Research on promulgating policies for teachers teaching multi-grade classes in preschools

(Baonghean.vn) - Voters in Nghe An province requested the Ministry of Education and Training to soon provide guidance on the implementation of Circular 48/2011/TT-BGD&DT regulating the working regime for preschool teachers; consider policies for teachers teaching combined classes, and provide guidance on the arrangement of cooks, medical staff, security guards, etc. in preschools with semi-boarding meals.

Regarding this issue, the Ministry of Education and Training responded as follows:

Article 34 of Decision No. 05/VBHN-BGDDT dated February 13, 2014 of the Minister of Education and Training on promulgating the current preschool regulations stipulates: “Teachers in preschool education institutions are those responsible for nurturing, caring for, and educating children in schools, nurseries, child care groups, and independent kindergarten classes.

Staff are those who are responsible for the care and nurturing of children in preschools. Thus, the care and nurturing of children in preschools is the responsibility of preschool teachers.

Classroom at the cultural house of students of Quynh Vinh B kindergarten - Hoang Mai town. Photo: Document.

To meet the above tasks, on October 25, 2011, the Ministry of Education and Training issued Circular No. 48/2011/TT-BGDDT regulating the working regime for preschool teachers, which specifically stipulates working time, annual leave, teaching hours, teaching hour reduction regime and converting some other professional activities into teaching hours.

The principal of the kindergarten is responsible for organizing the implementation of the working regime, the regimes and policies related to the working regime and creating conditions for teachers to implement the working regime according to the above regulations. The Department of Education and Training and the Department of Education and Training are responsible for directing the implementation, checking and supervising the implementation of the working regime of kindergarten teachers as prescribed in Circular No. 48/2011/TT-BGDDT.

On March 16, 2015, the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Home Affairs issued Joint Circular No. 06/2015/TTLT-BGDĐT-BNV regulating the list of job positions and the number of employees in public preschools, replacing Joint Circular No. 71/2007/TTLT-BGDĐT-BNV dated November 28, 2007 of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Home Affairs guiding the number of career staff in public preschools.

A classroom at Keng Du kindergarten (Ky Son). Photo courtesy.

Clause 1, Article 6 of Joint Circular No. 06/2015/TTLT-BGDĐT-BNV mentioned above stipulates: Nursery schools, kindergartens, and preschools with boarding facilities shall sign 01 labor contract to be assigned to the cooking position for every 35 nursery children or 50 preschool children. The labor contract to perform cooking tasks in preschools stipulated in Joint Circular 06 both ensures cooking for children in preschools and ensures the initiative of localities in the spirit of the Government's direction on streamlining the payroll.

Regarding policies for teachers teaching mixed classes at preschool level: In response to voters' recommendations, the Ministry of Education and Training will coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to research, develop and promulgate policies for teachers teaching mixed classes at preschool level in the coming time.

Gia Huy (th)