1,777 contract preschool teachers at public schools in Nghe An will receive salaries from the budget.

On the morning of July 14, the 7th Session of the 18th Nghe An Provincial People's Council, term 2021 - 2026, entered its final working day with the consideration and voting to pass many very important draft resolutions.

Panorama of the 7th Session of the 18th Provincial People's Council on the morning of July 14. Photo: Thanh Duy

According to the Resolution, the subjects of application are preschool teachers who have signed labor contracts according to the provisions of Decree No. 06/2016 of the Government and Joint Circular No. 09/2013 of the Ministry of Education and Training - Ministry of Finance - Ministry of Home Affairs, as of January 2022, are teaching at public preschools in Nghe An province but have not been recruited as civil servants; Public preschools managed by Nghe An province.

The purpose of developing the Resolution is to create a legal basis for educational institutions to be allocated funding sources and have a basis for paying salaries to preschool teachers who have signed labor contracts according to the provisions of Decree No. 06/2018 and Joint Circular No. 09/2013, as of January 2022, who are teaching at public preschools under the management of Nghe An province but have not been recruited as civil servants.

Provincial People's Council delegates attending the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

In addition, it also helps the People's Committees of districts have a source of funding to allocate to preschool education institutions to pay salaries for the above-mentioned preschool teachers with labor contracts, in order to ensure the regime for teachers, have enough teachers in class, suitable to local socio-economic conditions, contributing to improving the quality of preschool education, meeting the requirements of teaching and learning in the new period.

According to the Resolution, one-time support with a maximum budget of 100 million VND/person for preschool teachers; 100% support for expenses to pay for regimes and policies (like civil servants) for preschool teachers from September 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025.

The funding source for implementation is the provincial budget (annual education expenditure source). It is expected that in 2022 it will be 127,297 billion VND, in 2023 it will be 94,267 billion VND, in the following years the funding demand will gradually decrease (due to recruitment into civil servants); support will end by the end of 2025.

Provincial People's Council delegates vote on tablets. Photo: Thanh Duy

According to the Provincial People's Committee, according to the provisions of Joint Circular No. 06/2015 of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Home Affairs, the preschool education sector of Nghe An province must be assigned 16,393 staff positions. However, currently, only 11,092 staff positions have been assigned; compared to the prescribed norm, there is a shortage of 5,301 staff positions. Due to the lack of teachers, it has greatly affected the care and education of children, and the work pressure on the teaching staff, preschool teachers have to work from 10 to 12 hours/day.

In the 2021-2022 school year, Nghe An has 10,870 public preschool teachers, including: 8,458 civil servants, 1,777 labor contracts under Decree 06, 44 contract teachers signed by the District People's Committee and 591 short-term contract teachers signed by schools. Although from 2013 to present, Nghe An province has 2,508 labor contract targets for preschool teachers with stable funding from the central budget, many districts no longer have recruitment targets or do not meet the standards and training levels.

In Clause 3, Article 15 of Decree No. 105/2020 of the Government on regulations on preschool education development policies, there is the following content: "In particular, the policy for preschool teachers prescribed in Clause 1, Articles 7 and 8 of Decree No. 06/2016 dated January 5, 2018 of the Government regulating lunch support policies for preschool children and policies for preschool teachers shall be implemented until the end of 2021".

Physical education class for preschool students. Photo: MH

Previously, by the end of 2021, Nghe An province had 1,777 contract teachers who were no longer entitled to receive salaries according to the provisions of Decree No. 06/2018, leading to a shortage of teachers, negatively affecting the psychology and life of workers (many teachers have worked in the industry for 6-10 years).

Due to the lack of or insufficient quotas for preschool teachers, it is not possible to recruit all contract preschool teachers into civil servants in the near future. Tuition revenue at educational institutions is not enough to pay for contracted teachers, while other short-term contract teachers must also be paid due to the lack of teachers in class according to the quota./.