Many localities in Nghe An have proposed not to collect allowances paid to seconded teachers.
(Baonghean.vn) - Localities believe that stopping payment and collecting back the amount of money already paid for teaching allowances and seniority allowances will greatly affect the spirit and material well-being of seconded officials both in the short and long term.
Impact on teacher morale
On October 1, the leader of the People's Committee of Do Luong district said that the locality had just sent a document to the Provincial People's Committee and the Departments of Finance, Home Affairs, Education and Training on the implementation of policies and regimes for teachers assigned to work at the Department of Education and Training.
According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Anh Quang - Vice Chairman of Do Luong District People's Committee, in order to solve the difficulties and shortcomings in arranging civil servants and public employees to work at the District Education and Training Department to meet the requirements of the job position and implement policies and regimes for employees, the Provincial People's Committee issued Official Dispatch No. 6612/UBND-TH dated September 24, 2012 on the staffing of the Department of Education and Training. The implementation of regimes for seconded officials is guaranteed as for teachers, which has contributed to improving the quality of the staff working at the department, at the same time, stabilizing the spirit and ensuring peace of mind for the transferred officials and teachers.
In Do Luong district, the Department of Education and Training is currently assigned 5 civil servants and has 8 civil servants seconded to work at the department, including 7 managers and teachers (including 2 Principals, 4 Vice Principals and 1 excellent English teacher at the provincial level). They are people with good qualities and working capacity; have prestige in the industry, and are carefully selected to meet the requirements and undertake work tasks at the Department of Education and Training. However, like other districts, these people are said to have received illegal allowances in the past and the Provincial People's Committee has requested to stop payment as well as collect the amount received.
“The People's Committee of Do Luong district finds that stopping the payment and collecting back the amount of money already paid for teaching allowances and seniority allowances will greatly affect the spirit and material well-being of the seconded officials in the short and long term, even after retirement due to not receiving seniority allowances,” said the leader of the People's Committee of Do Luong district.
The leaders of Do Luong district requested the Provincial People's Committee and relevant departments to consider allowing the district to continue to mobilize and assign cadres and teachers to work at the Department of Education and Training to meet the number of employees; at the same time, to carry out a number of teaching sessions and educational activities at the sending unit and the seconded officials are entitled to classroom allowances and seniority allowances according to State regulations.
"Enjoy allowances according to regulations"
In Quynh Luu district, Mr. Nguyen Van Thuong - Vice Chairman of the District People's Committee said that the district has just received a report from the Department of Education and Training on this issue. In the near future, Quynh Luu district will also send a document to the Provincial People's Committee and relevant departments to propose similar content. Mr. Tran Xuan Nhuong - Head of the Department of Education and Training of Quynh Luu said that currently, there are 6 seconded officials working at the department (of which, 1 person will retire in November 2023). The tasks of these people are to advise on state management of education, guide professional management of education, directly act as lecturers in training courses, provide professional training for staff in the education sector, participate in consulting on building schools that meet national standards, participate in inspections and examinations of specialized subjects at all levels of education... and other tasks as required by competent authorities. However, due to work requirements, seconded officers working at the Department of Education and Training are not entitled to summer vacation or position allowance.
Citing a series of regulations, conditions and tasks of seconded officials, Mr. Tran Xuan Nhuong said that seconded officials working at the Department of Education and Training from 2021 to September 2023 "ensure sufficient conditions to enjoy preferential allowances and seniority according to regulations". Therefore, he proposed that the District People's Committee continue to arrange seconded officials to work to meet the functional and task requirements of the department; not to collect back the paid allowances; assign educational institutions to arrange seconded officials to directly teach a reasonable number of hours, and enjoy preferential allowances and seniority allowances from September 2023.
The leaders of the Department of Education and Training of Quynh Luu district proposed to continue implementing the regime in the spirit of Official Dispatch No. 6612/UBND-TH dated September 24, 2012 and Directive No. 15/CT.UBND dated August 30, 2019 of the Provincial People's Committee: Have specific, stable, reasonable and appropriate mechanisms and policies for managers and seconded officials working at the Department of Education and Training.
In Dien Chau district, Mr. Pham Xuan Sanh - Vice Chairman of the District People's Committee also sent a document to the Provincial People's Committee and relevant departments on this issue. "The suspension of payment and collection has greatly affected the lives, both material and spiritual, of the seconded teachers when all allowances (preferential, seniority...) had to be stopped. Thus, the income of seconded teachers in the department will be much lower than that of teachers working at schools (with additional seniority allowances, preferential allowances...). Not to mention that after retirement, they will not be counted for insurance allowances," said Mr. Sanh.
According to Mr. Sanh, before being assigned to the Department of Education and Training, these people were all good, experienced, and professionally competent managers and teachers in schools (mostly principals, vice principals, union presidents, and team leaders). Therefore, if they do not have any allowances, it will create inequality among civil servants and public employees in the Department of Education and Training. Moreover, the districts have difficulty in mobilizing good managers and teachers to work at the Department of Education and Training, affecting professional management as required.
The leaders of the People's Committee of Dien Chau district proposed that, in the near future, to ensure that seconded officials working at the Department of Education and Training can work with peace of mind, meet the requirements of their job positions, contribute to stabilizing and improving the quality of the team of civil servants and public employees, continue to arrange seconded officials at the Department of Education and Training to directly teach a number of lessons at schools and receive preferential allowances and seniority allowances according to State regulations, so that these teachers can work with peace of mind, continue to contribute to the industry, and contribute to the further development of the Education and Training industry.
