The Draft Law on Teachers was drafted by the Ministry of Education and Training. The draft law has quite comprehensive and detailed provisions to improve the quality of the teaching staff and protect the legitimate rights and interests of teachers. At the same time, it stipulates prohibited acts of individuals and organizations related to teachers along with regulations on handling violations of prohibited acts.
This not only creates a complete legal corridor for teachers to carry out their professional activities, but also strengthens the necessary legal aspects to protect teachers in their professional activities.
In addition, the draft Law also proposes 8 prohibited acts for teachers, including:
- Insulting the dignity, honor, and body of students, colleagues, and people;
- Discrimination among learners in any form;
- Cheating, intentionally distorting results in enrollment, testing, examination, and student assessment activities;
- Distorting educational content; taking advantage of teaching and educational activities to propagate content contrary to the Party's guidelines and viewpoints, the State's policies and laws, propagating hostile policies, causing division in the great national unity bloc;
- Forcing students to participate in extra classes in any form, paying fees outside the provisions of the law;
- Taking advantage of the title of teacher and teaching and educational activities to commit illegal acts; allowing others to use the teaching license in any form;
- Quitting work without permission, participating in illegal strikes;
- Violating teachers' ethics and other prohibited acts as prescribed by law.
Regarding the 8 prohibited acts in the draft Law, according to the summary of explanations and comments on the draft Law on Teachers by the Ministry of Education and Training, many educational institutions and ministries participated in contributing comments.
Can Tho University proposed to change from “forcing students to participate in extra classes in any form, paying fees…” to “putting pressure on students to participate in extra classes, requiring payment of fees…”. The reason for this proposal is to increase deterrence, teachers are not allowed to pressure students to participate in extra classes.
The Committee for Ethnic Affairs recommends that the drafting agency consider adding a prohibition on forcing students to participate or not participate in entrance exams and excellent student exams at all levels in any form. This behavior has occurred in a number of educational institutions and violates the legitimate and legal right to education of the above subjects.
Some localities have proposed adding a regulation prohibiting teachers from refusing to accept and educate students, except in cases prescribed by law; adding regulations prohibiting teachers from pursuing achievements, formalities, and dishonesty in educational institutions.
The reason given by localities is that this content is very necessary, the disease of achievement is still very serious in the country's education system, causing many bad consequences for education.
The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs proposed that the Ministry of Education and Training add the following prohibited acts: Taking advantage of the title of teacher to recruit students, open classes, and receive teaching assignments without actually teaching; Cheating, copying, falsifying research results and publishing research results.
The draft Law on Teachers is currently being consulted. According to the plan, the Government will submit the draft Law on Teachers to the National Assembly for comments at the meeting next October.
