Do you wish to be transferred to... a particularly disadvantaged area?
Over the years, the Government has given high priority to the development of education in mountainous and disadvantaged areas to compensate for the disadvantages faced by teachers there, such as through the issuance of Decree 61/2006/ND-CP; Decree 116/2010/ND-CP; and Decree 34/2012/ND-CP. Since these decrees came into effect, teaching in remote villages and particularly disadvantaged areas has become a key criterion.
(Baonghean)Over the years, the Government has given high priority to the development of education in mountainous and disadvantaged areas to compensate for the disadvantages faced by teachers there, such as through the issuance of Decree 61/2006/ND-CP; Decree 116/2010/ND-CP; and Decree 34/2012/ND-CP. Since these decrees came into effect, teaching in remote villages and particularly disadvantaged areas has become a key criterion.
Many teachers in mountainous areas say that getting a teaching position in particularly difficult areas around the town is even harder than getting one in the town itself; or that teaching in those areas is "better than going abroad" because they can go to school early and return home late, but the benefits are incredibly high.
What is the truth? According to Decree 116/2010 and the draft amendment to Decree 61/2006 on attraction allowances for teachers and education management staff whose term of service has expired, but who have not yet been reassigned by the competent education management agency to their place of residence or last place of work before being transferred to work in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions (according to Decree 61/ND-CP), these individuals will continue to receive an attraction allowance equal to 70% of their current salary and leadership position allowance, and seniority allowance exceeding the standard rate (if any); teachers and education management staff who are transferred to work in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions will receive an initial allowance equal to 10 months of the general minimum wage per person. The People's Committee at the district level is responsible for receiving and processing initial allowances and housing for teachers and education administrators transferred to the locality. If the teacher or education administrator's family moves with them, they will receive allowances for transportation and luggage costs for accompanying family members, and a relocation allowance equivalent to 12 months of the general minimum wage for one household, along with various other allowances as stipulated in other documents, such as clean water allowance and housing support.
This preferential treatment has led to the reality that, in order to be "assigned" to teach in special areas around highland towns, sometimes separated by only a road from the administrative boundary, one must have "status," or at least some close relationship with the relevant leadership. Perhaps this is why, in mountainous districts, teachers from towns in Zones 1 and 2 hope to be transferred to schools in... particularly difficult areas near the towns!
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