Article 11 of the 5th Draft of the Law on Teachers (submitted to the 15th National Assembly for first comments at the 8th Session) clearly states what teachers are not allowed to do.
Accordingly, teachers in public educational institutions are not allowed to do things that civil servants are not allowed to do according to the provisions of the law on civil servants. Teachers in non-public educational institutions and foreign teachers are not allowed to do things that are strictly prohibited in the field of labor according to the provisions of the law on labor.
At the same time, teachers are not allowed to do the following:
- Discrimination among learners in any form;
- Cheating, intentionally distorting results in enrollment activities and student assessment;
- Forcing students to participate in extra classes in any form;
- Forcing students to pay money or goods outside the provisions of law;
- Taking advantage of the title of teacher and teaching and educational activities to commit illegal acts.
The draft law also sets out what organizations and individuals are not allowed to do to teachers, including:
- Not fully implementing the teacher's regime and policies as prescribed;
- Disclosing information during the process of inspection, examination, and handling of violations by teachers when there is no official conclusion from the competent authority or spreading and disseminating inaccurate information about teachers;
- Other things that are not allowed according to the law.
The Ministry of Education and Training believes that the development of the Law on Teachers is necessary because regulations related to teachers, their rights and benefits are scattered in many documents or have not been fully mentioned.
The Draft Law on Teachers is expected to bring positive impacts to millions of teachers across the country when proposing many breakthrough policies related to salaries and benefits.
Since the first draft was published in May, the drafting agency has made five revisions. Some controversial proposals have been removed, such as exempting teachers’ children from tuition fees and granting teachers professional licenses.
