The Government has just issued Resolution No. 16 on the proposal to develop a National Assembly Resolution on piloting the recruitment of people with college degrees to teach a number of subjects under the 2018 General Education Program.
This is an important solution that has been previously proposed by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and many localities to have enough teachers.
Accordingly, the Government unanimously approved the proposal to develop a National Assembly Resolution on piloting the recruitment of people with college degrees to teach a number of subjects under the 2018 General Education Program in Submission No. 1142 dated August 28, 2024 and the attached related documents.
The Government said it plans to submit this matter to the National Assembly at the 9th session of the 15th National Assembly (May 2025) following the review and approval process at one session.
In the report of the Ministry of Education and Training, most high schools do not have music and art teachers for students to choose from. The number of secondary school teachers with university degrees or higher is also not enough. The training of bachelors in integrated subjects (History - Geography, Natural Sciences, Music and Art) has not been able to meet the demand. Therefore, recruiting people with college degrees to teach some new and special subjects - that is, below the standards according to the Education Law is necessary to have enough teachers to teach, thereby ensuring the innovation of programs and textbooks.
The 2018 General Education Program will be implemented from 2020 and is expected to have the first batch of students graduating in 2025. Compared to the old program, primary school has added compulsory English and Information Technology from grade 3; secondary school has two new subjects: History and Geography, Natural Science; at high school, for the first time, art (Music, Fine Arts) is included as an elective subject for students to choose according to their career orientation.
In reality, localities currently lack the most teachers in the subjects of English, Information Technology, Music, Fine Arts, and Integration. In Dien Bien, in the 2024-2025 school year, there is a shortage of more than 2,000 teachers. Of which, the mountainous district of Tua Chua alone lacks 465 teachers with difficulties in recruiting for the positions of English, Information Technology, and Fine Arts teachers. The current solution is to arrange for teachers to teach more hours and teach at many schools, some teachers have to teach at 2 different levels.
According to the draft Mid-term Assessment Report on the implementation of the 2018 General Education Program, it is forecasted that in the 2024-2025 school year, primary schools will lack 6,621 IT teachers and 5,780 foreign language teachers. At the secondary school level, there will be a shortage of 11,598 teachers for Technology, 2,366 teachers for Natural Sciences, and 4,321 teachers for Arts.
Although localities have many policies to attract and recruit teachers, for many different reasons, the number is still not guaranteed, including the lack of recruitment sources. The 2019 Education Law stipulates the standard training level of teachers: Having a bachelor's degree in teacher training or higher for primary, secondary and high school teachers. In case of a lack of subjects, a bachelor's degree in a suitable major and a certificate of pedagogical training are required. In particular, there is a situation where many bachelors of Information Technology and Foreign Language pedagogy do not have the need to pursue the profession. This makes it difficult to implement the 2018 General Education Program.
Dr. Hoang Ngoc Vinh - former Director of the Department of Vocational Education (Ministry of Education and Training) said that when applying teacher qualification standards according to the 2019 Education Law, the shortage of teachers in the initial period is inevitable. He once proposed that for specific subjects, it is possible to allow recruitment from college level and above, then continue training so that these teachers can complete their qualifications according to regulations. However, the recruitment of college teachers needs to be specified by a Resolution of the National Assembly, creating a legal corridor for localities to implement. Without a Resolution of the National Assembly, localities recruiting substandard teachers will be illegal.
“This policy, when implemented, will contribute to expanding the recruitment source, overcoming the surplus - shortage of teachers, gradually ensuring the number of teachers to implement the 2018 General Education Program in a number of subjects. After that, the Department of Education and Training must have a policy to improve the qualifications of these teachers” - Dr. Hoang Ngoc Vinh expressed his opinion.
In addition, this expert also believes that it is necessary to add mechanisms and policies to recruit and attract other teachers to soon have enough teachers to teach while still ensuring the quality of education, suitable to the actual situation.
In the long term, according to Associate Professor Dr. Tran Xuan Nhi - former Deputy Minister of Education and Training, to solve the problem of teacher shortage, it is necessary to decentralize the training of resources and responsibility to localities. Where there is a shortage, special attention should be paid and conditions created. Along with that, the regimes and policies for the teaching profession need to continue to be researched and resolved to encourage and attract those who have been trained and love the teaching profession to the industry.
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