Hanoi Department of Home Affairs speaks out

A representative of the Hanoi Department of Home Affairs said that they had received a letter from nearly 2,500 Hanoi teachers expressing their desire to stop requiring exams to be considered for promotion and salary increase.

2.500 giáo viên viết tâm thư mong bỏ thi thăng hạng, Sở Nội vụ Hà Nội nói gì?

2,500 teachers write a letter asking to skip the promotion exam. (Illustration photo - Source: Vietnamnet)

Recently, the news that many teachers in Hanoi sent letters to the Department of Education and Training (DET), the Department of Home Affairs and the Hanoi People's Committee expressing their wishes to be considered (without having to take an exam) for promotion to the professional title (CDNN) of teachers is attracting public attention.

Specifically, nearly 2,500 teachers wrote a letter sharing that they would be disadvantaged if Hanoi organized exams to promote teachers, while in some other localities teachers are considered for promotion without having to take exams.

Mr. Tran Dinh Canh - Director of Hanoi Department of Home Affairs, said that the Department has received a letter from Hanoi teachers.

“At this time, we are in the process of compiling a list from departments, branches, sectors, districts and counties that have registered to change the CDNN rank. However, currently, there is no policy to organize exams or consider promotion. This content is being implemented according to the Government's Decree on the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants and the Circular of the Ministry of Home Affairs; there has been no change,” said Mr. Canh.

Mr. Canh added that he understood the spirit of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Home Affairs agreeing to abolish the exam for promotion to the rank of CDNN. However, according to Mr. Canh, that is only a policy, and currently there has been no change according to the guiding circular of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Therefore, the Hanoi Department of Home Affairs cannot decide on the exam or the consideration for promotion to the rank of CDNN teachers.

Regarding this issue, the Ministry of Education and Training has informed the regulations on standards for civil servant training and promotion of civil servant training in accordance with the general regulations of the National Assembly in the 2010 Law on Civil Servants and the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Cadres, Civil Servants and the Law on Civil Servants.

At the same time, the regulation also follows the detailed instructions of the Government in Decree No. 115 on recruitment, use and management of civil servants. The promotion of CDNN from a lower rank to the next higher rank in the same professional field is carried out through examination and review.

Organizing the promotion of CDNN by examination or consideration at the local level is at the discretion of the agency or unit with the authority to organize the examination or consideration of promotion of CDNN according to the provisions of law.

The Ministry of Education and Training does not have the authority to abolish the regulation on examinations for promotion of teachers and also does not have the authority to propose that localities implement a unified form of promotion. However, according to the Ministry of Education and Training, the proposal of teachers to abolish the form of examinations for promotion of teachers is well-founded.

The Ministry of Education and Training also said that it had received a document requesting comments from the Ministry of Home Affairs on the removal of the CDNN promotion exam in the draft decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 115 and the Ministry of Education and Training had responded in writing in agreement with this content. Currently, the Ministry of Home Affairs is advising the Government to remove the CDNN promotion exam.

The Ministry recommends that localities, based on practical situations, consider and choose appropriate forms to organize the promotion of teachers' CDNN to create favorable conditions and ensure that teachers who are truly worthy of promotion are identified.

Previously, nearly 2,500 teachers in Hanoi wrote a letter expressing their desire to abolish the CDNN promotion exam. According to them, CDNN promotion is a reward, recognition and encouragement for teachers' achievements and contributions, but the implementation is not consistent between localities, while one province organizes the exam, another locality has to take the exam.

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