Mr. Nguyen Dac Vinh said the latest draft Law on Teachers is revised in the direction of removing the specific regulation on increasing teachers' salary by 1 level when first ranking their salary.
Chairman of the Committee for Culture and Education Nguyen Dac Vinh - Photo: GIA HAN
On the morning of February 7, the National Assembly Standing Committee gave opinions on receiving, explaining, and revising the draft Law on Teachers.
Delegating recruitment authority to the education sector is necessary
Presenting a report on a number of major issues regarding the reception, explanation, and revision of the bill, Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Education Nguyen Dac Vinh said that many opinions agreed with the regulation on assigning the authority to recruit teachers to the education sector.
However, there are also opinions suggesting clarifying the agencies that are decentralized and authorized to recruit; there are opinions suggesting carefully reviewing regulations to ensure compatibility and consistency with related laws.
Regarding this content, Mr. Vinh stated that assigning recruitment authority to the education sector is necessary.
This not only ensures the authenticity of recruitment, but also enhances responsibility and creates conditions for the industry to be proactive in recruiting, using, managing and developing teachers, meeting the requirements of quantity, structure and quality.
From there, it contributes to overcoming the situation of local surplus, shortage and imbalance in the structure of teachers.
Receiving the opinions of National Assembly deputies, Mr. Vinh emphasized that the bill is adjusted in the direction that public educational institutions are given autonomy, the head of the educational institution carries out recruitment and is responsible for his/her decisions.
For public educational institutions that have not been granted autonomy, the competent authority managing the educational institution shall carry out the recruitment of teachers or decentralize the recruitment to the educational management agency or the head of the educational institution.
The education management agency shall preside over advising the competent authority managing the educational institution to implement or preside over advising on the decentralization of recruitment; non-public educational institutions shall autonomously carry out recruitment according to their own regulations on organization and operation.
The above adjustment affirms the role and responsibility of the educational management agency in advising; ensuring consistency with the provisions of the Law on Organization of Local Government, the Law on Civil Servants and the Labor Code.
Proposal for early retirement for preschool teachers
Regarding salary and benefits policies for teachers, Mr. Vinh said that some opinions agree with the regulation of increasing 1 salary level in the administrative career salary scale system for teachers who are recruited and paid for the first time.
Some opinions are still concerned and do not agree with this regulation and suggest that it is necessary to assess the impact of this policy in general relation to the team of cadres, civil servants and public employees of the political system.
Receiving the opinions of National Assembly delegates, Mr. Vinh clearly stated that the revised bill will remove the specific provision on increasing 1 salary level in the administrative career salary scale system for teachers who are recruited and paid for the first time.
Teachers' salaries are ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale system; improving salary policies for civil servants and public employees needs to be researched and calculated synchronously in the process of building salary policies according to job positions.
The Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Education added that many opinions agreed with the policy of allowing preschool teachers to retire before the legal age.
At the same time, it is proposed to add the criterion that teachers must have paid social insurance for 20 years or more to be eligible for early retirement and not have their pension benefits deducted.
However, there are concerns about the resources to ensure the implementation of this policy and that the principle of contribution and benefit must be ensured according to the Law on Social Insurance.
Regarding this content, the Standing Committee of the Committee believes that allowing preschool teachers to retire early compared to the age prescribed by law is a policy built on the characteristics of the professional activities of this group, and is suitable for the characteristics of preschool learners.
In response to the opinions of National Assembly deputies, the bill has revised and supplemented the regulation that teachers in preschools, if they wish, can retire at an age lower than the retirement age of employees under normal conditions, but not more than 5 years.
Along with that, the pension percentage due to early retirement will not be reduced if social insurance has been paid for 20 years or more. At the same time, the bill amends and supplements the provisions of the Law on Social Insurance in the transitional provisions.
Previously, in the bill submitted to the 8th session, it was proposed that teachers recruited and paid for the first time would be given a 1-level salary increase in the administrative career salary scale system.
After being accepted and revised, the draft law consists of 9 chapters and 46 articles, 4 articles less than the draft submitted at the 8th session.
The bill is expected to be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration and approval at the 9th session (May 2025).
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