LookAtVietnam – Polytech and technology university lecturers prove to be the ones with the highest monthly salaries, while pedagogical university lecturers’ salaries are second

The order is opposite for university officers. Technology university management executives have the lowest incomes of 4.48 million dong a month whereas executives of pedagogical universities have average incomes of 4.75 million dong. The highest paid are management executives of economics universities at 5.6 million dong.

Meanwhile, officers of economics universities have higher incomes than their colleagues at other universities. They can earn 2.9 million dong a month, higher than the officers of polytech universities, who earn 2.05 million dong, and officers of pedagogical universities, who earn a pittance: 1.9 million dong.

The figures come from the three disclosure reports (all universities nationwide have been ordered by MOET to make public material facilities conditions, education quality and financial records) that universities have submitted.

As of January 8, 2010, 291 universities had submitted their reports. Of these, 23 universities have one economics lecturer per every 50-60 students and 18 universities have one finance/banking lecturer per 40-50 students. Other schools have ratios of one lecturer for every 10-40 students.

Regarding financial disclosure, most universities have made tuitions public. Most state-owned universities collect tuitions in accordance with current regulations. Non-state university tuitions are 2-3 times higher than state-owned universities.

The deadline for universities to submit the three disclosure reports is January 15. MOET will refer to these when they decide on student enrollment quotas for the universities. 85 universities have yet to submit their reports.

MOET Chief Inspector Nguyen Van Chien said that 38 universities will have their student enrollment quotas for 2010-2011 school year reduced, because the universities enrolled more than allowed students in 2009. Thus far, MOET has found that 25 universities enrolled 20 percent more students than allowed for 2009-2010.

Phan Thiet University is a typical example. PTU was permitted to enroll 750 students for 2009-2010, but accepted 1,438 students, or 91.73 percent above the allowed level.

Kieu Oanh