LHIGHEST CHURCHES: NEW HOPE AFTER 10 YEARS OF WAITING
At the end of 2023, the Ministry of Education and Training will organize a conference to summarize 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW (Resolution 29, dated November 4.11.2013, 10) of the XI Party Central Committee on reform. New basic and comprehensive education and training. Looking back at 29 years of implementing Resolution 8, the most troubling thing, according to delegates, is that the policy of "prioritizing teachers' salaries is the highest in the administrative and career salary scale system" has not been implemented. Previously in August, when Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son met with teachers nationwide for the first time, teacher salaries were also the issue most proposed by many teachers and educational institutions.
Teacher salaries are one of the educational issues that have been of concern for many years and will continue to be raised in 2024.
The Ministry of Education and Training stated that there are still many inadequacies in working conditions and inadequate teacher remuneration policies; Teacher salaries are still low compared to the average level of other professions (in the first 5 years, the average teacher salary was only 5 million VND/month), not meeting the goals set in Resolution 29; Salary and benefits have not created motivation in the context of increasing work pressure for teachers.
“Teacher resignations tend to increase mainly due to professional pressure and inadequate salary policies. The teaching staff is being affected by many different normative documents, so adjusting policies for teachers is difficult," the Ministry of Education and Training stated.
In the question and answer session at the recent 6th session of the 27th National Assembly, the issue of teacher salaries again received the attention of many delegates. Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra affirmed that in the coming time, when implementing salary reform, the Ministry of Home Affairs will base on Resolution 29 on salary reform, especially thoroughly implementing Resolution XNUMX of T.H. .UH. Accordingly, teacher salaries are prioritized in the highest salary scale in the administrative and career system.
This time, the promise that "teacher salaries are given priority in the highest salary scale in the administrative and public service system" was stated decisively by the head of the home affairs sector before the National Assembly, in the context that this sector itself is presiding over build a major and desirable reform on wages. That gives teachers the right to believe and hope.
The Ministry of Education and Training proposed that in addition to increasing the highest teacher salary in the administrative and career salary scale system, it is necessary to arrange school staff salaries appropriately when implementing the new salary policy from July 7.2024.
PHAI HUN BUILT ALL 3 “WALALS” AT THE SAME TIME
Associate Professor Tran Thanh Nam, Vice Principal of the University of Education (Hanoi National University), suggested that we need to find policies to increase the monthly salary for teachers, not to let one of the "3 salaries" drop, we must Cultivate all three "salaries" at the same time: their conscience, their common sense, and their monthly salary in full.
Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son, speaking at the Conference summarizing the implementation of Resolution 29, also said: "Resource issues include education finance, investment in education and human resources, Two very important keywords are money and people. More and more, we are becoming more and more deeply and comprehensively aware of the decisive role of the teaching force in this reform process and we will certainly have to do more work to develop the teaching force to complete it. all educational innovation goals in the near future.
One of the key things to do in the coming time is to focus on building a safe, happy, healthy, and friendly school environment.
TSTRENGTHEN TEACHER POSITION AND SCHOOL CULTURE
When the new school year 2023 - 2024 started more than a month ago, many sad incidents happened in many localities, making public opinion angry. These are students (students) of a private high school in Hanoi who were threatened with expulsion because their parents reacted to the school's income and expenses; The homeroom teacher threatened to not allow her to take the graduation exam and dragged a 1th grade female student in front of the classroom because she went against her wishes; teachers insult students; Parents in Thai Binh protested against the "suggested" school transfer for their children...
However, not only are students being abused by teachers, parents are being "forced" by the school to make disguised contributions or tutoring, but teachers are also subjects who need to be protected from school violence. road. Typically, the incident happened at Van Phu Secondary School (Son Duong District, Tuyen Quang), students cornered the female teacher and cursed and let out words of challenge. After being posted on social networks, the clip attracted a lot of public attention, most of the comments were indignant.
In a document sent to the People's Committee of Tuyen Quang province, the Ministry of Education and Training called this a serious ethical violation against teachers and requested the Provincial People's Committee to direct, verify and clarify the case. On that basis, there are strict sanctions according to the level of violation. The Ministry of Education and Training also directed the Department of Education and Training to draw profound experience from the incident, and at the same time focus on strengthening the management and evaluation of teachers; building a team of teachers; Strengthen school discipline and build school culture.
School culture and democracy are truly alarming due to the high-profile incidents that have continuously occurred over the past year despite the lack of previous guidance documents. Since 2000, the Ministry of Education and Training has issued democratic regulations in school activities. In order to improve the quality and effectiveness of building school culture, creating fundamental changes in the cultural behavior of administrators, teachers, staff, students, and students, in 2018, the Prime Minister issued a decree. approved the Project on building a culture of conduct in schools for the period 2018 - 2025. Not long after, on April 12.4.2019, XNUMX, the Ministry of Education and Training also issued a circular stipulating codes of conduct in preschool education establishments. preschool, general education and continuing education.
Strengthen coordination between family, school and society in student education
XBUILDING A SAFE AND HAPPY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
Many opinions point out that in schools today, achievements are only evaluated for emulation purposes, not for democratic and cultural goals. All inspection and evaluation activities of the school's educational activities are only formal, mainly listening and reading according to the principal's report.
Associate Professor Chu Cam Tho (Vietnam Academy of Educational Sciences), stated his opinion: "The elders in the teaching profession and previous studies in East and West all say that "teacher becomes teacher, student becomes student" is the root of education. sex. So no matter where you teach, who you teach, the teacher must have prestige. This prestige does not come by itself but requires training of the mind, heart, and strength. If a violation is detected, no matter how small, the pedagogical collective needs to consider it serious and thoroughly handle it. All students are unhappy if they encounter an unqualified teacher. School cannot be peaceful if it cannot maintain school order, which is like house order.
Summarizing Resolution 29, the Ministry of Education and Training also recognizes that one of the key things to do in the coming time is to strengthen coordination between family, school and society in educating students; Focus on building a safe, happy, healthy and friendly school environment for children, students and students to develop comprehensively in terms of qualities and abilities. Besides, we focus on building and developing school culture, creating the most favorable environment and conditions to arouse patriotic traditions, beliefs, aspirations, and national pride for students.
60% of the total number of retired teachers are under 35 years old
According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the number of teachers quitting their jobs tends to increase, teachers quitting jobs under the age of 35 account for 60% of the total number of teachers quitting their jobs. During the 3 school years from August 8.2020 to August 8.2023, the whole country had over 40.000 teachers quit or quit their jobs. Besides, the average number of retired teachers each year is about 10.000. The number of teachers quitting their jobs is increasing in the context that the country still lacks up to 118.253 teachers at all levels. The quality of the team is not uniform across regions and regions, and there is also a gap between areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions and favorable areas.
Not only the team of teachers who directly teach classes, the Ministry of Education and Training stated that many accountants in schools had to quit their job to find other jobs. In the 2021 - 2022 school year, there will be more than 1.300 employees on the payroll; In the 2022 - 2023 school year, more than 1.400 employees on the payroll will quit. Currently, the Ministry of Education and Training has received many letters from accountants to all levels requesting consideration of salary increases for this team.
