Is the notice of termination of labor contracts of teachers at Nguyen Truong To High School correct?

(Baonghean.vn). One day before the opening ceremony, 10 former teachers who had taught for many years at Nguyen Truong To Private High School (Vinh City) suddenly announced that they had to quit their jobs. This incident surprised many teachers...

On September 4, 2011, in a meeting between the school's Board of Directors and the teachers, along with the farewell to the old principal, the Board of Directors of Nguyen Truong To High School announced a list of 10 teachers who will retire this school year.

Nguyen Truong To Private High School.

Among them, many teachers have contributed to the school for many years. Teacher Huong, although on maternity leave, and Ms. Dao, who is on medical leave, were also announced to be fired. In response to this incident, in a petition sent by some school teachers to Nghe An Newspaper, they expressed their dissatisfaction with the wrongdoings of Mr. Dang Quang Hung - the school's principal who had just taken office for 3 days, but did not understand "for what reason he suddenly announced the dismissal of 10 teachers and long-time staff who had contributed to the school without a single explanation, without a decision, but only invited them to "give flowers" to say goodbye..."

Learning more from the teachers, we learned that most of the people on the list were former teachers at public schools. During the time when they had not yet retired, they had a contract to teach by class at Nguyen Truong To Secondary School (now a private school). After the teachers retired, they became full-time teachers here with a "fixed-term contract", signed once a year, usually starting from the beginning of the school year (September) to the end of the school year (May).

The contract signing usually begins about 1 month after the school year begins. Although he has not been an official teacher for the past 22 years (since the establishment of Nguyen Truong To School), Mr. Phan Van Ky has gotten used to the new school year but the school has not renewed the contract. Therefore, when he received the notice that he would have to stop teaching this school year, Mr. Ky and many other teachers were very surprised.

Regarding this incident, during a meeting with us, Ms. Hoang Thi My Thien, Vice Principal, admitted that the Board of Directors had made hasty decisions. The reason for this action, Ms. Thien said: The reduction of teachers had been considered by the Board of Directors since the end of the 2010-2011 school year, because in this school year, according to the approved plan of the Department of Education and Training, the school was only allowed to enroll 13 classes with 45 students/class, a decrease of 126 students compared to the previous school year.

Among the teachers currently teaching, we are forced to prioritize permanent teachers (teachers who have signed long-term contracts with the school) and young, healthy teachers... As for Ms. Huong's case, the school has only just put it forward for consideration and will create conditions if she wishes to continue teaching at the school after her maternity leave.

Thus, the school needs to terminate the contracts of teachers with long-term contributions step by step and should not be hasty, especially when the Principal has only received the appointment notice for 3 days. The new Board of Directors of Nguyen Truong To High School should consider this a lesson in management.

Song Hoang