At the discussion session on the Draft Law on Teachers on the morning of November 20, National Assembly delegate Nguyen Van Canh (Binh Dinh Delegation) raised a very noteworthy opinion regarding the things that teachers are not allowed to do.
He proposed adding that teachers should not impart knowledge that they do not fully understand.
To prevent teachers from violating this error, delegates proposed adding a regulation: Teachers are allowed to refuse to teach content that they have not been trained and educated in accordance with regulations.
Delegate Nguyen Van Canh's opinion reflects a paradox but common in education today. That is, when implementing the new general education program, many "2 in 1" or even "3 in 1" teachers have appeared in natural and social groups.
That is, a Literature teacher must also teach History or both History and Geography. A Physics teacher must also teach Chemistry and Biology because schools do not have enough teachers for each subject.
And of course, the teachers teaching in these groups will be an example to support the opinion of delegate Nguyen Van Canh, because they certainly will not be properly trained in university lecture halls in one or both of the remaining subjects.
Teachers are not happy to have to take on so many subjects because they are "holding on to straws", and are forced to teach students knowledge that they are not specialized in, or even do not understand well due to lack of training.
This situation not only puts pressure on teachers but also seriously affects the quality of teaching and learning, both in the short and long term. Therefore, the proposal of delegate Nguyen Van Canh is completely reasonable, necessary and should be carefully considered for inclusion in the law.
However, a big question arises: If teachers are allowed to refuse to teach subjects for which they have not been trained, while the teacher shortage has not been resolved, where will public schools get the human resources to teach?
If the Ministry of Education and Training does not have a specific solution to this problem, then even reasonable and practical proposals like those of delegate Nguyen Van Canh will easily become "laws that cannot be put into practice". They can even become a legal burden for the education sector.
From the proposal of delegate Nguyen Van Canh, it can be seen that the top priority of the education sector today is still to thoroughly solve the problem of human resources quantity.
When this problem is solved, the education sector can focus on improving the quality of the teaching staff and gradually improve thinking and teaching methods according to the innovation requirements of Minister Nguyen Kim Son!
