Key reforms proposed in draft Teachers Law
SGGP Newspaper has conducted an interview with Director General Vu Minh Duc of the Teachers and Educational Managers Department on the draft Teacher Law to be presented at the 8th session of the National Assembly this month.
Director General Vu Minh Duc first mentioned the updates of the 5th draft Teachers Law (as of October 1) with 45 articles in 9 chapters, only regulating matters within the authority of the National Assembly. The draft law clarifies the roles of teachers in public educational institutions as civil servants, subject to the provisions of the Law on Civil Servants (recruitment, employment, management, salary scale system, etc.) and the management of competent state management agencies, while also being subject to specific regulations for teachers. Meanwhile, teachers in non-public educational institutions are employees, subject to the provisions of the Labor Code and specific regulations for teachers.
The NA’s Standing Committee has just issued a conclusion on the draft Law on Teachers. Accordingly, the Standing Committee agreed on the necessity of developing the Law on Teachers. Because the content of the draft Law on Teachers has fundamentally changed compared to the draft law submitted for the first time, the Standing Committee requested the completion of the draft law dossier, the development of a new government report on the draft law to be submitted to the National Assembly before October 18 for consideration at the 8th session.
Regarding policies for teachers, the Standing Committee proposed to continue reviewing and perfecting policies for teachers in a cautious, consistent, feasible, and innovative manner; ensuring that the state’s policy frameworks for teachers are fully concretized; and conducting a more thorough assessment of the impact of new policies, especially ensuring financial resources and human resources to implement them. The salary and allowance policies for teachers need to be appropriate to the context of salary reform.
