It is necessary to give autonomy in recruitment to the education sector.

Delegate To Van Tam (Kon Tum delegation) expressed his opinion that only the education sector should be assigned to take charge of recruitment. (Source: National Assembly)

On the morning of May 6, under the direction of Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh, the National Assembly discussed the draft Law on Teachers, in which many opinions focused on the policy of recruiting teachers. A notable point is that the draft Law proposes to give the education sector the initiative in recruiting and using teachers.

Delegate recruitment authority to education sector to solve problems

Participating in giving comments on the draft Law on Teachers, the majority of delegates agreed with the regulation on assigning the authority to recruit teachers to the education sector. Delegates said that if the education sector takes the initiative in recruiting and using teachers, it will meet the requirements on quantity, structure and quality; contributing to overcoming the situation of local surplus, shortage and imbalance in the structure of teachers.

Currently, the draft Law is assigning recruitment authority to educational management agencies and heads of educational institutions. Analyzing this provision, delegate To Van Tam (Kon Tum delegation) said that only educational management agencies should be assigned to preside over recruitment, because these agencies have in-depth expertise in education and clearly understand the requirements of expertise and pedagogical skills to be able to properly assess the quality of candidates.

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Sharing the same view, delegate Mai Van Hai (Thanh Hoa delegation) assessed that the draft Law has quite transparent regulations in teacher recruitment, clearly stating the authority, responsibility, and decentralization in recruitment of education management agencies and educational institutions. According to him, "recruitment must be regulated to ensure competitiveness, only then can the quality of teacher recruitment be improved".

The delegate further analyzed the reasons why the recruitment authority should be assigned to the education management agency, not to preschools, general education institutions, continuing education institutions, specialized schools, and public schools because the ability of schools to organize the recruitment of teachers is difficult, and it will be difficult to receive, mobilize, and transfer teachers between schools when there is a surplus or shortage of teachers.

But to ensure strict recruitment standards, delegate Nguyen Thi Lan Anh (Lao Cai delegation) suggested that there should be a mechanism for monitoring, inspecting, and checking to avoid the situation where each place has its own style, lack of uniformity, and cause inadequacies in the quality of the teaching staff.

“The Government is requested to specify the standards and conditions for recruiting teachers, establish a mechanism for inspection, examination and supervision of the implementation of the right to autonomous recruitment. Clearly define the responsibility of accountability for heads of educational institutions, management institutions and superiors when violations occur. There are clear and strict sanctions for violations in recruitment, especially abuse of power and recruitment that is not public and transparent,” said delegate Lan Anh.

In the current situation, the district level is being abolished, so there is no longer a Department of Education, delegate Pham Van Hoa (Dong Thap delegation) asked, so which organization is the local education management agency?

“The education management agency is responsible for recruiting teachers or the People's Committee at the commune level is responsible for recruiting teachers. Because in the near future, we will delegate the authority to the People's Committee at the commune level to recruit civil servants and public employees, but what about teachers? In this design, there is no thought of merging communes into provinces,” the delegate stated the reality, and at the same time recommended that the drafting agency carefully consider this issue to design a policy that is consistent with reality.

Meanwhile, delegate Tran Van Thuc (Thanh Hoa delegation) highly agreed with the provisions in the draft Law. The delegate hoped that the Law on Teachers, once promulgated, would increasingly promote the effectiveness in managing and using the teaching staff at educational institutions, in line with the practical development of the education sector.

Delegates proposed to give the education sector the initiative in recruiting and using teachers to resolve the shortcomings in the use and management of the teaching staff in the past, such as the local surplus and shortage of teachers among educational institutions and among commune-level administrative units; at the same time, improve the efficiency of using the staff and improve the quality of education.

Delegate Nguyen Thi Lan Anh (Lao Cai delegation) speaks. (Source: National Assembly)

Proposal to remove the regulation "must have pedagogical practice"

Regarding the recruitment method, the draft Law stipulates recruitment through examination or selection, which must include pedagogical practice. However, delegate Doan Thi Le An (Cao Bang delegation) said that the requirement of pedagogical practice is not really reasonable because pedagogical practice is understood as practicing pedagogical skills and techniques. Meanwhile, pedagogical students have been interned and their pedagogical practice results have been recognized. Delegate Le An also pointed out that this method will be difficult for recruiting units if the number of candidates registering is too large.

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Expressing her opinion, delegate Le Thi Thanh Lam (Hau Giang delegation) proposed to remove the regulation "must have pedagogical practice" because in the process of pedagogical training at educational institutions, there is enough time for students to practice pedagogy, so there is no need to verify or test pedagogical practice in recruitment, and at the same time, in accordance with the current Law on Civil Servants, the recruitment method is by examination or selection.

Debating with two delegates Le An and Thanh Lam, delegate Do Huy Khanh, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Dong Nai province, said that pedagogical practice when recruiting is extremely necessary.

“This is a special field, and in particular, pedagogical practice is extremely important, because there are teachers who are very good at studying but when standing on the podium, they cannot teach. Teachers must be people who are qualified in skills, knowledge, and pedagogical expertise. It is very difficult for a teacher to go to class and not know what to do on the podium, and to be confused there,” said delegate Huy Khanh.

The draft law submitted to the National Assembly this time has been adjusted to regulate the recruitment of teachers according to educational levels and training qualifications. For schools of the People's Armed Forces, the recruitment of teachers is regulated by the Minister of Public Security and the Minister of National Defense. For other educational institutions, the recruitment of teachers is decided by the competent authority managing the educational institution. At the same time, the Government is assigned to specify in detail the contents related to the recruitment of teachers in public educational institutions and foreign teachers.

At the discussion session, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son received and explained the contents that National Assembly delegates were interested in.

Concluding on this content, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh said that teachers and the draft Law on Teachers continue to receive attention from National Assembly deputies. The discussion session on the draft Law had 25/27 opinions expressed, 3 deputies debated, 2 deputies will send written opinions to the agency in charge of reviewing and finalizing the draft Law.

The Vice Chairman of the National Assembly requested that the agency in charge of the review closely coordinate with the drafting agency and relevant agencies to urgently study, absorb and thoroughly explain the opinions of National Assembly deputies, and report to the National Assembly Standing Committee to submit to the National Assembly for consideration and approval of the draft Law on the afternoon of June 11 according to the agenda of the Session.

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