Nghe An teachers have high expectations for the draft Law on Teachers.
The Draft Law on Teachers is an issue of public concern and directly relates to nearly 1.6 million teachers nationwide. When the draft Law is promulgated and put into practice, it is expected to contribute to resolving many current problems.
Previously, according to the Government's Submission, the Law on Teachers was built to fully and promptly institutionalize the Party and State's guidelines, policies and strategies on teachers, especially the viewpoint that "Education development is the top national policy", and teachers "play a decisive role in ensuring the quality of education".
Besides, the constructionLaw on Teachersalso aims to perfect the synchronous, unified, comprehensive legal framework to create a legal basis to implement the central, consistent goal of building and developing a team of teachers with sufficient quantity and good quality. At the same time, honor teachers and motivate teachers and learners, create conditions for teachers to work with peace of mind, love their profession, be dedicated and responsible for their profession; contribute to perfecting the legal system on education.
Nghe An Newspaper recorded some opinions and expectations related to this draft Law:
Ms. Hoang Phuong Thao - Head of Vinh City Department of Education and Training: It is necessary to give autonomy to the education sector in using teachers.
For the Vinh City Education and Training sector, the shortage of teachers is still happening if calculated according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training. Therefore, if the Education and Training sector is given the authority to balance the proportion of teachers in schools according to the characteristics of the sector, it will certainly ensure the number of teachers in class and avoid the situation of local surplus - shortage in schools. Because more than anyone else, the sector knows which aspects will be promoted and which subjects will be strengthened in the next phase.
Simply, with the Natural Science subject currently integrating the 3 subjects Chemistry - Physics - Biology of the old 2006 textbook program, the industry will be able to orient how to recruit teachers to overcome the situation of teacher surplus.
Besides, education is a special industry. If teachers are governed by the Law on Civil Servants and Emulation and Commendation like all other industries, it will be very inappropriate, such as the fact that other industries consider emulation based on the administrative year, but the Education industry classifies emulation based on the school year. Therefore, each year, the Education industry must consider emulation twice.
In my opinion, if it is called a specific thing, then those in the industry will understand it. Therefore, we must give autonomy to the education sector in all the conditions that are guaranteed. Because when we are responsible for education, we must also be responsible for the conditions that are guaranteed. That is teachers, facilities, finance... If we can synchronize, it will ensure the improvement of the quality of education in schools.
Teacher Sam Minh Anh - teacher at Tri Le 2 Primary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities: The policy of attracting teachers to difficult areas will create motivation.
I graduated from the teacher training college and have been employed for 2 years. Currently my salary is more than 9 million VND/month for teachers working in the border area and compared to other areas, we have been given priority.
In the Law on Teachers, I am interested in the policy of attracting and employing highly qualified and talented people to become teachers. In addition, the law also mentions policies for teachers participating in teaching and education in ethnic minority areas, mountainous areas, border areas, islands and areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions, teachers who are ethnic minorities and teachers in some specific professions. These are all new points and if implemented, they will help teachers in general and ethnic minority teachers like us have more motivation to stick with the profession for a long time.
Teacher Nguyen Van Nam - Principal of Quang Trung High School (Dien Chau): Waiting for the Law, Teachers pay attention to non-public schools
When the Education sector had a policy of soliciting comments on the draft Law, the staff and teachers at my school were very interested and believed that if the Law was implemented, we would have a real "status".
In fact, for a long time, there has been a big difference between public and non-public schools, although there has not been a specific regulation. That affects the rights, regimes, and policies for schools and teachers. For example, with salary policy, currently, non-public teachers' salaries are paid by agreement between the board of directors and the teacher, there is no specific policy.
The payment of insurance and unemployment benefits also needs to be re-examined because teachers' income is not stable from month to month. We also hope that the Government will pay attention to investing in facilities and teaching equipment and in accordance with the general regulations of the industry...
Regarding the consultation for the new Law on Teachers,Mr. Thai Van Thanh - Director of Department of Education and Training,The XV National Assembly delegates said that the new Draft Law on Teachers has 6 new policies, such as establishing the legal status of non-public teachers, ensuring equality in rights and obligations for foreign teachers. That ensures a legal corridor and a favorable environment for teachers to work with peace of mind, love their jobs and be dedicated to their jobs; at the same time, it meets the wishes and aspirations of non-public teachers to be creative and contribute to the cause of educating people.
Or with the regulations on titles, professional standards of teachers, bases for professional standards of teachers... will be a "mirror" for teachers to self-evaluate, practice and self-improve in order to constantly develop their own expertise and profession, meeting the requirements of fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training. This is also an important tool to monitor and control the quality of the teaching staff.
With the regulations on recruitment and use of teachers, this policy fully reflects the characteristics of teachers' pedagogical work. That ensures the recruitment of quality teachers that are suitable for the job position, professional structure, subjects...
In addition, if the education sector is given the initiative to manage the payroll, this issue can be resolved effectively, helping the sector to build long-term, clear and sustainable teacher training strategies and plans.
When the Law on Teachers is promulgated and takes effect, it will contribute to innovation in State management of teachers, helping to improve the initiative of educational management agencies at all levels.
At the same time, it will fundamentally overcome the current limitations and shortcomings in teacher management and development and will be a solid legal corridor for developing the teaching staff, creating a great driving force to bring our country's education career to new heights.
Mr. Thai Van Thanh - Director of the Department of Education and Training, Member of the 15th National Assembly