This is a notable content stipulated in Circular 24/2020/TT-BGDDT on employment of unqualified teachers and educational administrators in preschools, primary schools, and lower secondary schools in Vietnam.
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Article 3 of Circular 24/2020/TT-BGDDT guides the employment of unqualified teachers in Vietnam as follows:
- From October 10, 2018 - October 10, 2020: a teacher who has obtained at least qualified teacher status or has their performance of duties classified as at least satisfactory (through a quality classification of public employees), and still attains fitness to work will be placed a teaching post until retirement as prescribed.
- From October 10, 2018 to October 10, 2022: a teacher who has not obtained at least qualified teacher status or has their performance of duties classified as unsatisfactory (through a quality classification of public employees)
- may not be placed a teaching post
- shall be provided for a training course to do another job in the educational institution until retirement as prescribed.
- Teachers who are unfit for work, wish to retire and fully meet the requirements prescribed by the Law on Social Insurance may retire according to law.
- Unqualified teachers prescribed above, as the case may be, may be subject to severance or cutting down of personnel on payroll as per the applicable law.
In addition, Every educational institution shall make a plan for employment of unqualified teachers and educational administrators and report it to the Division of Education and Training. The Division of Education and Training shall take charge and cooperate with the Division of Internal Affairs in making a plan and seek approval from the People's Committee of suburban district, urban districts, district-level town, provincial-affiliated city (hereinafter referred to as district) before December 15, 2020 for implementation. A plan for employment of unqualified teachers and educational administrators shall contain at least:
- Quantity and list of unqualified teachers and educational administrators classified by criteria in Articles 3 and 4;
- Placement of unqualified teachers and educational administrators in other positions at the educational institution as prescribed in clause 2 Article 3 and clause 2 Article 4;
- Settlement of claims for benefits of pension, severance, dismissal, cutting down of personnel on payroll as prescribed in Clauses 3 and 4, Article 3 and Clause 3, Clause 4 Article 4;
- Content, time and manner of organizing the training course for teachers and educational administrators specified in Clause 2, Article 3 and Clause 2, Article 4;
- Responsibilities of relevant entities in implementing the plan.
Note: Regarding the criteria for classifying the quality of officials at the level of completing tasks and the level of not completing tasks in 2018 - 2020, they are prescribed in Articles 27 and 28 of Decree 56/2015/ND-CP.
More details can be found in Circular 24/2020/TT-BGDDT, which comes into force from October 10, 2020.
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