(Dan Tri) - Meeting with 60 outstanding teachers on the occasion of Vietnam Teachers' Day, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized the need to create institutional breakthroughs to develop the education sector and the teaching staff.
"The golden pages of education and training are written by generations of teachers"
On the afternoon of November 15, at the Government headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met and encouraged 60 outstanding teachers representing more than 1.6 million teachers from many regions across the country.
These are teachers who teach in areas with especially difficult conditions. They are key teachers, excellent teachers, with special achievements in teaching and nurturing excellent students. They are scientists with many prestigious publications domestically and internationally.
Speaking at the meeting on the occasion of Teachers' Day, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that throughout the nation's history, education has always been the fundamental pillar in building and nurturing civilization and preserving national cultural identity.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with representatives of teachers (Photo: Doan Bac).
Vietnam has transformed from a poor, backward country, heavily devastated by war, into a country with the 34th largest economy in the world by 2023; from a country that had to fight "hunger and ignorance" with more than 90% of its population illiterate, it has become the world's leading rice exporter and ranked 59th in the world in terms of education quality. This innovation has had a great contribution from the education sector.
In particular, implementing the Party's resolutions, including Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW, the education and training cause has achieved important achievements, actively contributing to improving people's knowledge, nurturing talents, promoting industrialization, modernization and international integration.
"The golden pages of education and training are written by generations of teachers" - the Prime Minister emphasized.
Education continues to be the top national policy
Looking towards a new era, an era of building a strong and prosperous country, the Prime Minister affirmed that education continues to be the top national policy. The country's education and training must be drastically reformed more fundamentally and comprehensively, must be built with real quality and creativity, adapt to the fourth industrial revolution and the strong development of digital technology and artificial intelligence, aiming to reach the advanced level of the Asian region by 2030 and the advanced level of the world by 2045.
The Prime Minister asked ministries and local agencies to continue focusing on investment in education (Photo: Doan Bac).
The Prime Minister requested ministries, branches and localities to continue to pay attention and care for the education and training career with the motto "Taking students as the center and subject - Teachers as the driving force - School as the support - Family as the fulcrum - Society as the foundation".
In particular, the Prime Minister emphasized the following three key tasks.
Firstly, continue to care for, look after, and support the education sector to increasingly carry out all strategic tasks that have been summarized and drawn from practice and stated in Conclusion No. 91-KL/TW of the Party Central Committee on continuing to implement Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW.
Closely coordinate with relevant agencies of the National Assembly; be receptive and listen to the opinions of organizations, experts, scientists, especially the opinions of National Assembly deputies to perfect the Law on Teachers, create institutional breakthroughs, create a solid legal basis for the development of the education sector in general and the teaching staff in particular in accordance with the direction of General Secretary To Lam: The Law on Education must make teachers truly excited, honored and create conditions for dedication.
At the same time, proactively draft documents guiding the implementation of the Law on Teachers, to promulgate and implement immediately after the National Assembly passes them.
Second, mobilize and effectively use resources to invest in facilities, especially kitchens, ensure school health and hygiene, and school hygiene; promote prevention and control of school violence; continue to build and develop school culture.
Third, improve the quality of teachers and staff working in education and training. Focus on reviewing and perfecting recruitment, employment and remuneration mechanisms and policies so that teachers can enjoy salaries commensurate with their efforts, especially preschool teachers, those working in remote, disadvantaged areas, teachers teaching in arduous and hazardous professions, etc.
In particular, it is necessary to promptly overcome the local shortage of teachers and properly implement the spirit: "Where there are students, there are teachers" in a reasonable manner.
"To have good students, there must be good teachers. Students can acquire knowledge most effectively if they are guided and instructed by teachers who are capable, dedicated, responsible and have appropriate teaching methods. At the same time, we must respect differences and diversity, encourage creativity; have critical thinking, passion for exploration, desire to contribute..., and maximize the potential, intelligence and qualities of each student.
"Each teacher needs to be an endless source of inspiration to ignite in the young generation the flame of passion and enthusiasm, to nurture aspirations, to give wings to fly high, to arouse the spirit of innovation and creativity; to cultivate, nurture, and pass on to the young generation ideals, ethics, values of truth, goodness, beauty, the quintessence of national and human culture, contributing to the formation of good qualities of Vietnamese people," the Prime Minister advised.
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