Teachers are 'special officials'

TPO - According to Minister Nguyen Kim Son, with the promulgation of the Law on Teachers, teachers in publiceducational institutions are special civil servants, enjoying all the rights and policies for civil servants in the legal system, and at the same time having a number of special policies to have better development opportunities.

TPO - According to Minister Nguyen Kim Son, with the promulgation of the Law on Teachers, teachers in public educational institutions are special civil servants, enjoying all the rights and policies for civil servants in the legal system, and at the same time having a number of special policies to have better development opportunities.

On the morning of November 9, Mr. Nguyen Kim Son - Minister of Education and Training (MOET) - representing the Government presented the draft Law on Teachers to the National Assembly. The draft law introduces many new points on salary policy and retirement age of teachers.

Teachers' salary policy

According to Minister Nguyen Kim Son, with the promulgation of the Law on Teachers, teachers in public educational institutions are special civil servants, enjoying all the rights and policies for civil servants in the legal system, and at the same time having a number of special policies to have better development opportunities.

“The State has policies to attract highly qualified people, talented people, excellent graduates, young scientists , and people with special talents to participate in recruitment as teachers; teachers to work in especially difficult areas such as ethnic minority areas, mountainous areas, coastal areas, and islands,” said Mr. Son.

Referring to new points, the Minister said that compared to current regulations, the draft Law on Teachers has standardized the teaching staff through a system of titles and professional standards for teachers.

Teachers in non-public educational institutions are equal to teachers in public educational institutions in terms of identification, professional standards, basic rights and obligations, and a number of policies such as training, fostering, honoring, rewarding, and handling of violations.

In addition, the salary policy for teachers will be prioritized. In particular, the basic salary according to the teacher salary scale is ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale system. Teachers are entitled to preferential allowances for their profession and other allowances depending on the nature of their work and the region as prescribed by law.

In addition, according to Minister Son, teachers will continue to receive seniority allowances until the salary policy according to Resolution 27-NQ/TW is implemented.

For preschool teachers; teachers working in particularly difficult areas such as ethnic minorities, mountainous areas, coastal areas and islands... are given priority in salary and allowances compared to other teachers.

For teachers recruited for the first time, the salary is increased by 1 salary level in the administrative career salary scale system.

Regarding the retirement age of teachers, the Minister of Education and Training said that there will be separate regulations suitable to the characteristics of professional activities. In particular, teachers in preschools, if they wish, can retire at a lower age but not more than 5 years older than the regulations and will not have their pension rate deducted due to early retirement.

Teachers with the title of professor, associate professor or doctoral degree and teachers working in specific specialized fields and sectors are entitled to retirement benefits at a higher age.

Consider salary policy for non-public teachers

Regarding the review of salaries and allowances for teachers, Mr. Nguyen Dac Vinh - Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Education - said that the Committee agreed with the provisions in the draft Law and considered this an important and necessary content to promptly institutionalize the Party's policies. The review agency also approved the policies of priority, support and attraction of teachers as stipulated in the draft Law.

However, according to Mr. Vinh, there are opinions suggesting studying and implementing the spirit of the Party's Resolution on reforming salary policy; considering regulating salary policy for teachers in the non-public sector.

This opinion also suggests not to re-regulate the policy of renting public housing that has been stipulated in the Housing Law; to carefully assess the impact to ensure feasibility, especially in terms of resources for implementing the policy of ensuring collective accommodation for teachers when working in rural areas.

Regarding the retirement regime for teachers, the Committee agreed to stipulate that teachers in preschools can retire at a lower age (no more than 5 years) than the provisions of the Labor Code and will not have their pension rate deducted due to early retirement. However, there were opinions suggesting that it is necessary to carefully assess the impact on resources to ensure the implementation of this policy.

Regarding training and fostering, the Committee basically agrees with the regulations on training and fostering teachers, without distinguishing between teachers in the public and non-public sectors.

However, according to Mr. Vinh, there are opinions suggesting clearly defining the State's responsibility in paying training costs for teachers when they are sent to participate in training programs.

Luan Dung

Source: https://tienphong.vn/nha-giao-la-vien-chuc-dac-biet-post1689964.tpo