Chương IV Luật giáo dục 2019: Nhà giáo

Chapter IV

TEACHERS

Section 1. POSITION, ROLES AND STANDARDS OF TEACHERS

Article 66. Position, roles of teachers

1. Teachers are persons who carry out teaching and educating at educational institutions, except for educational institutions prescribed in point c clause 1 Article 65 of this Law.

Teachers working at institutions of preschool education, general education and other educational institutions or teaching elementary-level, intermediate-level are called teachers; teachers of colleges and higher qualifications are called lecturers.

2. Teachers play the decisive role in ensuring education quality, hold an important position in society and are honoured by society.

Article 67. Standards of teachers

Teachers must:

1. Have good morals, ideological and mental qualifications;

2. Meet professional standards of teaching position;

3. Have skills of updating and upgrading professional capacity and knowledge; and

4. Maintain good health as required by the profession.

Article 68. Professors and associate professors

1. Professor and associate professor are titles of teachers teaching and conducting scientific research at institutions of higher education and meeting standards of professor/associate professor appointed by institutions of higher education.

2. The Prime Minister shall determine criteria and procedure for appointing and dismissing the titles of professor and associate professor.

Section 2. DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF TEACHERS

Article 69. Duties of teachers

1. Educate and teach according to educational objectives and principles, implementing educational programmes with sufficiency and quality;

2. Be exemplary in the fulfilment of civic duties, school charters and code of conduct of teachers.

3. Maintain moral quality, prestige and honor of teachers; respecting learners' dignity, treating learners equally; and protecting legitimate rights and interests of learners.

4. Study and practice continuously to improve moral quality, political qualification, professional qualification and knowledge, reforming teaching methods, and being good examples for learners.

Article 70. Rights of teachers

Teachers have the right to:

1. Teach according to their educated specialization.

2. Receive further education and training to improve political qualification, professional qualification and knowledge.

3. Work under contract as visiting teacher and/or researcher in other educational or research institutions.

4. Be protected with regards to their honor, dignity and physical wellbeing;

5. Have summer vacation as stipulated by the Government and other holidays as prescribed by law.

Article 71. Visiting teaching

1. Visiting teaching is the act where educational institutions invite persons meeting criteria stipulated in Article 67 of this Law to conduct teaching. Persons invited to conduct teaching by educational institutions are called visiting teachers or visiting lecturers.

2. Visiting teachers and lecturers must perform duties as defined in Article 69 of this Law. If being officials or public employees, visiting teachers and lecturers must first assure the fulfilment of tasks at their organisations.

3. Encourage inviting domestic teachers and scientists, scientists who are overseas Vietnamese and foreigners to teach at educational institutions as visiting teachers or lecturers.

Section 3. TRAINING FOR TEACHERS

Article 72. Standardized educational qualifications of teachers

1. Standardized educational qualifications of teachers are regulated as follows:

a) Teachers of preschool education teachers must possess at least a pedagogical college diploma;

b) Teachers of primary education, lower secondary education and upper secondary education must possess at least a bachelor’s degree in pedagogy training.

In case a subject is yet to acquire enough teachers with bachelor’s degree in pedagogy training, teachers of this subject must possess a bachelor's degree of suitable specialization and a certificate of pedagogy training;

c) Lecturers of higher education must possess a master’s degree; lecturers teaching or instructing master or doctor’s theses must possess a doctoral degree.

b) Standardized educational qualifications of teachers working in institutions of vocational education shall follow regulations in the Law on Vocational education.

2. The Government shall specify road maps for improving standardized educational qualifications of teachers of preschool education, primary education and lower secondary education as prescribed in point a and point b of clause 1 of this Article. Within the scope of their duties and authorities, the Minister of Education and Training and Minister of Labour - War Invalids and Social Affairs shall stipulate employment of teachers not meeting criteria prescribed in clause 1 of this Article.

Article 73. Education and training for teachers

1. The State shall elaborate policies for educating and upgrading teachers in terms of political qualification, professional qualification and knowledge; Teachers nominated to attend educating and upgrading training shall receive salary and subsidies as regulated by the Government.

2. Educational institutions shall be responsible for enabling teachers to receive education and training to acquire necessary qualifications as prescribed by law.

Article 74. Educational institutions providing training for teachers and education managers

1. Educational institutions performing the duty of educating and training teachers include pedagogical schools, educational institutions with faculty of pedagogy, educational institutions authorised to educate and train teachers.

2. Educational institutions performing the duty of educating and training education managers include pedagogical schools, institutions of higher education with faculty of educational management, educational institutions authorised to educate and train education managers.

3. Pedagogical schools established by the State to educate and train teachers and education managers shall be given priority in teacher recruitment, allocation of education managers, investment in infrastructure and dormitories, as well as availability of funding. Pedagogical schools have schools or establishments for trainee-teachers' practice.

4. Within the scope of their duties and authorities, the Minister of Education and Training and Minister of Labour - War Invalids and Social Affairs shall stipulate the performing of the duty of educating and training teachers and education managers, and stipulate educational institutions authorised in educating and training teachers and education managers.

Section 4. POLICIES FOR TEACHERS

Article 75. Vietnamese Teacher’s Day

The 20^th of November is Vietnamese Teacher’s Day.

Article 76. Salary

Teachers will receive salary suitable with their professional position and labour; are prioritized to receive professional allowances as regulated by the Government.

Article 77. Policies for teachers

1. The State shall elaborate policies of recruitment, employment, benefits, guaranteeing material and mental needs of teachers so as to enable them to fulfill their roles and duties.

2. Teachers working at specialized schools, schools for gifted students, boarding general education schools or day schools for ethnic minorities, pre-university schools, schools or classes for disabled and handicapped persons, reformatory schools or other special schools, teachers of inclusive education shall receive allowances and other preferential policies.

3. The State shall issue incentive and preferential policies on allowances and other policies for teachers working in areas with exceptional socio-economic difficulties.

4. The Government shall provide for this Article.

Article 78. Awarding of titles of "Nhà giáo nhân dân" and "Nhà giáo ưu tú" for outstanding teachers

Teachers, education managers and educational researchers who meet the criteria set by the law shall be awarded the title of "Nhà giáo nhân dân" or "Nhà giáo ưu tú" by the State.

Article 79. Awarding of titles of “Tiến sĩ danh dự” (honorary doctor) and “Giáo sư danh dự” (honorary professor)

1. Political/social activists of international prestige, teachers and scientists who are overseas residing Vietnamese and foreign nationals with major contributions to the cause of education and science in Vietnam shall be awarded the title of “Tiến sĩ danh dự” (honorary doctor) by institutions of higher education.

2. Political/social activists of international prestige, teachers and scientists who are overseas residing Vietnamese and foreign nationals with major contributions to the cause of education and science in Vietnam and possessing a doctoral degree shall be awarded by the title of “Giáo sư danh dự” (honorary professor) by institutions of higher education.

3. The Government shall provide for this Article.