Nghe An Provincial People's Council examines plan to allocate nearly 2,200 teacher positions

Planned allocation of 2,187 teacher positions

Scene of the review meeting. Comrade Pham Thanh Chung - Standing Member of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Legal Department chaired the review meeting. Photo: Mai Hoa

On the morning of April 11, the Legal Committee of the Provincial People's Council held a meeting to review the draft resolution on approving additional teacher staff for the 2023-2024 school year and adjusting the total staff of civil servants in public service units and associations in 2024.

Attending the review meeting were comrade Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; representatives of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation and related provincial departments and branches.

Deputy Director of the Department of Home Affairs Dau Dinh Duong presented the draft resolution to be submitted to the Legal Committee of the Provincial People's Council for review. Photo: Mai Hoa

The draft resolution was assigned by the Provincial People's Committee to the Department of Home Affairs to preside over and coordinate with the Department of Education and Training to develop on the basis of reviewing staffing needs and collecting opinions from the grassroots and participating opinions from relevant provincial departments and branches.

Accordingly, based on the decision to supplement the Central's teacher payroll for the province with 2,187 payrolls in Decision No. 2392, dated December 6, 2023 of the Central Organizing Committee; the plan to allocate additional payrolls according to each level of education: preschool 1,352 payrolls; primary school 369 payrolls; middle school 441 payrolls and high school 25 payrolls.

Deputy Chief of Office of the National Assembly Delegation and Provincial People's Council Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa raised concerns regarding the difference in the ratio of additional teacher allocation compared to the total number of teachers lacking compared to the quota between districts and schools. Photo: Mai Hoa

At the same time, allocating additional staff, the draft resolution also adjusts the total number of civil servants in public service units and association organizations in 2024 to 58,048 people; an increase of 2,187 positions compared to Resolution No. 77, dated December 7, 2023 of the Provincial People's Council on approving the total number of employees and contract workers receiving salaries from the budget in public service units and association organizations in 2024.

At the review meeting, based on studying the submission and draft resolution submitted by the Department of Home Affairs, the members attending the review meeting raised a number of concerns related to the allocation of additional staff between a number of localities and schools.

Deputy Head of the Economic - Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council Hoang Lan participated in the review at the meeting. Photo: Mai Hoa

For example, Dien Chau district is currently short of 766 teachers compared to the quota, and plans to add 231 positions; Quynh Luu district is short of 737 teachers compared to the quota, and plans to add 239 positions; Thanh Chuong district is short of 683 teachers compared to the quota, and plans to add 106 positions...

Meanwhile, Do Luong district lacks 466 teachers compared to the planned number, and plans to add 211 positions; Nghi Loc district lacks 573 teachers compared to the planned number, and plans to add 183 positions; Con Cuong district lacks 9 teachers according to the planned number, and plans to add 9 positions...

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Nhu Khoi suggested that the agency drafting the resolution on the allocation of additional staff should study the actual situation of teacher surplus and shortage and student fluctuations through a universal survey. Photo: Mai Hoa

Some opinions say that the addition of staff to high schools in Vinh city has not met the reality of increasing student numbers and the policy of opening more classes in current schools.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Nhu Khoi raised concerns about the name of the draft resolution related to approving additional teacher staff for the 2023-2024 school year; however, from now until the draft resolution is submitted to the Provincial People's Council for approval, plus recruitment in localities after the resolution takes effect, there will be several months left, meaning the 2023-2024 school year has ended; he suggested that the drafting agency should think and consider.

In addition, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also requested that the agency drafting the resolution should further study the bases related to the reality of local surplus and shortage of teachers and the data of universal education survey to calculate the scientific and long-term allocation for the following years, not just for this 2023-2024 school year.

Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training Dao Cong Loi clarified a number of issues raised by meeting participants. Photo: Mai Hoa

Based on the opinions of the meeting participants, the Legal Committee of the Provincial People's Council requested the resolution drafting agency, the Department of Home Affairs, to accept and amend, clarify the bases and supplement the forms to clarify the plan for allocating additional staff to localities and schools.

Specific allocation plan

It is expected to allocate 1,352 preschool teacher positions to 18 districts, cities and towns (except for 3 districts of Ky Son, Tuong Duong, Que Phong); in which, the unit with the most is Dien Chau district with 164 positions; Quynh Luu district with 157 positions; Do Luong district with 150 positions; Yen Thanh district with 148 positions; Vinh city with 121 positions...

Head of the Culture and Social Committee of the Provincial People's Council Chu Duc Thai participated in the review. Photo: Mai Hoa

Allocate 369 primary school teacher positions to 15 districts, cities and towns (except 6 units: Ky Son, Anh Son, Tuong Duong, Quy Chau, Con Cuong, Que Phong); in which, the most is Vinh city with 60 additional positions; Dien Chau district with 47 positions; Quynh Luu district with 44 positions; Nghi Loc district with 37 positions...

Allocate 441 junior high school teacher positions to 18 districts, cities and towns (except Cua Lo town and Ky Son and Que Phong districts); of which, the most is Vinh city with 90 positions; Do Luong district with 61 positions; Yen Thanh district with 49 positions; Quynh Luu district with 37 positions...

Particularly, 25 additional high school staff positions are allocated to 17 schools in the province, each school is assigned 1-2 additional positions.

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