Ensure all pedagogical students receive tuition and living expenses support

The Government has revised a number of regulations on policies to support tuition and living expenses for pedagogical students.

The Government has just issued Decree No. 60/2025/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 116/2020/ND-CP regulating policies to support tuition and living expenses for pedagogical students. This is to overcome limitations and difficulties in the implementation of Decree No. 116, helping to provide tuition and living expenses for pedagogical students more promptly and fully.

Student of Hanoi National University of Education

To overcome the situation where pedagogical students do not receive or are slow to receive support policies, Decree 60 adjusts the method of financial support for pedagogical students, in which the state supports pedagogical students by assigning budget estimates according to budget decentralization. In cases where localities have a need for teachers that need to be assigned tasks or placed orders, the task of teacher training will be assigned to the affiliated teacher training institution or teacher training orders will be placed with the teacher training institution.

The budget for implementing the above policy is balanced in the annual state budget expenditure estimates according to the current management decentralization. The Central Government supports disadvantaged localities, ensuring that all pedagogical students benefit from the policy. This regulation overcomes the situation where some localities cannot balance the budget to implement the support policy for pedagogical students, while ensuring implementation in accordance with the provisions of the 2019Education Law.

In addition, Decree 60 adds content clarifying the responsibilities of relevant parties such as the Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry of Finance, provincial People's Committees, teacher training institutions, learners... in implementing the policy; especially clarifying the responsibility of ensuring funding to implement support policies for pedagogical students.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, with Decree 60, training institutions for pedagogical students and pedagogical students will be provided with more timely and adequate funding, contributing to creating conditions for pedagogical students to study with peace of mind and improving the quality of the teaching staff.

See full Decree 60 here.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/dam-bao-tat-ca-sinh-vien-su-pham-duoc-ho-tro-hoc-phi-sinh-hoat-phi-18525030623201355.htm