Noting that the Law on Teachers is certainly highly anticipated by teachers, General Secretary To Lam requested that the law must truly honor teachers and truly create favorable conditions for those working in education.
On the morning of November 9, speaking at the National Assembly's discussion session on the draft Law on Teachers, General Secretary To Lam sent his congratulations to teachers on the upcoming Vietnamese Teachers' Day, November 20. The General Secretary also said that teachers are waiting a lot for this draft law, so the law must be enacted in a way that makes teachers feel truly excited, honored and facilitated to contribute.
The General Secretary emphasized the important position of teachers in education: "Teachers are the main subjects and play an important role." However, the draft law must also address the interrelationship between teachers and students in education and training.
General Secretary To Lam speaks at the group discussion on the draft Law on Teachers. Photo: Pham Thang
In the teacher-student relationship, according to the General Secretary , it is necessary to resolve a very important policy of universalizing education, gradually moving forward, children of school age must go to school, universalizing preschool, primary, and secondary education. If we move forward, we will eliminate tuition fees, and the state will feed school-age children. Therefore, according to the General Secretary , there cannot be a shortage of teachers.
"Then we cannot say there is a lack of teachers. If there are students, there must be teachers. Through population data, we can immediately know how many children will go to school in each commune, ward, district, and city. So if there are students, we must proactively have teachers. If there are no teachers, how will the children go to school? Whatever leads to the shortage must be resolved. If there are students and teachers, there must be schools. We cannot plan and manage without schools," the General Secretary said.
Noting that this is a very current issue, the General Secretary emphasized that the relationship between teachers and students must be resolved. If there are students, there must be teachers. Therefore, many policies must be included in the draft law.
According to the General Secretary , a teacher must be a scientist and must have very deep expertise, but there can no longer be a law on scientists, so everything must be expressed and generalized in this law.
The General Secretary also raised the issue that the country is entering integration, so how should education and training and teachers integrate?
"We recently announced the universalization of English in education. Teachers must have a certain level of English for students to be able to universalize it. Are there any regulations here that teachers are foreign? Do foreigners who come to teach comply with Vietnam's Teachers' Law? These must have specific policies," said the General Secretary .
According to General Secretary To Lam, not only foreign language teachers are required to have English, but math and literature teachers also need to have it. These issues need to be calculated and reflected in policies.
Discussion scene of group 1, morning of November 9. Photo: Pham Thang
Another issue that needs attention, according to the General Secretary , is mobilizing resources from teachers when they reach retirement age in the policy of building a lifelong learning society.
"Old people still go to school. When teachers reach retirement age and are no longer allowed to teach, it will be very difficult. We must encourage socialization and encourage older teachers to participate in education and teaching," said the General Secretary .
The General Secretary also noted the need to specify policies in special educational environments to facilitate the work of teachers. For example, teachers in prisons, teachers in remote areas... In some mountainous areas, teachers have to coax students to go to school, support students to go to school, and teachers have to sacrifice.
Particularly for remote areas, the General Secretary suggested paying attention to living issues, building public housing for teachers to create conditions for living and building families. The education sector must have incentive policies for disadvantaged areas, calculating the issue of on-site training. Because this is currently the "lowland" of education and training.
"I found it difficult to go to the mountainous areas. The students' houses are 20-30 km from the school, so how can they go there every day? The boarding school is difficult, so the students have no place to eat, live, and even less for the teachers, so how can that be done? The teacher went to the school in the mountainous areas, there were no young people, only police and border guards, all her youth was there, so how can she get married now? The soldiers and commune police also do not have official houses, so who will solve this problem?", the General Secretary shared. He said that very special places must have specific policies.
Note that the Law on Teachers is certainly highly anticipated by teachers. General Secretary To Lam requested that the law must truly honor teachers and truly create favorable conditions for teachers.
"Don't let the law make it more difficult for teachers," General Secretary To Lam emphasized.
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