Proposal to ban teachers from receiving money from students, why isn't there a policy for teachers to 'live well'?

Many readers debated the proposal to ban teachers from receiving money from students in any form.

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The article "Proposal to ban teachers from receiving money from students in any form" received many comments from readers with many perspectives on teachers' lives.

The article quotes the opinion of National Assembly delegate Hoang Van Cuong on revising the regulation prohibiting teachers from forcing students to pay money in the Teachers Law draft to "teachers are prohibited from receiving money from students in any form".

Is it strict?

Many readers think this proposal is quite strict and not close to reality.

According to HNV readers: "The proposal to ban a small number of teachers from behaving badly but unintentionally imposing it on the majority of teachers makes me, a former teacher, feel sad."

"I started teaching in 1976 and retired in 2016. During my 40 years of teaching, I have never accepted money from anyone. On November 20, when students give me gifts, I have to accept them because I can't tell them to take them home. I also never want to receive gifts," reader Thanh Nguyen shared.

Claiming that "it's easy to talk about theory, but it's not like that in reality every day", ledu****@gmail.com said that right from kindergarten, parents pooled money together, about 5-6 people per group, and every month sent extra money to teachers to take better care of their children.

"Teaching is a very hard job, especially being a kindergarten teacher. Taking care of one child is already difficult, let alone taking care of more than 20 children is too much work," this reader wrote.

"I send my child to school, and every month I send the teacher 200,000 VND so she can take better care of my child, that's the reality," reader Minh Tran told his story.

Some other opinions say that instead of emphasizing on banning teachers from receiving money, we should focus on improving teachers' lives.

Reader with email lele****@gmail.com thinks that many teachers who teach in class and then go home to grade papers and prepare lesson plans are considered to have overtime? Like other industries, if they work overtime after break time, it is considered overtime.

"There needs to be a policy to ensure teachers "live well" and are respected, then we can certainly eliminate the problem of extra teaching, teachers selling goods online, land brokers or taking money from students," this reader commented.

Ban is reasonable

Meanwhile, some readers commented that the proposal to ban teachers from receiving money from students in any form is reasonable.

Reader AD expressed: "If there is no one to receive, where will there be anyone to give? Why do parents have to give money to buy peace of mind about teachers? Every profession has its own difficulties, being a doctor is both difficult and full of temptations, not just the teaching profession.

Some prohibitions are to protect the ethics that many teachers are losing, but it is not necessarily sad.

Reader Sao Bang cited: "There is a homeroom teacher at a high school who never accepts envelopes, only accepts flowers on holidays and Tet, and receives them at school, not receiving students or parents at her home.

Because she teaches well and treats all students in the class fairly, she is respected and loved by students and parents. We really need teachers with such high professional qualifications and professional ethics."

Teachers don't have 'summer vacation to play'?

Another proposal by National Assembly delegate Hoang Van Cuong also received many responses from readers. The bill stipulates that teachers have summer vacation standards. Mr. Cuong said that it is necessary to define summer vacation as not "vacation", but to stipulate that summer vacation is for training, improving qualifications, and participating in community activities.

A reader with the account name Kyuha argued: "I have been a high school teacher for 10 years. If we talk about summer vacation, teachers actually only get one month off in July. Students have a full 3-month summer vacation, but teachers in June are invigilating and grading exams, and in August they are busy with training, office meetings, and political studies.

During the 9 months of school, students get a break but teachers don't get a break.

"Although it's called summer vacation, teachers go to watch the 10th grade entrance exam and the 12th grade graduation exam is at the end of June. Teachers who don't go to watch the exam go to volunteer for the green summer, then go to training to improve their qualifications, do the universalization application..., they don't take three months off to play," reader Hiep wrote.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/de-xuat-cam-giao-vien-nhan-tien-nguoi-hoc-sao-khong-co-chinh-sach-de-giao-vien-song-khoe-20241113082853627.htm