The information was shared by a representative of the Ministry of Education and Training at a training program to improve the capacity to implement the 2018 General Education Program for lecturers of higher education institutions that train teachers, recently organized by Hanoi National University of Education.

Mr. Duc said that after much debate and defense arguments from the Ministry of Education and Training, the National Assembly and the Government agreed that: "Teachers in public educational institutions are special civil servants."

“Previously, teachers and lecturers were civil servants and were regulated by the Civil Servants Law. Now teachers are special civil servants; due to the very special nature of the profession when our products are people,” said Mr. Duc.

In addition, teachers in non-public educational institutions are also identified as special workers. “Previously, the Labor Law only stipulated that teachers in non-public educational institutions, like ordinary workers, were signed to work agreements by labor contracts and regulated by the Labor Code. And because of that specialness, special mechanisms and policies are also needed,” Mr. Duc shared.

The special policy is reflected in the fact that teachers' salaries will be ranked highest in the administrative and career salary scale; there will be preferential allowances according to the profession,...

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Dr. Vu Minh Duc, Director of the Department of Teachers and Educational Managers (Ministry of Education and Training). Photo: Thanh Hung.

Mr. Duc said that the draft Law on Teachers also defines who teachers are. “At first, when we proposed the draft Law on Teachers, many opinions raised whether 'teachers' would include freelance teachers who are not in any educational institution; and those who teach professions such as hairdressing, etc. But the drafting committee of the draft Law on Teachers agreed that this law only applies to teachers working in public and non-public educational institutions in the national education system. As for other subjects, they will have to continue to be researched and regulated in the Law on Education, and cannot be defined as 'teachers' in this law,” Mr. Duc informed.

Regarding the recruitment content and working regime of teachers, Mr. Duc said that the draft Law on Teachers also has new points. “In the design of the Law on Teachers, the recruitment of teachers is assigned to the principal, the head of the educational institution. In case the school cannot organize it, the educational management agency will do it for them,” Mr. Duc said.

According to Mr. Duc, the draft Law on Teachers also clearly stipulates the summer vacation regime for teachers and managers; there is a policy to support funding for compulsory training (including both public and non-public teachers).

In addition, teachers also have a protection mechanism in their professional activities. “Article 11 of the draft Law on Teachers stipulates what other organizations and individuals are not allowed to do to teachers to protect their honor, dignity and professional activities. It stipulates that during the process of inspection, examination and handling of violations (if any) of teachers, when there is no official conclusion from the competent authority, it is not allowed to disseminate or spread inaccurate information about teachers. This is also a new point.

This is because when a teacher is involved in a piece of information, whether it is wrong or not, but on social networks, people are unanimously 'throwing stones'. This phenomenon greatly affects the reputation and honor of the teaching staff and the work of teachers," said Mr. Duc.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/nha-giao-duoc-xac-dinh-la-vien-chuc-nguoi-lao-dong-dac-biet-2389907.html