On November 20, Vietnamese Teachers' Day, the National Assembly discussed the draft Law on Teachers. Before the discussion, the National Assembly expressed its deep gratitude and best wishes to veteran teachers, National Assembly deputies who have worked and are working in the education sector, and nearly 1.6 million teachers and education managers across the country.
Many delegates expressed their views and concerns about salary policies and allowances and preferential treatment for teachers. National Assembly Delegate Tran Van Thuc (Thanh Hoa Delegation), Director of the Department of Education and Training of Thanh Hoa province, said that the salary and preferential allowance levels of teachers, especially preschool and primary school teachers, are currently lower than the salaries of officials and civil servants in other sectors, especially mass organizations in the same area.
Need to build separate salary table for teachers
As a teacher, Mr. Thuc is concerned that the salary and professional allowances of teachers are not commensurate with their professional activities, not enough to meet the needs of social security, not enough to ensure the standard of living, especially for young teachers who are new to the profession and live in the plains and cities. Income pressure is one of the reasons leading to the situation of not being able to attract talented people to the teaching profession. "Reality shows that the salary for teachers, which is given the highest priority in Resolution No. 29, has not been applied in real life," said Mr. Thuc.
National Assembly Deputy Hoang Ngoc Dinh (Ha Giang Delegation) assessed that one of the important proposals in the draft Law stipulates that teachers are ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale system. Teachers who are recruited and ranked for the first time will have their salary increased by one level in the administrative career salary scale system. These regulations are appropriate to attract and retain good teachers, meeting the needs of sustainable education development.
Recalling that 27 years ago, in Resolution 2 of the 8th Central Committee, and Resolution 8 of the 11th Central Committee, it was affirmed that teachers' salaries are ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale system and have additional allowances appropriate to the nature of the job and according to the region according to the Government's regulations, National Assembly Delegate Chau Quynh Dao (Kien Giang Delegation) said that the Party's viewpoints and policies consistently and clearly demonstrate the dialectical relationship between the salary treatment regime and the responsibilities and missions of teachers in training human resources for the country, creating a premise for the country's socio-economic development must go hand in hand. However, in reality, the 2019 Education Law only stipulates that teachers are ranked in salary appropriate to their job position and professional workers are given priority to receive special allowances according to the Government's regulations.
"Thus, the implementation of this policy through law, through real life and between the Party's policies are not consistent with each other" - Ms. Dao said and pointed out that based on the current reality, teachers still receive salaries according to Decree No. 204, 20 years ago, which is not appropriate.
“In reality, the current regimes and policies for teachers such as salaries and allowances for teachers are still low, teachers' salaries are not really the main source of income to ensure teachers' lives, leading to many difficulties in teachers' lives. This leads to a situation where teachers are not confident in their work, a large number of teachers quit their jobs, especially young teachers. This is also the reason why it is not possible to attract talented people to the teaching profession, many localities lack teachers. Therefore, this draft Law stipulates preferential policies, salary and allowance regimes for teachers, which is necessary and appropriate to institutionalize Conclusion No. 91 of the Politburo and Resolution No. 29 of the Central Executive Committee, 11th tenure” - National Assembly Delegate Le Thi Ngoc Linh (Bac Lieu Delegation) said.
Teachers need to be protected.
According to National Assembly Deputy To Van Tam (Kon Tum Delegation), the draft Law has given the right to recruit teachers to the education management agency to preside over the recruitment or to delegate, authorize or the head of the educational institution to carry out the recruitment.
Mr. Tam agreed with this regulation and said that such delegation of authority creates a basis for educational management agencies and educational institutions to recruit teachers to meet the requirements of the education sector as well as to be proactive in coordinating staffing and teachers in the education sector.
However, Mr. Tam said that it is necessary to clarify special cases, giving priority to highly qualified and talented people. It is necessary to clearly explain what a highly qualified and talented person is to make it easier to implement when recruiting and thus also ensure the feasibility of this regulation.
National Assembly Deputy Huynh Thi Anh Suong (Quang Ngai Delegation) said that in reality, the lives of a number of teachers are still difficult, teachers cannot make a living from their profession, and salaries are not really the main source of income to ensure the lives of teachers, especially young teachers and preschool teachers. Teachers have not really received proper attention and protection from society, so there are still sad incidents about the behavior of society, parents, and students towards teachers.
