That is the sentiment of a teacher at a high school in Tay Ho District ( Hanoi ). This sentiment stems from the document on teacher promotion in 2023 of the Hanoi Department of Home Affairs and the Hanoi Department of Education and Training. Instead of considering all qualified teachers, this document only guides to consider "principals, vice principals, group leaders and key teachers" and cases of "9 years of university education", so many teachers' profiles, despite being full of achievements and certificates of merit but without a position, were eliminated.
Hundreds of teachers have sent a written petition to the Minister of Education and Training. One teacher asked: "Why do provinces consider promotions fairly and transparently for all teachers, but the capital's education system only considers promotions for teachers with positions. Where is the fairness? Teachers without positions, who have devoted so many years, can they still be passionate about their profession?"
Is this in line with the Government 's policy when Article 31 of Decree 115/ND-CP of the Government clearly stipulates: "Exams or consideration for promotion of professional titles are organized according to the principles of equality, publicity, transparency, objectivity and compliance with the law?"
In addition, the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Training also always emphasize that when conducting exams or considering promotions, localities need to "create favorable conditions for the team and ensure that teachers who are truly worthy of promotion to professional titles are identified on the basis of principles of equality, publicity, transparency, objectivity and compliance with the law".
The fact that schools in Hanoi only allow teachers with positions to participate in promotion consideration in recent days or require teachers to have 9 years of university education even though the Education Law has only been in effect for 3 years... has created inequality in the educational environment itself.
Teachers' salaries are already low, and work pressure is increasing, but most teachers still try their best to prove themselves through their contributions and achievements in teaching. Now, the opportunity to be promoted to improve their meager salary is also denied by Hanoi's own regulations.
Having received so much frustration, recently the Hanoi Department of Education and Training had to issue an urgent instruction document, adding: "If teachers (not in the titles) meet the standards and conditions for promotion to the professional title of teacher, the structure and needs must be ensured and teachers must play a role in guiding expertise in educational institutions."
However, the new document of the Department of Education and Training opens up hope for some teachers, not all, because teachers do not have a position but must have a "professional orientation role". So, teachers still have to continue to wait for educational institutions to have the need to be considered for promotion. Moreover, this is only a document of the Department of Education and Training sent to high schools, and groups of teachers from junior high schools and below still have no other instructions, although the Ministry of Education and Training affirms that the requirement for primary and junior high school teachers to have 9 years of university education is unnecessary and not in accordance with regulations. Teachers with a long history of achievements can still be "left behind" because of policy barriers of each locality, specifically and most recently in Hanoi.
Whatever the outcome, just the fact that teachers have to send letters and write collective petitions to demand seemingly obvious and legitimate rights in their noble profession is something that not only makes teachers but also public opinion feel burdened.
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