On November 20, continuing the 8th session, the National Assembly discussed the draft Law on Teachers in the hall. The contents of the draft Law on Teachers received much attention and contributions from National Assembly delegates.
Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son shared about the construction process, notable points and expectations for the Law on Teachers - a draft Law that, when issued, is expected to affirm and maintain the position and enhance the status of teachers.
Reporter: In the draft Law on Teachers, one of the points considered a “breakthrough” is the proposal that “the education sector has a more active role and initiative in recruiting, using and managing teachers”. Can the Minister explain why the draft Law on Teachers makes this proposal?
Minister Nguyen Kim Son: State management of teachers is an important and consistent content in the process of developing the teaching staff, from the time they first enter the profession, develop their career until they retire. State management of teachers needs a suitable specialized legal framework, in which teachers, both public and non-public, see themselves, their profession, their mission, their development path, only then can they bring success to learners and meet the expectations of society.
It can be said that the Law on Teachers is an opportunity for us to adjust our viewpoints and thinking in state management of teachers. The Law on Teachers needs to demonstrate innovation and institutional improvement in state management of teachers, shifting the focus from personnel management to human resource management.
The fundamental difference between human resource management and current personnel management is that teachers are seen as a key resource contributing to the success of education. This resource includes professionals in the teaching profession, trained, recruited, employed and compensated according to a system of regulations implemented by the education sector, to ensure a connection between the quantity, quality and structure of the teaching staff with the goals and development requirements of education.
Shifting the state management mindset on teachers to a human resource management model is an urgent requirement, especially in the current period when education is facing the requirements of fundamental and comprehensive innovation.
The Law on Teachers will be a consistent, effective and efficient legal framework for creating and developing the teaching staff. In particular, the subject of state management of teachers is emphasized on the responsibility of the Education sector and is specifically decentralized from the Ministry to the Department, Division and educational institutions. The orientation of the Law will increase the professional factor, focusing on the quality factor in both the training and recruitment of teachers.
I emphasize the professional and quality factors in teacher management because this factor will ensure that state management has innovation in both the public and private sectors. The law will also guide unified and smooth management throughout the system with clear decentralization but ensure recruitment, mobilization, exchange, and use in a smooth and unified manner nationwide.
We hope that state management of teachers built on such professional and quality factors will lead to tighter and more substantial management, and teachers will feel more comfortable and free in their professional activities and have more conditions to develop themselves and contribute to the profession.
Reporter: The Teachers Law Project continues to propose that "teachers' salaries are given the highest priority in the administrative career salary scale system". Previously, this content was stated in Resolution 29-NQ/TW on fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training, and was recently mentioned again in Conclusion 91-KL/TW of the Politburo on continuing to implement Resolution 29-NQ/TW. However, after 10 years of implementing Resolution 29, this content has not been implemented. Will it be implemented this time when included in the draft Law, Minister?
Minister Nguyen Kim Son: Our Party and State always identify "education and training as the top national policy", as a strategic priority. Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW clearly defines the salary policy for teachers, Conclusion 91-KL/TW of the Politburo recently reiterated, that shows the concern of the Party and State, shows the viewpoint of implementing policies to develop the teaching staff. And this helps the teaching staff to be very excited, confident in the leadership, the concern of the Party and State for education in general and the teaching staff in particular.
During the past time, although there have been changes, we have not basically implemented much in terms of salary policy for teachers, because there are still many difficulties.
It can be seen that teachers make up a large number, with over 1 million people receiving salaries from the State budget. Therefore, although we are really concerned, to realize this concern, we still have to balance the state budget that can be paid. Our country has just escaped poverty not long ago, the need for resources for national development is still very high and the labor force in general still has many difficulties, not just the teaching staff. Therefore, although there is a very clear direction, to implement it, we will need more appropriate calculations about resources.
When proposing a salary policy in the draft Law on Teachers, we also want to emphasize that this is necessary and needs to be considered. From a certain perspective, it is also necessary to recognize that in the recent past, although not much has been done, with two adjustments to the basic salary, the lives of teachers have also improved a step, bringing teachers a lot of encouragement.
Reporter: One of the great motivations for teachers to stick with their profession and love their profession is the status and honor of the profession. According to the Minister, what solutions are needed to continue to improve the status of teachers in the current context?
Minister Nguyen Kim Son: It must be affirmed that the teaching force always loves their profession and really wants to be shared and recognized by society, to best express themselves, contribute to their profession and have the opportunity to demonstrate their professional responsibility.
In recent times, the Law on Education and the Law on Higher Education have created a very important legal basis for industry management and innovation in the field of education and training. However, as a very special force of civil servants and workers, it is also necessary to have additional legal bases for the recognition, responsibilities, obligations and rights of teachers to be institutionalized.
With the draft Law on Teachers being submitted to the National Assembly for its first comments at this 8th Session, we hope that the policies mentioned in the Law, when passed and implemented in practice, will be an important tool to develop the teaching force.
The reason why the issue of teachers' salaries has not been implemented as expected in the past 10 years is partly due to the lack of legal basis. I hope that the Law on Teachers will solve the problems of legal basis for innovation in teacher management, for affirmations, professional expressions and policies for teachers. This will contribute significantly to affirming and maintaining the position, enhancing the position of teachers in society.
PV : Thank you, Minister!
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