Need to recalculate teacher rotation and assignment time

On the morning of June 5, Nghi Loc district organized a dialogue conference between the heads of the district Party Committee and government with the principals and chairmen of the Trade Unions of 86 schools at 3 levels in the district. Photo: Mai Hoa

Solving the problem of secondment and rotation

The issue that received many opinions at the conference was the implementation of the policy of rotating and transferring teachers, managers and sending teachers to schools in disadvantaged areas. Many opinions affirmed that the district has had a plan and method for this work in the past time, which was public, transparent and effective; the proof is that there were no petitions or complaints on this issue.

However, in practice, there are still some shortcomings that, according to Ms. Duong Thi Hoa - Principal of Nghi Lam Secondary School, the rotation and secondment period of only 1 - 2 years will create a mentality of "going to do duty" and then returning, affecting the quality of education for schools receiving rotated and seconded teachers.

Delegates participating in the dialogue. Photo: Mai Hoa

Also raising this issue, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Hoi - Principal of Nghi Thach Secondary School said that the rotation period, special assignment 1-2 years and after returning for 1-2 years, some teachers continue to rotate, special assignment 2, 3 times, creating ideology for teachers.

From that reality, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Hoi proposed that the district should increase the rotation and assignment time to 3 years and each teacher should only go once.

In addition to the deadline, some opinions also pointed out shortcomings in the evaluation and classification of transferred and seconded teachers.

Ms. Duong Thi Hoa - Principal of Nghi Lam Secondary School said that it is necessary to increase the time for teachers to rotate and be seconded to schools. Photo: Mai Hoa

Some opinions also suggested that the district should change the rotation regulations, transferring teachers from one region to another, but should rotate within clusters, avoiding teachers having to travel too far.

On the other hand, it is necessary to rotate managers who have held a position in an environment for more than 10 years; rotate teachers who have worked for many years in the school but have no creativity or contribution to improving the quality of education to avoid inertia, create motivation for teachers to improve, thereby contributing to improving the quality of education.

Teacher Nguyen Dinh Hai - Principal of Nghi Van Secondary School suggested that the district needs to have a strategy to ensure a stable source of teachers for disadvantaged schools, avoiding passivity through rotation and secondment. Photo: Mai Hoa

Resolve responsibly

At the dialogue, 13 principals and chairmen of school unions sent to the Nghi Loc district Party Committee and government 30 urgent and inadequacies related to education quality, rotation and transfer of managers and teachers, and implementation of policies for workers.

Concluding the dialogue, comrade Pham Hong Quang - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of Nghi Loc District Party Committee requested the District People's Committee and relevant departments and offices to study to resolve and fully respond to the opinions raised at the dialogue with the view that the concerns must be resolved and resolved in accordance with regulations.

Comrade Pham Hong Quang - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Secretary of Nghi Loc District Party Committee emphasized the viewpoint of resolving and removing concerns in accordance with regulations. Photo: Mai Hoa

The Secretary of Nghi Loc District Party Committee assigned the District People's Committee to direct relevant departments and the district Social Insurance agency to coordinate to completely resolve the "story" of social insurance debt in schools before August 31, 2020, in order to ensure the rights of employees when they retire or take maternity leave or are sick.

If the fault lies with state management, it must be remedied, and if it lies with the schools, the principals and school accountants must take responsibility, and not let the workers suffer.

Scene of the conversation. Photo: Mai Hoa

At the same time, the District People's Committee was assigned to study and adjust the regulations on rotation and transfer of management staff and secondment of teachers to bring about efficiency, both solving difficulties for weak schools and schools lacking teachers, and creating motivation and efforts for management staff and teachers; contributing to improving the quality of education in the district.

The District Party Secretary also pledged to continue to have policies and mechanisms to invest in infrastructure for 78 schools facing difficulties through the mechanism of building national standard schools and building new rural areas; however, on the local side, schools must also make efforts to attract resources for investment...