According to data released on August 18, the whole country is expected to reduce about 46.73% of educational institution headquarters, equivalent to about 17,353 headquarters compared to July 1, 2025.
Notably, after the arrangement, more than 32,000 management officials may be re-arranged as teachers.
This is one of the most practical benefits of reorganizing the school network.
For many years, local teacher shortages have remained a difficult problem in many localities.
Some places lack teachers but find it difficult to recruit; some subjects lack people while others have a situation of surplus.
If only solving it by recruiting new students, the education sector will have to spend more time training and fostering to have a team that meets professional requirements.
Meanwhile, more than 32,000 management officials already have pedagogical expertise, teaching experience and understanding of the reality of schools.
Therefore, instead of spending many years waiting to train a new team, make reasonable use of the existing team.
A principal or vice principal does not naturally become a management official. Most of them grew up from teachers, have many years of teaching, accumulated professional and management experience.
Even, with management experience, they can bring into the classroom a broader perspective on educational methods, student psychology, organizing professional activities and coordinating with colleagues and parents.
In other words, arranging the apparatus can turn an overscale management human resource into a force directly in charge of teaching.
But it is necessary to understand correctly that the goal of the arrangement is not simply "reducing schools, reducing people".
The requirement is to reduce focal points but at the same time ensure sufficient schools, classes, teachers, textbooks and teaching equipment; prioritize human resources directly teaching classes, not allowing re-organization to affect the new school year.
Therefore, the ultimate measure is not how many focal points can be reduced, but what benefits students will receive after the arrangement.
If the management apparatus is more streamlined, operating costs are reduced, resources are more focused on teaching, teachers are supplemented in places that are lacking, and the quality of education is improved, then that is success.
With the management staff returning to teaching, it is necessary to review their expertise, subjects, job positions, aspirations, and actual conditions to arrange the right people for the right job.
A person who used to be a principal returning to work as a teacher is not "demotion". Returning to the podium, if appropriately arranged, is to use resources effectively.
Education needs good leaders, but even more good teachers are needed to directly teach.
