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Luohu schools to launch HR reform
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Han Ximin
LUOHU District is to reform its human resources management by switching from the current system of appointing school leaders to a selection-through-competition system starting from the new semester in February.
Nearly 300 middle-level school leaders are going to be screened to see if they are qualified and competitive for their positions. Ordinary teachers can also compete for the leading positions.
Candidates for the headmaster posts must pass written examinations; deliver and defend public speeches; go through public opinion polls; and have their achievements investigated by the Organization Department of Luohu District Committee of the CPC.
Shi Xingzhong, section chief of the district education bureau, said on Monday that the newly-initiated competition measure is aimed to establish a competitive selection mechanism and will kick off an all-round personnel reform in Luohu schools.
Investigation made by the section showed that most teachers in the district seemed reluctant to attend the district's training programmes and their enthusiasm couldn't be brought to a full play due to the lack of competitive and incentive mechanisms, though they were both capable and qualified when being transferred here from schools outside Shenzhen.
On the other hand, the school administration is generally overstaffed.
The district plans to give different ranks to headmasters and reward them according to their performance. Those who have poor results in annual assessments will have lower ranks and job subsidies.
Shi said the move is expected to arouse headmasters' enthusiasm for work.
The middle-level school leaders, generally with a three-year office term, will be appointed by headmasters through public competition and automatically discharged when the headmasters leave their posts.
Schools are required to select and designate leading teachers for each subject according to their comprehensive quality. The leading teachers will enjoy a special job subsidy in addition to being given priority in professional administrative promotions.
Teachers who fail the year-end assessment have to step down from the podium and their salary will be cut.
Those who fail year-end assessment twice in five years will be laid off.
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