Concerned about the salary difference between preschool and primary school teachers, what does the Ministry of Education and Training say?
The Ministry of Education and Training has just responded to teachers' concerns about the issue of appointing professional titles and salaries that are not commensurate between preschool and primary schools.
Regarding this content, the Department of Teachers and Management Staff (Ministry of Education and Training) explained that currently, the Government has stipulated a common salary table for all civil servants in all sectors and fields. Specifically, it is Table 3 - Professional and technical salary table for cadres and civil servants in state-owned enterprises in Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP dated December 14, 2004 regulating the salary regime for cadres, civil servants, public employees and armed forces.
Accordingly, the salary coefficient of type A0 civil servants is applied to civil servants with college degree requirements; the salary coefficient of type A1 civil servants is applied to civil servants with university degree requirements.
Based on the standard training requirements of preschool and primary school teachers as prescribed in the 2019 Education Law:
- Kindergarten teachers grade III (starting grade, with college degree requirements) are subject to the salary coefficient of type A0 civil servants (from salary coefficient 2.10 to salary coefficient 4.89);
- Grade III general education teachers (starting grade, with university degree requirements) are subject to the salary coefficient of type A1 civil servants (from salary coefficient 2.34 to salary coefficient 4.98).
Thus, basically the salary scale applied to grade III preschool teachers and grade III general education teachers is not much different.
However, the salary scale applied to preschool teachers grade II and general teachers grade II has a relative difference:
- Kindergarten teachers grade II are applied the salary coefficient of civil servants type A1 (from salary coefficient 2.34 to salary coefficient 4.98);
- Grade II general education teachers are applied the salary coefficient of type A2.2 civil servants (from salary coefficient 4.0 to salary coefficient 6.38).
But according to the Ministry of Education and Training, in order for a general education teacher to be able to register for the exam or be considered for promotion to the professional title of a grade II general education teacher, he/she must have at least 9 years of experience in grade III or equivalent; while a preschool teacher only needs to have at least 3 years of experience in grade III or equivalent (although Decree 204/2004/ND-CP stipulates that it must be at least 9 years). This is the Government's preferential policy for preschool teachers with specific professional characteristics.
The Ministry of Education and Training said that in the coming time, when the Government implements salary policy reform (according to Resolution No. 27-NQ/TW dated May 21, 2018), the State will pay salaries to cadres, civil servants, public employees and armed forces according to job positions, titles and leadership positions, in accordance with State resources and public service revenue sources, ensuring a reasonable correlation with salaries in the labor market.
At the same time, ensure the principle that wages must truly be the main source of income to ensure the lives of workers and their families; comply with the principle of distribution according to labor and the objective laws of the market economy, taking increased labor productivity as the basis for increasing wages...
According to the Ministry of Education and Training, teachers and educational administrators enjoy policies including: salary, seniority allowance beyond the framework, leadership position allowance (if any), regional allowance, preferential allowance, seniority allowance and a number of other policies.
Teachers and educational administrators working in mountainous areas, highlands, and areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions enjoy a number of incentives such as preferential allowances at higher levels than teachers teaching in the plains and cities; and enjoy a number of other allowances and subsidies such as attraction allowances; long-term work allowances; first-time allowances; one-time allowances when transferring to work out of areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions; payment of travel expenses during annual leave or Tet holidays, allowances for purchasing and transporting fresh water and clean water; mobility allowances, allowances for sightseeing, studying, and professional and technical training.
In the spirit of Resolution No. 27-NQ/TW, the Ministry of Education and Training was assigned to coordinate with the Ministry of Home Affairs to propose a salary table for the education and training sector according to job positions, titles, leadership positions and the nature and complexity of the work. In particular, it proposed the highest level of vocational incentives to partially improve teachers' income.
The Ministry of Education and Training said it is developing the Law on Teachers and expects that policies on salaries, allowances, recruitment, use and training of teachers will be stipulated in the Law on Teachers./.
