The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) posted a draft Decree detailing a number of articles of the Law on Teachers on the Ministry's website for comments.
According to the Government's submission of the Ministry of Education and Training on the draft Decree detailing a number of articles of the Law on Teachers, the purpose of issuing the Decree is to concretize the policies and orientations in the Party's Resolutions on salaries, allowances, preferential policies and attractions for teachers.
At the same time, guiding the implementation of 13 Articles of the Law on Teachers assigned to the Government for guidance, including: title of teacher; recruitment and reception of teachers; annual summer vacation and other days off for teachers, transfer, transfer, inter-school and inter-level teaching for teachers; evaluate teachers according to professional standards; retire at an older age for teachers; standard training level for teachers; training and fostering program for teachers.
The draft Decree also contributes to perfecting the policy on teachers, enhancing the position of teachers and the education sector, attracting talented people to become teachers, creating motivation for teachers to work with peace of mind, dedicate themselves to the education career, attracting teachers to work in ethnic minority areas, mountainous areas, border areas, islands and areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions; reducing income gaps between young teachers and long-time teachers; moving towards a salary payment policy according to job position.
According to Article 1 of the draft Decree, the draft details a number of articles of the Law on Teachers, including: title of teacher; recruitment and reception of teachers; annual summer vacation and other days off for teachers, transfer, transfer, transfer, inter-school and inter-level teaching for teachers; assessment of teachers according to professional standards; retirement at an older age for teachers; standard training level for teachers; training and fostering program for teachers.
Regarding the appointment of the title of teacher, the draft Decree stipulates:
a) The appointment of the title of teacher is carried out when recruiting, receiving and changing job positions;
b) Teachers who are recruited, accepted and change job positions shall be appointed to the title of teacher corresponding to that job position;
c) The appointment and change of the title of teacher must be based on teacher professional standards;
d) The Minister of Education and Training, the Minister of National Defense, and the Minister of Public Security shall prescribe codes, appointments, and salary classification for teachers under their management authority.
Changing the title of teacher associated with changing job positions is carried out in the following cases:
a) Consideration for transferring the title of teacher;
b) Considering the promotion of the teaching profession.
The draft Decree detailing a number of articles of the Law on Teachers requires comments before December 20.
