Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council: Regularly urge teachers to implement discipline and administrative discipline well

On the morning of August 16, the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Team No. 9, headed by Comrade Cao Thi Hien - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, had a working session with the Department of Education and Training on the results of the implementation of the Project to promote administrative reform; improve the quality of cadres, civil servants and public employees in the period of 2016 - 2020. Attending the meeting were representatives of the Education sector and related departments, branches and sectors. Photo: Thanh Quynh

Putting administrative reform into practice

Reporting at the working session, the representative of the Department of Education and Training said that the Department has focused on implementing synchronous solutions to put administrative reform (AR) into practice.

Through inspection and review, 56 provincial administrative procedures, 34 district procedures and 5 commune procedures have been simplified and the processing time has been shortened. In addition, it is recommended to adjust and replace 5 documents and abolish 3 documents out of a total of 37 issued legal documents.

The implementation of the one-stop shop and one-stop shop mechanism has been deployed synchronously, accordingly, 100% of the list of provincial-level administrative procedures, addresses and contents of feedback and recommendations have been made public and announced at the Department of receiving dossiers and returning results.

The quality of the staff, civil servants and public employees has been improved through the effective implementation of Plan 07/KH-UBND on implementing the Project "Training and fostering teachers and managers of educational institutions to meet the requirements of comprehensive fundamental innovation of general education in the period 2016 - 2020, with a vision to 2025" of the Government in Nghe An province.

Representatives of the Department of Education and Training reported on the implementation of the Project to promote administrative reform and improve the quality of cadres, civil servants and public employees in the period 2016 - 2020. Photo: Thanh Quynh

As of 2019, the entire education sector has reduced 3 kindergartens, 17 high schools, 12 junior high schools, 12 continuing education centers; reduced 36 kindergartens and 40 primary schools.

Reduce 582 professional groups and 1,291 office groups, especially units under the Department of Education and Training: reduce 174/467 professional groups (reaching 37.2%); 71/76 office groups (reaching 93.4%).

Reduced 2 departments at the Department compared to 2015; regarding Department-level leadership, reduced 2 heads and 4 deputy heads of specialized departments and offices; 245 team leaders and 127 deputy team leaders at departments and organizations within affiliated units.

However, the representative of the Department of Education and Training also pointed out the shortcomings and limitations in implementing the Project when up to now, there has been no assessment of the satisfaction level of people and organizations with the public services of the sector; the mechanism for decentralizing state budget management for high schools in the province has not been unified between professional management, payroll and finance; the staff working on handling administrative procedures through Online Public Services has been slow to change...

Many issues related to administrative reform and public finance reform were requested by members of the inspection team to be clarified by representatives of the education sector. Photo: Thanh Quynh

Improve the quality of teaching and learning

Discussing at the working session, members of the working group requested the Department's leaders to clarify the contents related to the mechanism of autonomy and self-responsibility for the use of staff and administrative management costs; the work of drafting legal documents under the authority of the responsible sector; targets for shortening the time to process administrative procedures and simplifying unnecessary procedures; re-evaluating the effectiveness of merging schools, especially high schools; difficulties and solutions in the use of online public services...

Through the discussion, the representative of the Department of Education and Training had specific explanations for the contents raised by the working group.

Up to now, the entire education sector has streamlined 36 kindergartens and 40 primary schools. Photo: Thanh Quynh

Concluding the meeting, Comrade Cao Thi Hien acknowledged the innovation and creativity of the Education sector in promoting administrative reform and improving the quality of cadres, civil servants and public employees in recent times.

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council emphasized: "The Education sector needs to focus on implementing key mechanisms and policies to create a "push" in improving the effectiveness of project implementation, in which the ultimate core goal is to improve the quality of teaching and learning".

Regarding education in mountainous areas, the sector needs to pay attention to the teacher rotation mechanism, pay attention to upgrading facilities, equipment and planning the school system to best meet the quality of education.

In the coming time, industry leaders need to continue to promote their role in implementing key tasks in administrative reform; regularly inspect and urge cadres and teachers to implement good discipline and administrative rules as well as increase the application of information technology in management and teaching.