'I was nervous the first time I met more than 1 million teachers'

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Speaking at the meeting, Minister Nguyen Kim Son admitted that he felt nervous and tense in his first meeting with more than 1 million teachers nationwide.

He shared that someone once advised against organizing such a meeting or dialogue because it would be impossible to answer all the questions and opinions. At that time, the teachers would change from being excited and waiting to being disappointed or what if they accidentally answered wrongly....

"Anything can happen. I still decided to organize this meeting to listen to the teachers' thoughts and share with them," he said, emphasizing that this was a meeting and exchange to get closer and understand each other better, not a dialogue between "bosses" and employees.

Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son spoke on the morning of August 15.

According to the Minister, the education and training sector is carrying out very large and very difficult tasks, and to do these tasks, the unity of teachers is needed. "The more difficult and big the task, the more we need to unite. If millions of people look in the same direction, no matter how difficult or big the task, we can do it," Mr. Son confided.

To date, the Ministry of Education and Training has received more than 6,500 opinions, of which more than 6,000 are from high school teachers, the rest are from universities and pedagogical colleges.

Minister Son said that it would take several days, or even several weeks, to fully respond to the teachers' opinions and concerns. During the limited time of the meeting, the Minister will discuss with representatives of some teachers in the provinces and cities, thereby partly understanding the teachers' thoughts and wishes. After the dialogue, the Departments and Offices will continue to group questions and opinions to answer the teachers.

The Minister of Education and Training's meeting with teachers was held in person and online across the country.

According to the synthesis of the Ministry of Education and Training, at the general education level, teachers' opinions are related to some contents of implementing the new general education program (teaching integrated subjects, arranging teachers, organizing competitions in schools, etc.); Teacher policies (salaries, allowances, retirement age of preschool teachers, etc.); Working conditions of the teaching staff (schools, facilities, teaching equipment, computer systems, public housing, etc.).

Regarding universities, opinions focused on groups of issues such as: University autonomy and the role of the teaching staff in implementing university autonomy; Improving the quality of training, scientific research, technology transfer; Digital transformation in education and adaptation of universities to digital transformation; Facilities, network planning...

According to the assessment of the Ministry of Education and Training, the above opinions and information collected from the event are an important basis for the Ministry of Education and Training to continue to improve policies and regimes, and synchronously deploy management and leadership solutions suitable to reality. Thereby, developing the team of teachers, managers, and employees in the education sector, ensuring the conditions of the team to implement the tasks of fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training.

Ha Cuong

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