Many new points about recruitment policy, salary, retirement age

(CPV) - Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son said that the draft Law on Teachers has several new points on teacher policy compared to current regulations.

On the morning of November 9, continuing the program of the Eighth Session, under the direction of Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh, the National Assembly listened to the Presentation and Verification Report on the draft Law on Teachers.

Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son presented the Proposal on the draft Law on Teachers.

  Presenting the draft Law on Teachers, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son said that compared with current regulations in related laws such as the Law on Civil Servants, the Law on Education, the Law on Higher Education, the Law on Vocational Education, the Labor Code, the draft Law on Teachers has a number of new points.

Specifically, the subjects and scope of application of the Law on Teachers are teachers in educational institutions within the national education system, including teachers in public educational institutions and teachers in non-public educational institutions.

Standardize the teaching staff through a system of titles and professional standards for teachers with standards closely following the requirements of professional capacity associated with each level of education and training. 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.

Another new point is to give the education sector the initiative in recruiting and using teachers. In particular, the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs are the agencies in charge of developing strategies, projects, development plans, and total staffing levels for teachers under their management authority to submit to competent authorities for decision; coordinating staffing levels in public educational institutions according to the number assigned by competent authorities; education management agencies or educational institutions take the lead in recruiting teachers.

Regulations on teacher recruitment ensure that there must be pedagogical practice in order to select people with sufficient capacity in line with the teacher's professional standards, meeting the professional activities of teachers at each level of education and training level. Policies on mobilization, secondment, transfer, inter-school and inter-level teaching for teachers in public educational institutions are fully regulated, serving as a basis for arranging and assigning teachers in accordance with the characteristics of professional activities and the requirements of the education sector.

According to the draft law, teachers' salary policies are prioritized. In particular, the basic salary according to the teachers' salary table is ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale system; teachers are entitled to preferential allowances and other allowances depending on the nature of the job, according to the region according to the provisions of law. Teachers continue to receive seniority allowances until the salary policy according to Resolution 27-NQ/TW is implemented. Preschool teachers; teachers working in especially difficult areas in ethnic minority areas, mountainous areas, coastal areas and islands; teachers of specialized schools, other specialized schools; teachers implementing inclusive education; teachers who are ethnic minorities and teachers in some specific professions are given priority in the salary and allowance regime compared to other teachers. Teachers recruited and assigned salaries for the first time are assigned a salary increase of 01 salary level in the administrative career salary scale system.

Teachers working in ethnic minority areas, mountainous areas, border areas, islands and areas with especially difficult socio-economic conditions; teachers teaching specialized schools, teachers teaching inclusive education; teachers teaching ethnic minority languages; teachers teaching Vietnamese language enhancement for ethnic minority students; teachers teaching gifted subjects and arts are entitled to a number of other support policies (regarding collective accommodation or renting public housing, payment of travel expenses during working time in areas with especially difficult socio-economic conditions during annual leave, holidays, Tet, personal leave to visit family according to regulations...).

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

The retirement age of teachers has its own regulations in accordance with the characteristics of professional activities. In particular, teachers in preschool education institutions, if they wish, can retire at a lower age but not more than 05 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 retire at a higher age.

Presenting the Report on the review of the Law project, Chairman of the Culture and Education Committee Nguyen Dac Vinh said that the Committee agreed with the necessity of developing the Law project for Teachers; the promulgation of the Law aims to institutionalize the Party's viewpoints and policies on teachers; contribute to perfecting the legal system, promptly supplementing new and specific policies to build and develop the teaching staff.

  However, the Committee recommends that the drafting agency continue to review and fully and comprehensively assess the impact of new policies, especially the conditions on financial resources to ensure feasibility; carefully study international experience in building laws on teachers, and refer to policies and laws on teachers to perfect the draft Law in accordance with practical conditions in Vietnam./.

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