On June 16, the 15th National Assembly officially passed the Law on Teachers. This is a major event, meaningful to the education and training sector in particular and the country in general, and a joy for educators.
In his opening speech, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son affirmed: The passing of the Law on Teachers is a momentous event, of great significance to the education sector in particular and to the country in general.
During the process of developing and promulgating the Law on Teachers, the Minister expressed his sincere thanks for the close leadership and direction of the leaders of the Party, the National Assembly, and the Government ; the enthusiastic, responsible, and in-depth participation of the National Assembly's inspection agencies such as the Committee on Culture and Society, the Committee on Law, the Committee on Justice, and other Committees; the effective coordination and enthusiastic support from ministries, branches, and central agencies; the comprehensive contributions and shared responsibilities from the People's Committees of provinces and cities and the Departments of Education and Training.
Along with that is the active support of the units under and directly under the Ministry, higher education institutions; especially the perseverance, persistence, and dedication of the Drafting Committee, the editorial team, especially the standing unit, and experts inside and outside the education sector. The valuable contributions of all relevant agencies, units, organizations, and individuals have unanimously joined in so that the education sector can have a separate law, fully regulating teachers, thereby opening up opportunities for strong and sustainable development for the teaching staff in the coming time.
Reporting on the process of developing the Law on Teachers and implementing the development of documents guiding the implementation of the Law, Director of the Department of Teachers and Educational Managers (Ministry of Education and Training) Vu Minh Duc shared: The Law on Teachers is a crystallization of collective intelligence, nurtured by the efforts, dedication and responsibility of many participating agencies, units and individuals.
The Law demonstrates the strong political determination of the Party and State in realizing major policies on developing the teaching staff, fundamentally and comprehensively innovating education and training. At the same time, this is also a clear demonstration of the unity and high consensus from the Central to the local levels; from the team of educational managers, educational institution managers, experts, teachers at all levels of education, training levels and the consensus and support of National Assembly deputies, voters, and people nationwide for the role and position of teachers in the cause of educational development.
With 9 chapters and 42 articles, the provisions in the Law on Teachers have 5 notable highlights: Affirming the position, protecting the honor and prestige of the teaching profession; teachers' salaries are ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale system; policies on treatment, support and attraction for teachers; standardizing and developing the team, improving the quality of education; increasing autonomy for educational institutions and giving initiative to the education sector.
Speaking at the conference, Head of UNESCO's Teacher Development Section and Chairman of the Secretariat of the International Working Group on Teachers for Education 2030, Carlos Vargas, congratulated Vietnam on its impressive, landmark, and breakthrough achievement, which is the promulgation of the Law on Teachers, a comprehensive legal framework, recognizing the essential role of teachers in education.
According to Mr. Carlos Varga, the Law on Teachers is of great significance, creating a favorable environment for the development of the teaching staff; teachers receive the necessary support to continuously develop their expertise and careers. At the same time, it affirms the role and responsibility of the state in ensuring time and financial resources so that policies can be effectively implemented.
On this occasion, the Minister of Education and Training awarded Certificates of Merit to 2 groups and 63 individuals for their many contributions in the process of building the Law on Teachers.
Impressive numbers related to the process of building the Law on Teachers:
The number of large-scale seminars and conferences to seek opinions on the Law is about 100.
The number of working sessions between the Ministry of Education and Training and the Committee on Culture and Society, the Committee on Law and Justice was about 20 (mainly with the Committee on Culture and Society).
Notably, more than 800,000 people (including more than 700,000 preschool and general education teachers; nearly 7,000 vocational education teachers; nearly 8,000 university and pedagogical college lecturers) directly participated in giving comments on the draft Law.
The number of meetings between the standing committee and experts is about 30.
The number of meetings of the standing committee is about 150.
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