Proposal to double or triple teachers' salaries

The Teachers' Law stipulates that teachers' salaries are ranked highest in the salary scale system. However, Mr. Phan Van Mai proposed that there should be a double or triple regime to select the most excellent people.

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Committee Phan Van Mai - Photo: GIA HAN

On the morning of June 9, the National Assembly Standing Committee gave opinions on receiving, explaining, and revising the draft Law on Teachers.

Teachers' salaries and allowances are ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale system.

Presenting the report, Chairman of the Committee for Culture and Society Nguyen Dac Vinh said there were opinions suggesting clearer regulations on salaries and allowances for teachers, which are ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale system, ensuring compliance with the policy of reforming salary policies.

Regulations to ensure salary equality between public sector teachers and non-public sector teachers.

Explaining this content, Mr. Vinh said that teachers in publiceducational institutions are civil servants; therefore, teachers' salaries are implemented according to the administrative career salary scale.

The regulation that teachers are entitled to the highest salary and allowances institutionalizes the Party's policy in Conclusion 91 of the Politburo.

This content is basically not contrary to the spirit of Resolution 27 on reforming salary and allowance policies. The bill assigns the Government to specify the salary arrangement for teachers.

Regulations to ensure salary equality between teachers in the non-public sector and the public sector may affect the policy of socializing education and violate the principles of voluntariness and autonomy of non-public educational institutions.

Therefore, the bill is adjusted in the direction that teachers' salaries in non-public educational institutions are implemented according to the provisions of labor law.

Giving his opinion on this content, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Committee Phan Van Mai said that the Politburo is directing the development of two resolutions on education and health.

Therefore, he said there needs to be a viewpoint, legal framework, and national policies to select the best people to become teachers and doctors, and at the same time there needs to be an environment and policy mechanisms so that teachers and doctors have the conditions to properly fulfill their vocation.

"It is not about placing teachers' salaries at the highest level on the salary scale, but there should be a double or triple salary regime to truly select the best people," Mr. Mai proposed.

He emphasized that it is necessary to create conditions to train teachers so that later they can teach their children, teach the future class of the country.

He also expressed his opinion that this content may not be included in the bill, but at least the issue of teachers receiving the highest salary scale should be further specified by the Government.

"How can we include it in the upcoming Party resolution, affirm the position and role of teachers and doctors and have viewpoints, guidelines, mechanisms and policies to select the best people to become teachers and doctors.

At the same time, there are the best conditions for them to operate and carry out their tasks," Mr. Mai added.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong said that salary is a regime, and the draft law stipulating that teachers' salaries are ranked highest in the administrative salary scale is guaranteed.

He emphasized that if teachers' salaries are doubled or tripled, it would be related to the budget for education. The design of the bill shows the favor of the state and society for teachers, and the important thing is to attract resources.

The bill also stipulates that localities and educational institutions have policies to support teachers. According to Mr. Phuong, this means that not only the central budget but also localities and educational institutions are mobilized to support teachers.

Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son - Photo: GIA HAN

1.2 million teachers, salary increase just a little bit must be calculated very carefully

Explaining later, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son said that the draft law stipulates that teachers' salaries are ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale system.

Mr. Phan Van Mai proposed that teachers' salaries should be 2-3 times higher, which must be calculated very carefully.

"With 1.2 million teachers, just a little increase in budget has to be calculated very carefully. Therefore, it is impossible to state specifically and highly, but to what extent it has to be considered.

In addition to the desire, there is also the feasibility of the budget and a roadmap. But the law has provided such a principle so that in the process of calculating teachers' salaries, there is a basis for implementation," Minister Son added.

Regulations on not posting or disseminating information about teachers

Mr. Nguyen Dac Vinh also suggested clarifying the issue of not being allowed to post or disseminate information about teachers.

Regarding this content, the Standing Committee of the Committee found that protecting the reputation and image of teachers is necessary to avoid abuse, speculation and dissemination of information that implicates the responsibility of teachers in professional activities when there is no official conclusion from the competent authority.

Incorporating the opinions of National Assembly deputies, the Standing Committee has revised the draft law.

Accordingly, organizations and individuals are not allowed to post or disseminate information that attributes responsibility to teachers in professional activities without a conclusion from a competent authority.

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