit (made using Form No. 05 in Appendix enclosed with Decree 105/2020/ND-CP);

+ Copy sent together with the authentic copy for comparison or certified true copy of each eligible teacher’s labor contract.

- Application procedures

In August of every year, the legal representative of each people-founded or private preschool institution shall send an application containing the components mentioned in Point a Clause 3 Article 10 of Decree 105/2020/ND-CP in person or by post or online to the bureau of education and training;

Within 10 working days after the date on which the application from the preschool institution is received, the bureau of education and training shall appraise the application, consolidate list of teachers eligible for the benefit and send it to the finance authority at the same level, which shall propose it to the competent authority for approval according to regulations of the Law on State Budget;

Within 07 working days starting from the date on which the documents from the bureau of education and training are received, the district-level People’s Committee shall approve of the list of teachers eligible for the benefit and notify the preschool institution of the result;

After the list of teachers eligible for the benefit is approved by the competent authority, the preschool institution shall announce the list.

- Implementing method

The preschool institution shall take responsibility for receipt of funding for the benefit and directly provide the benefit for the eligible teachers in cash or via transfer;

The benefit shall be provided twice in an academic year: the first time shall be in December of every year; and the benefit for the remaining months shall be provided in May of every year;

If a teacher does not receive the benefit within the given time limit, they may receive it in the next benefit provision period;

If a teacher stops working at the institution, the institution shall report to the bureau of education and training, which shall propose cessation of benefit provision to the district-level People’s Committee.

2. Benefits concerning provision of documents and reimbursement of training costs offered to teachers of people-founded or private preschool institutions

Benefits concerning provision of documents and reimbursement of training costs offered to teachers of people-founded or private preschool institutions according to Article 11 of Decree 105/2020/ND-CP is as follows:

- Persons eligible for the benefits

Early childhood education teachers (including principals, vice principals, heads of junior kindergarten classes and department heads) currently working in people-founded or private preschool institutions granted the establishment license by the competent authority and operating under the law.

- Benefits

The State shall provide teachers meeting the conditions stated in Clause 1 of Article 11 of Decree 105/2020/ND-CP with documents and reimburse training costs when these teachers participate in refresher or training courses. These teachers are entitled to the benefit rate offered to teachers of public preschool institutions having the same qualifications when they participate in refresher or training courses according to regulations.

On an annual basis, based on the training plan of the bureau of education and training, each people-founded or private preschool institution shall draw up a list of teachers participating in the training and send it to the bureau of education and training, which shall prepare a consolidated list and cost estimate, propose them to the competent authority for approval and provide the benefits as prescribed by law.

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