Considering that these things lead to teachers not caring about their work, a large number of teachers have quit their jobs, changed jobs, and are also the reason for not being able to attract good people to the teaching profession, Ms. Suong suggested studying regulations on teachers' rights related to work, working environment, being protected, being respected, unless violating regulations, teachers are protected from any infringement including from students, parents, other people including criminal acts, illegal information dissemination.
“For teachers affected by acts of abuse and violence from many sides, there needs to be a protection and recovery support regime so that teachers can soon return to teaching. For teachers working in areas with many difficulties, it is necessary to regularly grasp and review the working environment conditions to promptly find solutions to improve and support teachers so that they can work with peace of mind,” Ms. Suong expressed.
Sharing the same view, according to National Assembly Deputy Nguyen Thi Ha (Bac Ninh Delegation), in the current context, when the rights of parents and students are being promoted, it seems that the rights of teachers are being neglected, especially the right to protect their dignity and honor, more specifically the right to protect dignity and honor in cyberspace. Therefore, the regulation stipulates that organizations and individuals are not allowed to publicly disclose information about teachers' violations when there is no official conclusion from competent authorities in the process of considering discipline or prosecuting legal responsibility for teachers. The content of this regulation is necessary to protect teachers, especially in the context of social networks and online media developing strongly as today, and if teachers commit violations, there are sanctions to handle them according to regulations, but the characteristics of teachers' professional activities are special, especially when teachers directly teach in class, which has a great influence on the psychology of students. Therefore, if there is no plan to protect teachers, the affected subjects will not only be teachers but also millions of future generations of the country.
National Assembly Deputy Thai Van Thanh (Nghe An Delegation), Director of the Department of Education and Training of Nghe An province, assessed that the policy of protecting and attracting teachers will create a legal corridor and conditions to attract talented people to be trained in pedagogical skills to become teachers.
“With the policy of protecting teachers, it will create a favorable and democratic working environment so that teachers can work with peace of mind, be dedicated to their profession, and be creative in a cultural space that is honored, recognized, and supported by the whole society,” said Mr. Thanh, adding that in the policy of teachers, the salary and allowance regime has a great influence on teachers. Therefore, when the Law is promulgated and takes effect, it will quickly resolve the difficulties in the lives of teachers, especially for teachers at preschool and specialized levels or teachers working in mountainous ethnic minority areas.
National Assembly Delegate Hoang Van Cuong (Hanoi Delegation):
The teaching staff accounts for 70% of the civil servants in the entire social force, while we apply the salary scale of the civil servant system to the teaching staff. Even if we say that it is ranked at the highest level, that is not appropriate. Therefore, we need to build a separate salary scale for the 70% of the civil servants who are teachers to suit the characteristics and job position of each teacher and the salary system needs to adequately compensate for labor costs so that teachers can feel secure, enthusiastic, and dedicated to their profession, without having to worry about working extra to make a living.
Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son:
The income of a large part of the 1.6 million teachers is still not enough to live on, and if it is not enough to live on, it is impossible to devote oneself to teaching. When considering a strategic breakthrough as a top national policy, there must be some priorities. Specifically, what salary can ensure teachers' living standards at a minimum level... Regarding teachers' extra teaching, we are advocating not to prohibit extra teaching but to prohibit extra teaching behaviors that violate teachers' ethics as well as professional principles.
21st working day, 8th session, 15th National Assembly
On November 20, the National Assembly entered the first working day of the second session, which is also the 21st working day, the 8th Session, 15th National Assembly at the National Assembly House, Hanoi.
Morning: Under the direction of Vice President of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh, the National Assembly held a plenary session in the hall to discuss the draft Law on Teachers.
Afternoon: * Content 1: Under the direction of Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong, the National Assembly held a plenary session in the hall, listening to the following contents: Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly's Ethnic Council Y Thanh Ha Nie Kdam, Head of the Drafting Committee presented the Report on the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Supervisory Activities of the National Assembly and People's Councils. Chairman of the National Assembly's Law Committee Hoang Thanh Tung presented the Report on the review of the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Supervisory Activities of the National Assembly and People's Councils.
* Content 2: Under the direction of Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai, the National Assembly discussed in the hall the following contents: Investment policy for the North-South high-speed railway project. Adjustment of investment policy for the Long Thanh International Airport project in Resolution No. 94/2015/QH13 of the National Assembly.
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