Correcting the circular on appointment and salary ranking, what will happen to teachers who have been downgraded in rank?

Previously, if according to regulations on training and retraining standards for preschool and high school teachers in each professional title class in Circular 01, 02, 03, 04, teachers must have a certificate of training. Maintain standards for professional titles according to each grade and corresponding to the level of study being taught.

In the draft of the revised Circular, this provision has been removed. Thus, there will be only 1 certificate of training according to the general professional title standards for all classes of teachers.

The draft new Circular also removes the standards of professional ethics for preschool and high school teachers in each class of professional titles. Instead, add a general code of ethics for teachers of all grades.

In particular, there is no longer content that requires primary and secondary school teachers of grade I to have a master’s degree.

After more than 1 year since the teachers gave their opinions, the Ministry of Education and Training found that: “..with the requirement of teaching, providing basic and foundational knowledge, the regulation of primary school teachers, It is not necessary to have a first-class secondary school with a master’s degree.”

Ensuring the rights of teachers

Before the expected adjustments to the appointment and ranking of teachers by the Ministry of Education and Training, many teachers wondered that in the case of being dropped from Grade I to Grade II because of a lack of master’s degrees or other cases, they were downgraded. according to the provisions of the old circular, when the new circular is passed, will they be able to restore the old rank?

Regarding this, talking to VietNamNet, Mr. Vu Minh Duc, Director of the Department of Teachers (Ministry of Education and Training) said that according to the expected provisions in Clause 7 Article 5 of the draft Circular amending and supplementing Circulars No. 01,02,03,04/2021/TT-BGDĐT, cases of preschool and high school teachers who have been appointed from the Joint Circulars No. 20,21,22,23/2015/TTLT- BGDDT-BNV to the corresponding professional title as prescribed in Circulars No. 01,02,03,04/2021/TT-BGDDT when performing the appointment, salary arrangement according to the amended and supplemented regulations. implement the arrears of the paid salary difference. Thus, teachers will be re-appointed to the respective class if they meet the standards of training qualifications and keep the adjacent lower rank as required by the grade and still be guaranteed the regimes and policies according to regulations. determined.

“The Ministry of Education and Training will listen to and absorb the suggestions of teachers, continue to perfect the draft Circular to ensure the appointment and salary arrangement is implemented smoothly and in accordance with regulations, ensuring benefits for the team,” said Mr. Duc.

The representative of the Ministry of Education and Training also said that in the process of reviewing and amending Circulars 01, 02, 03, 04, the Ministry also organized to collect opinions from more than 466,000 preschool and high school teachers about some content oriented to amend and supplement and obtained more than 280,000 votes with information for processing and analysis.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the most important goal of promulgating documents amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular 01, 02, 03, 04 is to contribute to the development of teachers to meet the requirements of innovation. basic and comprehensive education; solve problems arising in the appointment of professional titles and salary arrangement in the locality in the past time, help stabilize the recruitment, use, and management of the team and let the teaching staff feel secure. focus on implementing effective educational programs.

Teachers’ comments are an important basis for determining appropriate amendments and supplements, ensuring the interests of the team on the principle of complying with relevant current regulations.

To do this, the Ministry of Education and Training urgently needs the comments of relevant organizations and individuals for each specific content of the draft revised circulars.

Currently, the draft of this Circular has been posted on the website of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Government Portal for public comments.

Thanh Hung