17 years of dedication, over 40 years old, worried about finding a job from the beginning
Ms. TTN (41 years old) and Ms. VTMQ (33 years old), both masters and lecturers in the General Knowledge Department of the College of Culture and Arts (CDVHNT) of Dak Lak province, sent a petition to the authorities upon receiving the notice of staff reduction.
Two masters filed a petition after being laid off after a decade of work (Photo: Thuy Diem).
Ms. N. choked up and said that after graduating from school, she moved from Thanh Hoa province to Dak Lak to teach and start a career.
During 17 years of teaching at the College of Culture and Arts, she always tried to complete all assigned tasks well. Ms. N. also studied for a master's degree in Philosophy from the school.
Last November, she received a notice of staff reduction. She was shocked and could not believe it was true.
According to Ms. N., if the school has a downsizing roadmap, with her seniority in the profession, she will not be the first person to be downsized.
"The school replied that because I had no job vacancy, I had to be laid off. However, the school was able to arrange jobs for many other people but I was not arranged and became the first person to leave the podium.
During my 17 years of work, I have always been highly appreciated by the school for my abilities and have never committed any violations. Is it fair to push someone like me into the streamlining category?", Ms. N. wondered.
Ms. N. is the main breadwinner in the family, raising two young children and supporting her father-in-law, a veteran. Being laid off at this time is a heavy pressure on her and her family.
"I am 41 years old. At this age, can I apply for a job as easily as when I was young? I lost my job, what should I do with the burden on my family? I suggest the school consider it. If there is a streamlining process, there must be a suitable roadmap and a reasonable way to handle it," Ms. N. said sadly.
Dak Lak College of Culture and Arts currently has 116 officers, civil servants and employees (Photo: Thuy Diem).
Ms. Q. was also very confused when she received the decision to downsize. She has a master's degree in history. In 2012, she returned to Dak Lak College of Culture and Arts to teach in the Culture department, then was transferred to the General Knowledge department.
"Now the school uses the excuse that the General Knowledge Department has surplus human resources, so why not transfer me back to the old department, when the school still needs a history teacher in the continuing education system?
Teaching at school, many lecturers like me do not have enough class time, but I still take on many other jobs to ensure compliance with regulations," Ms. Q. expressed.
According to Ms. Q., her situation is quite difficult. She has been married for many years but has no children. She has to work and save money to go to Ho Chi Minh City for treatment and intervention with the desire to have a child.
"The school held a Council meeting to review the staff reduction but did not publicly disclose in writing the specific criteria used as the basis for reviewing the reduction to the civil servants. The Council also did not meet with the civil servants in the reduction to listen to their thoughts and wishes. This is not objective," Ms. Q. added.
"Everyone has questions about streamlining"
Speaking with Dan Tri reporter, Mr. Chung Quoc Toan - Vice Principal in charge of Dak Lak College of Culture and Arts - confirmed that the school has announced the results of the 2023 and 2024 staff reduction approval, in which Ms. N. and Ms. Q. are among those to be reduced in 2023.
The reason for the streamlining was explained by the school: enrollment was difficult and many lecturers did not have enough time to teach (Photo: Thuy Diem).
Mr. Toan said that this was the result of the school's staff reduction review board, which was done strictly and in accordance with regulations. This was not a subjective or personal opinion but a collective consensus.
Mr. Toan explained that the school's streamlining was carried out in accordance with Plan 33 dated March 3 of the Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee on streamlining the payroll of civil servants and public employees in the period of 2022-2026 of departments, branches, sectors and local People's Committees. Accordingly, the school must streamline 9 cases, with a roadmap for each year.
"The school has reviewed and evaluated the practice based on teaching hour norms to come up with a list of people who are eligible for streamlining. When conducting the screening, it is really difficult because all the school's staff have qualifications and abilities, so even though there is streamlining, everyone has questions. That is understandable," said Mr. Toan.
The school's Vice Principal said that the main reason for the streamlining was that the school recruited too few students, so many teaching positions did not have enough hours to teach.
The whole school has about 260 students but there are 116 staff members (including 109 permanent employees). The school has enough job positions, so it is very difficult to replace them.
According to school data, the General Knowledge department only needs 1 lecturer, currently has 3 surplus, English has 2 surplus, Literature has 1 surplus, Soft Skills has 2 surplus...
Mr. Toan said that in the case of Ms. Q., who has a master's degree in Vietnamese history, she cannot be assigned to teach history because there is already a teacher in charge of this subject. In the case of Ms. N., she is also redundant and cannot be assigned a job.
Vice Principal Chung Quoc Toan added that last June, the school sent a document to the Department of Home Affairs requesting to preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to review the existing source of teachers and lecturers to transfer surplus teachers from colleges to general schools in the province that are lacking teachers instead of laying them off.
Afterwards, the Department of Home Affairs responded in writing, based on the regulations on decentralization of management of cadres, civil servants and public employees under the Provincial People's Committee, the authority to receive civil servants has been decentralized to the heads of agencies and units to proactively implement.
The Department guides the College of Culture and Arts to contact agencies, units and localities in need to carry out the reception.
"If there is a policy to transfer qualified staff to schools that are lacking, human resources will not be wasted. In the near future, we will invite surplus lecturers who have submitted petitions to come and work and learn more," said Mr. Toan.
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