With the changes in the size, quality and structure of China's teacher team, the revision of the Teachers Law has been put on the agenda. Entrusted by the State Council, Huai Jinpeng, minister of education, reported to the NPC Standing Committee meeting on the 21st when he reported on the construction of the teacher contingent and the implementation of the Teachers Law, and introduced that the revision of the Teachers Law has been accelerated and a draft revision has been formed.
The Teachers Law of the People's Republic of China was promulgated in 1993. Over the years, the scale of China's teaching force has been expanding, and the total number of full-time teachers has increased from 10.9789 million in 1993 to 17.9297 million in 2020. The level of teachers' academic qualifications has been continuously improved, and the sense of honor, sense of gain and happiness of the majority of teachers has been continuously enhanced.
However, there are still many problems that need to be solved urgently in the construction of the teacher team in accordance with the provisions of the Benchmark Teachers Law, the needs of the reform and development of the benchmark education, and the expectations of the majority of teachers. "Many provisions of the Teachers Law can no longer meet the requirements of educational reform and development in the new era and need to be revised." Huai Jinpeng said.
According to reports, the revision of the Teachers Law has been included in the five-year legislative plan of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People's Congress, and on the basis of extensively listening to opinions, conscientiously studying, and repeatedly revising, a draft revision has been formed.
Huai Jinpeng said that the revision of the Teachers Law will focus on strengthening the party's leadership over the work of teachers and ensuring that the political direction of the construction of the teacher team is correct. Highlight the first standard of teacher ethics and teacher style, and transform the requirements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on the construction of teacher ethics and teacher style into legal norms. Clarify the professional positioning of teachers, emphasizing that teachers undertake the mission of educating people for the party and the country.
In addition, the revision of the Teachers Law will clarify the rights and obligations of teachers, increase the autonomy of teacher education and teaching, the right to discipline education, and the intellectual property rights for innovative content, and strengthen teachers' obligations to protect and rescue minor students. Raise the threshold for teachers' access, raise the academic requirements for teachers at all levels and types, establish a mechanism for reviewing and checking teachers' professional qualifications, and make good access points. Complete teacher appointment and management systems, clarify that teacher title evaluation should be combined with post settings, and highlight the first standard of teacher morality and teacher style and the orientation of Lide tree people in teacher assessment and evaluation.
In order to establish a teacher education system with Chinese characteristics, the revision of the Teachers Law will emphasize strengthening training and training, and establishing a publicly-funded teacher training system. Strengthen treatment and guarantees, establish a guarantee mechanism by category, establish a salary distribution system and a promotion and salary increase mechanism for more work and more gains, excellent performance and good remuneration, implement the requirements for reducing the burden on teachers, and ensure that teachers devote themselves to teaching and quietly educating people. Improve the teacher reward and punishment system, clarify the requirements for teacher commendations, and refine the situation and handling methods for teachers' violations.
Huai Jinpeng said that in accordance with the procedures for revising the law, we will speed up the work process, further improve the revised draft, and submit it to the NPC Standing Committee for deliberation as soon as possible.
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Source: Xinhua Viewpoint, Xinhua Daily Telegraph
Reporter: Hu Hao