For ECE to develop and achieve high efficiency, it requires synchronous development. In recent years, with the attention of the Party, State and authorities at all levels, they have invested in facilities and equipment to meet the needs of ECE development in the locality. However, in order to develop synchronously, in addition to facilities and equipment being invested in, the issue of training management staff and preschool teachers needs to be paid attention and put on top.
Children's learning time at Anh Nguyet Kindergarten, Ward 6, Ca Mau City.
In Ca Mau, the total number of existing preschools is 133, of which there are 119 public schools and 14 private schools; there are 106 schools meeting national standards. The total number of class groups is 1.166, the 5-year-old kindergarten children reach 99,60%. The total number of managers and teachers is 2.294 people. The rate of teachers meeting standard and above standards is 96%.
In general, the regimes and policies on salary, insurance, reward and other benefits for teachers are concerned and gradually improved. Every year, teachers are facilitated to fully participate in professional training courses organized by the education and training sector.
However, according to Joint Circular No. 06/2015/TTLT, between the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Home Affairs (Circular 06), by December 12, the province still lacks 2022 teachers and the number of teachers who have not met the standards under the Education Law 127 is 2019/81, it is necessary to raise the standard from intermediate to college level for preschool teachers.
Currentlyay, the teacher/class ratio is only 1.7 teachers/class. Due to the lack of teachers, the mobilization rate of children under 5 years old to class is still low compared to the regional average and the national average. Mr. Le Hoang Du, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training, said: “The lack of ECE teachers has put a great deal of pressure on teachers, especially for semi-boarding classes, the workload is doubled compared to classes with 2 teachers. The prolonged shortage of teachers will greatly affect the health of teachers; affecting the quality of child care, nurturing and education; In particular, ensuring the safety of children still contains many potential risks. Because there is only one teacher per class, parents are not assured to send their children to school, which has resulted in low mobilization rate of children under 2 years old. Therefore, finding solutions to attract ECE teachers, developing a team of ECE teachers with increasingly solid and skilled qualifications, and ensuring educational innovation to meet the increasing requirements of society is a very necessary and urgent job in the current period.
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| Taking care of and educating preschool children is quite hard work. (Pictured, taken at Bup Sen Hong Kindergarten, Ward 8, Ca Mau City). |
Cai Nuoc district is the locality with the highest rate of ECE shortage in the province. In the 2014-2015 school year, the whole district has 11 preschools and kindergartens, 76 odd schools, 169 classes, 3.128 children, the average rate is 18,5 children/class; total management, teachers, staff 225 people. In the school year 2020-2021, the district organizes a civil servant recruitment exam for all levels of education, according to which there are 20 more ECE teachers, but there is still a shortage of more than 40 new ECE teachers to meet the regulations. The lack of teachers has significantly affected the nurturing, care and safety of children at ECE establishments.
Mr. Nguyen Minh Phung, Head of the Education and Training Department of Cai Nuoc district, suggested: “In order to improve the ratio of ECE teachers/classes to ensure compliance with regulations in the coming time, the education sector needs to implement synchronous solutions, including continuing to implement the project of arranging the school network in the direction of deleting classrooms; well perform the review and forecast of preschool development scale in each period in order to determine the demand for teachers. At the same time, renovate the management of educational institutions, focusing on building a modern, safe, healthy and friendly working environment; arrange working time, rest time for teachers in accordance with regulations. There is a policy to attract ECE teachers to work in the districts, avoiding the situation of ECE contracts while there are still many quotas and vacancies in schools.
From the above situation, Ca Mau education sector has come up with many solutions and orientations for the training and development of teachers in the coming time. Mr. Le Hoang Du, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training, shared: “Effectively implementing the Plan No. 06/KH-UBND dated January 19, 1 on implementing the roadmap to raise standards and foster management staff, ECE teachers and general schools in Ca Mau province in the period 2021-2021, the industry innovates communication, management of training and retraining of ECE teachers and staff; arrange and arrange teachers of ECE establishments reasonably, ensuring favorable conditions for teachers to both work and study; coordinate with local teacher training institutions; renovating the training, improving the quality of training for teachers and management staff of ECE establishments; promote the socialization of training and retraining of teachers and management staff. Implement regimes and policies for teachers to participate in training at standard qualifications, creating consensus among the teaching staff; conduct assessment of teachers according to professional standards of teachers and students. In addition, inspecting and supervising the training process, preliminarily reviewing and evaluating the quality of the training every year.
The work of preschool teachers is a special job, the process of using personality to educate personality. Taking care of and educating preschool children is like building the foundation for a house. If preschool children form a solid foundation of psychology, personality right from the first years of life will be good conditions for comprehensive development later. To do this, it is indispensable for the efforts, intelligence and personality of each teacher.
Quynh Anh
