CIRCULAR

ON WORKING REGULATIONS FOR LECTURERS OF PEDAGOGICAL COLLEGES

Pursuant to the Education Law dated June 14, 2019;

Pursuant to the Law on Vocational Education dated November 27, 2014;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 84/2020/ND-CP dated July 17, 2020 elaborating a number of Articles of the Education Law;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 48/2015/ND-CP dated May 15, 2015 elaborating a number of Articles of the Law on Vocational Education;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 69/2017/ND-CP dated May 25, 2017 on functions, duties, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Education and Training;

At the request of the Head of Teachers and Educational Managers Department;

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Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope and regulated entities

1. This Circular provides for working regulations for lecturers of pedagogical colleges and colleges providing college programs in pedagogical studies (hereinafter referred to as “pedagogical colleges”), including duties of lecturer titles; working hours, standard teaching hours and scientific research hours; conversion of other professional activities into standard teaching hours and benefits offered to lecturers whose performance exceeds their assigned labor productivity norms.

2. This Circular is applicable to lecturers teaching in pedagogical colleges, lecturers teaching in colleges providing college programs in pedagogical studies under the management of the Ministry of Education and Training and relevant organizations and individuals.

Article 2. Duties of lecturer titles

Duties of lecturer titles are provided for by Circular No. 35/2020/TT-BGDDT dated October 01, 2020 by the Minister of Education and Training.

Chapter II

WORKING HOURS, STANDARD TEACHING HOURS AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH HOURS

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1. Lecturers shall work for 44 weeks (equivalent to 1.760 office hours) in an academic year to fulfill their teaching, scientific research and/or community service duties and other professional duties, which shall be determined based on each academic year exclusive of leaves per the law.

2. Standard teaching hour refers to a time unit converted from the amount of labor hours necessary to complete a certain work activity under a lecturer's duties and equivalent to an in-class (or online) college-level study period spent teaching theory, including labor hours necessary before, during and after the study period.

3. Teaching time in an academic year plan shall be calculated using standard teaching hour, in which a 50-minute in-class (or online) college-level study period spent teaching theory is equivalent to one standard teaching hour and elaborated in Clause 1 Article 6 herein.

For peculiar instructional contents, heads of pedagogical colleges shall convert in-class (or online) college-level study periods spent teaching theory that are longer than 50 minutes as appropriate.

4. Standard teaching hour norm of a lecturer in an academic year shall be from 270 to 420 standard teaching hours (equivalent to from 810 to 1.260 office hours), in which, in-class (or online) standard teaching hours must account for 50% of the assigned norm. Based on the development strategies and objectives of each pedagogical college; characteristics of each subject and major, and actual capacity of each pedagogical college, heads of pedagogical colleges shall decide standard teaching hour norms of their lecturers in each academic year as appropriate.

5. Special cases

a) Apprentice lecturers and lecturers on probation shall meet a maximum of 50% of their assigned  standard teaching hour norms and may be exempt from scientific research duties to attend classroom observations and participate in internships and fieldtrips.

b) Lecturers who are on leave are entitled to social insurance benefits and leave benefits in accordance with existing regulations of the Labor Code and reduction of or exemption from their assigned standard teaching hour norms in amount in proportion to their leave time.

Article 4. Standard teaching hour norms for lecturers appointed to leadership posts or assigned managerial/Communist Party/mass organization duties on a part-time basis

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No.

Lecturers appointed to leadership posts or assigned managerial/Communist Party/mass organization duties on a part-time basis

Minimum norm

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College council chairpersons, college principals

15%

2

Deputy principals

20%

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Division heads and equivalent, college council secretaries

25%

4

Deputy division heads and equivalent

30%

5

Deans, vice deans and equivalent

a)

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- Deans

60%

- Vice deans

70%

b)

For faculties with fewer than 40 lecturers or fewer than 800 learners

- Deans

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- Vice deans

80%

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Department heads

80%

7

Deputy department heads, academic advisors

85%

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15%

9

Deputy Party Executive Committee Secretary

30%

10

Party cell secretaries, heads of people’s inspection boards, heads of working women boards, chairpersons of veterans associations

85%

11

Deputy party cell secretaries

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12

Lecturers in charge of national defense and military tasks on a part-time basis provided for in the Government’s Decree No. 168/2018/ND-CP dated December 28, 2018 on national defense tasks in ministries, central authorities and local governments.

80%

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For lecturers who are in reserved forces or self-defense forces and called up for annual training and/or drills, one day of such training and/or drills shall be equivalent to 2,5 standard teaching hours.

