The title of Merit Teacher – what does it mean?
14:04, 2014/11/24
Most of the teachers conferred the title of “merit teacher” or “people’s teacher” are managerial staff, while very few teachers who give lectures at school receive the honorable titles.
LA, the headmaster of a prestigious secondary school in Quynh Luu district of Nghe An province, decided to stand as the candidate for the title of “merit teacher” this year.
“I can satisfy all the set requirements to be eligible for the title. However, I was advised not to run for the title,” she said.
“Seniors told me that however hard I try, I will not be granted the title,” she explained. “As I realized that I would not get support from higher authorities, I decided to give it up. The title “merit teacher” is just a dream.”
A high school teacher in Hanoi, who has devoted himself to the teaching job for the last 30 years, said he never dreamed of becoming a “merit teacher” or “people’s teacher”, because the honorary title would not be granted to common teachers who do not hold high posts like him.
A teacher of the Le Quy Don High School in Hanoi said only five teachers of the school have been named as the “merit teachers” over the last 44 years, since the school’s establishment, and all the five are old, who are called “previous-generation teachers”.
According to the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), there are about 1.2 million working teachers in Vietnam, with the majority nursery and general school teachers.
However, of the 39 teachers given the title “people’s teachers” this year, only two were from nursery and general schools – Dinh Thi Kim Phuong, head of the Viet Bac Highland School and Luu Xuan Gioi, head of the Dong Trieu district’s education sub-department in Quang Ninh province.
Meanwhile, no teacher from nursery and general schools received the titles two years ago (the state confers the titles once every two years).
Of the 680 individuals awarded the title “merit teacher” this year, 381 are working at agencies belonging to local education and training departments, i.e. managerial staff. Meanwhile, very few teachers who are lecturers receive the title.
Hanoi, for example, has seven individuals granted the title, and only three of them are working as teachers.
Hoang Huu Trung, chief secretariat of the Hanoi Education and Training Department, noted that many teachers have high achievements in teaching, but they do not have A-level teaching initiative, a requirement teachers need to meet to be eligible for the “merit teacher” title.
Hoang Duc Tham, director of the Quang Binh provincial Education and Training Department, noted that the requirements are overly high, which are out of reach of the majority of teachers.
“Seniors told me that however hard I try, I will not be granted the title,” she explained. “As I realized that I would not get support from higher authorities, I decided to give it up. The title “merit teacher” is just a dream.”
A high school teacher in Hanoi, who has devoted himself to the teaching job for the last 30 years, said he never dreamed of becoming a “merit teacher” or “people’s teacher”, because the honorary title would not be granted to common teachers who do not hold high posts like him.
A teacher of the Le Quy Don High School in Hanoi said only five teachers of the school have been named as the “merit teachers” over the last 44 years, since the school’s establishment, and all the five are old, who are called “previous-generation teachers”.
According to the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), there are about 1.2 million working teachers in Vietnam, with the majority nursery and general school teachers.
However, of the 39 teachers given the title “people’s teachers” this year, only two were from nursery and general schools – Dinh Thi Kim Phuong, head of the Viet Bac Highland School and Luu Xuan Gioi, head of the Dong Trieu district’s education sub-department in Quang Ninh province.
Meanwhile, no teacher from nursery and general schools received the titles two years ago (the state confers the titles once every two years).
Of the 680 individuals awarded the title “merit teacher” this year, 381 are working at agencies belonging to local education and training departments, i.e. managerial staff. Meanwhile, very few teachers who are lecturers receive the title.
Hanoi, for example, has seven individuals granted the title, and only three of them are working as teachers.
Hoang Huu Trung, chief secretariat of the Hanoi Education and Training Department, noted that many teachers have high achievements in teaching, but they do not have A-level teaching initiative, a requirement teachers need to meet to be eligible for the “merit teacher” title.
Hoang Duc Tham, director of the Quang Binh provincial Education and Training Department, noted that the requirements are overly high, which are out of reach of the majority of teachers.
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