Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested to rearrange teacher training schools and arrange teachers appropriately.

On the morning of August 6, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the Ministry of Education and Training held an online conference to summarize the 2018-2019 school year and deploy tasks for the 2019-2020 school year.

Also attending was Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam. On the Nghe An side, there were comrades Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of the Department of Education and Training and education and training departments of 21 districts and cities, leaders of relevant departments, branches and sectors and representatives of universities and colleges located in the province. Photo: Duc Anh

Teachers are the deciding factor in the quality of education.

The 2018-2019 school year marks 5 years of implementing Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW on fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training and is the year the whole country makes a breakthrough to implement the Resolutions of the 12th National Party Congress. During this school year, the whole sector has also persistently implemented 9 main groups of tasks and 5 groups of basic solutions to improve the quality of comprehensive education and achieved many remarkable results.

At this conference, the delegates also focused on analyzing the existing problems of the education sector in the past year. In particular, many opinions mentioned the arrangement of teaching staff in schools such as local surplus and shortage, teacher training not close to reality, foreign language teaching in schools is not effective...

Commenting on this issue, the Principal of Hanoi National University of Education, Nguyen Van Minh, said: The teaching staff is the decisive factor for the success of educational innovation. Therefore, if management is outdated, it will be a "golden hoop" that limits teachers' creativity.

Teachers are the factor that determines the quality of education in schools. Photo: My Ha

The Principal of Hanoi National University of Education also requested the Ministry of Education and Training to compile statistics on the total situation of surplus and shortage of teachers nationwide. In order to have a new effective training plan, close to actual needs and to attract good students to the teaching profession: If there are conditions of human resources and material resources but the input quality is not guaranteed, it will be difficult to train a teacher in the future.

To avoid the situation of "mullet fish with heads", the Principal of the University of Education wants the government to restructure the teacher training school because "a family with many children is not effective".

Many entrance exams are tense.

Regarding the implementation of Resolution No. 29 on comprehensive fundamental education and training innovation, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said: Any innovation in education must have a roadmap, time, and requires perseverance and steadfastness. However, the innovation process must promote the good values ​​of the nation but must comply with the development of the world.

Specifically, general education must ensure enough schools, enough classes, enough teachers for students to study 2 shifts a day and regardless of the input. The Deputy Prime Minister also said: Currently, the entrance exam is stressful, which means that the principles are not followed.

The National High School Exam is an innovation of the entire education sector, although it still faces many difficulties. Photo: My Ha

At university level, being a university means doing scientific research, not only imparting knowledge but also creating science.

In the coming school year, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam also requested that schools need to strengthen students’ ethics, lifestyle and personality. The implementation must be substantial, closely following the three slogans: Compete to teach well, study well, all for beloved students and Uncle Ho’s 5 teachings.

Teaching ethics should not be seen as the responsibility of an ethics teacher but as the responsibility of all teachers and should be taught not with lofty things but with everyday things.

Education must be the top national policy.

Concluding the conference, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc highly appreciated the efforts of the entire education sector in the last school year. The Prime Minister also affirmed: There is no socio-economic miracle that is not associated with education and training, education must be the top national policy.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc frankly pointed out the current shortcomings of the education sector such as the slow arrangement of teacher training schools, affecting the quality of teacher training; and the lack of many key training majors.

At the general education level, many localities have not paid attention to allocating land for general schools, especially in industrial parks and export processing zones. The local shortage of teachers, especially preschool teachers, has not been resolved, hindering sustainable development or overloading schools and classrooms. "We should not apply machines, wherever there are students, there must be teachers," the Prime Minister emphasized.

The education of ethics and lifestyle, and practical skills education still have many limitations, shortcomings and lack of time and suitable curriculum. Violations of ethics and lifestyle by students and some teachers have affected the fine customs of the Vietnamese people.

In the coming school year, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested that localities review the school network system and allocate enough land to build schools, especially preschools, completely resolve the lack of preschools in industrial parks and have cultural institutions for students.

In addition, it is necessary to arrange enough teachers for all levels. In particular, schools are responsible for educating students in ethics and lifestyle, and enhancing the teaching of life skills.

The Prime Minister requested to strengthen the teaching of ethics and lifestyle in schools through practical lessons. Photo: My Ha

In addition, it is necessary to accelerate the restructuring of teacher training colleges, focusing on key teacher training colleges. Teacher training colleges must train graduates to be educators, not teachers; teacher training colleges must be exemplary. Localities must place orders for teacher training colleges. In addition, higher education institutions must review more vigorously to ensure development. Inspect and stop schools with poor and ineffective training programs.

The sector also needs to pay attention to education in mountainous areas, and soon hold a thematic conference to discuss this issue so that schools in mountainous areas can be solidified, with appropriate mechanisms for teachers and students, and not create too great a gap between schools in mountainous areas and lowland areas. Promote activities to encourage learning and talent in the national education system.