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Lecturers in charge of youth union, student union and/or youth federation tasks shall comply with regulations of the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 13/2013/QD-TTg dated February 06, 2013 of on benefits for officials of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Vietnam National Union of Students and Vietnam Youth Federation in educational institutions and training institutions.

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Lecturers in charge of trade union tasks on a part-time basis shall comply with regulations of Circular No. 08/2016/TT-BGDDT dated March 28, 2016 by the Minister of Education and Training.

Depending on each pedagogical college’s situation, heads of pedagogical colleges shall stipulate the standard teaching hour norms mentioned in this Clause, and standard teaching hour norms for lecturers in charge of other tasks on a part-time basis (if any) as appropriate.

2. Standard teaching hour norms for national defense and security lecturers appointed to leadership posts or assigned managerial/Communist Party/mass organization duties on a part-time basis in pedagogical colleges are provided for in Article 5 of Joint Circular No. 15/2015/TTLT-BGDDT-BLDTBXH-BQP-BCA-BNV-BTC dated July 16, 2015 by the Minister of Education and Training, Minister of Labor - War Invalids and Social Affairs, Minister of National Defense, Minister of Public Security, Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Finance.

3. Standard teaching hour norm for a lecturer appointed to multiple posts on a part-time basis shall be the lowest norm applicable to an appointed post provided for in this Article.

Article 5. Regulations on scientific research

1. Lecturers must spend at least 1/5 of their total working hours in one academic year (equivalent to 352 office hours) on scientific research duties.

2. Lecturers shall be assigned and fulfill scientific research duties appropriate to the scientific potential, capacity and development strategies of their pedagogical colleges and their professional capability.

3. Lecturers shall complete the scientific research duties assigned in accordance with their current titles or positions on an annual basis. The results of their scientific research shall be evaluated via scientific and technological products, and technology transfer and research activities, which must be equivalent to at least one department-level scientific research topic or equivalent whose results are deemed at least satisfactory after commissioning; or one report in a department-level specialized science seminar or equivalent.

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4. For lecturers who fail to complete their scientific research duties as per regulations, depending on specific circumstance and failure level, heads of their pedagogical colleges shall take such failure into consideration upon evaluation of fulfillment of their duties in the academic year, emulation ranking and provision of relevant benefits; and, concurrently, these lecturers may make up for missing scientific research hours with standard teaching hours.

Chapter III

CONVERSION OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES INTO STANDARD TEACHING HOURS AND WORKING REGULATIONS FOR PERFORMANCE EXCEEDING LABOR PRODUCTIVITY NORMS

Article 6. Conversion of professional activities into standard teaching hours

1. Teaching activities

a) One in-class or online study period spent teaching theory for maximum 40 students shall be equivalent to 1,0 standard teaching hour; one national defense and security period spent teaching theory and giving demonstrations at a training ground or one physical education period shall be equivalent to 1,0 standard teaching hour. For classes with more than 40 students, depending on the actual working conditions for each class of each major, one in-class or online study period spent teaching theory may be multiplied by a conversion factor that is under 1,5. Heads of pedagogical colleges shall stipulate conversion of teaching activities into standard teaching hours mentioned herein.

b) One study period of subjects besides foreign language ones taught in a foreign language shall be equivalent to from 1,5 to 2,0 standard teaching hours.

2. Other professional activities

a) Heads of pedagogical colleges shall stipulate conversion of time for other professional activities into standard teaching hours as appropriate;

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Article 7. Benefits offered for performance exceeding labor productivity norms

1. In an academic year, if the performance of a lecturer, including teaching activities, scientific research, community service and fulfillment of other professional duties, exceeds their assigned labor productivity norm, they are entitled to benefits offered upon such exceeding as per the law. According to existing regulations of the state and actual capacity of each pedagogical college, heads of pedagogical colleges shall decide such benefits as appropriate.

2. A lecturer’s working time above their assigned norm in a year shall not exceed the amount permitted by labor laws.

Chapter IV

IMPLEMENTATION

Article 8. Responsibilities of heads of pedagogical colleges

Based on regulations of this Circular; development strategies and objectives of each pedagogical college; characteristics of each subject and major, and actual capacity of each pedagogical college, heads of pedagogical colleges shall promulgate working regulations for each college’s lecturers, ensuring that each lecturer must fulfill both teaching and scientific research duties.

Article 9. Implementation clauses

1. This Circular comes into force from November 20, 2020.

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P.P. THE MINISTER
THE DEPUTY MINISTER




Pham Ngoc Thuong

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