Nghe An passed a Resolution approving the addition of 2,820 teacher positions for the 2022-2023 school year.

On the afternoon of October 12, in Vinh City, the People's Council of Nghe An province, term XVIII, 2021 - 2026, held the 9th Session - Special Session.

Overview of the 9th session - Special session of the 18th term People's Council of Nghe An province, term 2021 - 2026. Photo: Pham Bang

At the meeting, the Provincial People's Council reviewed and passed a Resolution on approving additional public teacher staff in 2022-2023 and adjusting the total staff in public service units and Association organizations in 2022 and 2023.

Accordingly, the Resolution approved the addition of 2,820 teacher positions for the 2022-2023 school year to the Department of Education and Training; People's Committees of districts, cities and towns: 2,164 preschool teachers; 498 primary school teachers; 142 junior high school teachers; 16 high school teachers.

The Resolution also adjusts the total number of civil servants in public service units and Association organizations in 2022 and 2023.

The total number of civil servants in 2022 is 57,451, including 54,631 civil servant positions according to Resolution No. 44/NQ-HDND dated August 13, 2021 of the Provincial People's Council and an additional 2,820 teacher positions.

Provincial People's Council delegates press the button to approve the Resolutions. Photo: Pham Bang

The total number of civil servants in 2023 is 56,928, including 54,108 civil servant positions according to Resolution No. 23/NQ-HDND dated July 14, 2022 of the Provincial People's Council and an additional 2,820 teacher positions.

Provincial Party Secretary and Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Thai Thanh Quy requested the Provincial People's Committee to direct the implementation of the addition of 2,820 positions to public service units that have not ensured regular expenditures in a systematic, timely, fair, and objective manner, and absolutely not allow negativity to occur during the recruitment process.

According to the Department of Education and Training, as of May 31, 2022, the entire Nghe An education sector has a total of 44,005 people, including 3,441 managers, 36,698 teachers and 3,866 employees. Nghe An is the locality with the most teacher shortage in the country with over 7,800 positions, especially at the preschool level. The addition of 2,820 positions has significantly contributed to reducing staffing pressure in the education sector.

Nghe An is the locality with the biggest teacher shortage in the country, especially preschool teachers. Illustration photo: My Ha

Previously, at the meeting of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province Nguyen Duc Trung said that, following the direction of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, the Provincial People's Committee will arrange recruitment into the payroll to thoroughly resolve the number of public preschool teachers still under contract; in case when considering recruitment, if any teacher does not meet the requirements, the payroll quota will still be kept for final handling.