Nghe An: Will review and arrange teachers to meet the new education program

On the morning of December 16, under the chairmanship of Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long - the Provincial People's Committee held a Conference to deploy the new general education program.

Co-chairing the conference was comrade Thai Van Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Education and Training. Also attending were leaders of specialized departments under the Department, districts, and Departments of Education and Training of 21 districts and cities. Photo: My Ha

The 2018 general education program is built in the spirit of Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW dated November 4, 2013 of the 11th Party Central Committee on "Fundamental and comprehensive innovation of education and training, meeting the requirements of industrialization and modernization in the conditions of a socialist-oriented market economy and international integration".

According to the plan, the new General Education Program will begin to be implemented in grade 1 from the next school year and will continue to be implemented in the following years at other levels. The implementation of the new General Education Program aims to improve the quality of education for the younger generation, meet the demands of reality and catch up with the general trend of humanity.

Director of the Department of Education and Training introduces the comprehensive general education program. Photo: My Ha

To implement this program, schools also need to ensure the staff with a ratio of 1.5 teachers/class for primary school to teach 2 sessions/day, ensure the teacher structure, especially new subjects such as Information Technology, Foreign Languages ​​and integrated subjects. In addition, it is necessary to ensure enough classrooms with 1 class/room, functional rooms, minimum teaching equipment...

At the conference, delegates discussed the difficulties in implementing the new General Education Program in Nghe An. Accordingly, the biggest problem in Nghe An is that the structure and teaching staff at the primary level are not enough, only reaching 1.28 teachers/class and needing to add 2,226 more teachers. At the remaining levels, many schools are lacking teachers in subjects such as Information Technology, Fine Arts, Music, and Foreign Languages.

Comrade Kha Thi Tim - Vice Chairman of Con Cuong District People's Committee gave her opinion at the conference. Photo: My Ha

Nghe An currently has more than 500 separate primary schools, making it difficult to invest in facilities, equipment, and teacher placement. All levels of education from primary, secondary, and high school have not met the required ratio of the new program.

Regarding these contents, speaking at the meeting, comrade Le Dinh Ly - Director of the Department of Home Affairs said: Up to this point, the Government has had a policy mechanism for recruiting teachers to supplement the primary education level. In the next school year alone, the payroll has been built with 380 people so that localities can have a plan to recruit teachers, ensuring enough teachers with a ratio of 1.4 teachers/class to organize teaching 2 sessions/day.

After listening to the opinions of the delegates, the Conference agreed that in the coming time, the Department of Education and Training will coordinate with the Department of Home Affairs to review and evaluate the current situation, determine the needs of teachers to develop a plan to arrange and assign appropriate staff; coordinate with the Department of Planning and Investment to develop a plan to invest in facilities and teaching equipment; coordinate with the Department of Finance to develop funding needs to meet the general education program.

Develop a plan for teacher training and development; actively coordinate with teacher training institutions to organize teacher training and development to implement the General Education Program in accordance with the direction of the Ministry of Education and Training and in accordance with the reality of the province. Ensure that 100% of teachers at general education institutions in the province complete the training program before the implementation of the General Education Program for each level of education.

Implementing the new program requires arranging enough teachers for all subjects (in photo: Physical education class of students at Ha Huy Tap 2 Primary School). Photo: My Ha

In addition, proactively review and rearrange the network of educational institutions in a streamlined and efficient manner; consolidate remote schools, schools with few classes and few students at the primary level to focus on investing resources, arranging staff, and ensuring that 100% of primary school students study compulsory subjects according to the roadmap.