When I woke up early in the morning, I saw a piece of news and was shocked.
The headline goes like this: "Heavy! Teachers are no longer "iron rice bowls"! The "teacher exit mechanism" in primary and secondary schools, the policy is really here! 》
I don't know who is always dissatisfied with the stability of the teaching profession, anyway, there will be a break in the "iron rice bowl" of teachers in a few days. What is going on this time, I took a closer look and found that it was in Fengtai District, Beijing that a "Several Measures for Promoting the Management Reform of "District Management and School Employment" of Primary and Secondary School Teachers in Fengtai District (discussion draft) was promulgated. Zhai Hongchen, deputy director of the Fengtai District Education Commission, mentioned in the interpretation: "To break the concept of 'iron rice bowl'", the "measures" proposed to establish a teacher exit mechanism, the school to strengthen the annual assessment of teachers and the use of assessment results, for teachers during the annual assessment of the unqualified, after the end of the employment period of the school can not be renewed, or reduce the post level, adjust the job employment. For those who do not obey the organizational arrangements or still fail to pass the annual assessment after being arranged to a new position, the school may terminate the employment contract in accordance with the prescribed procedures. Those who fail to register regularly for teacher qualifications or fail to register within the time limit shall not be allowed to engage in teaching positions again. 
I don't know if the people who commented on this news don't know the relevant regulations, in fact, similar requirements have always existed. For example, the "Interim Measures for the Regular Registration of Primary and Secondary School Teachers' Qualifications", which was implemented in 2013, clearly stipulates that those who fail to register regularly or fail to register within the time limit shall not engage in education and teaching. 
One of the conditions for failing to pass the regular registration is that "the annual assessment is unqualified for more than two consecutive years (including two years) in a regular registration cycle". 
For teachers, failing to pass the assessment for two consecutive years is a red line, and many regions have provisions for dismissal if they fail to pass the assessment for two consecutive years. However, it is very rare for a teacher to fail the annual assessment for two consecutive years. To be honest, the author has been a teacher for decades, and I haven't found any teachers around me who have failed the assessment for no reason. As long as the teacher does not make a particularly big mistake, such as seriously violating the teacher's ethics and style, such as violating the law and discipline, under normal circumstances, as long as the teacher is performing his duties normally in the school, he will not fail the assessment. Therefore, although the teacher withdrawal mechanism has always existed, it cannot be equated with breaking the "iron rice bowl". Only if you are "unqualified", and you have to be "unqualified" for two consecutive years to have the possibility of terminating the employment contract, isn't such a profession an "iron rice bowl"! Of course, when it comes to breaking the "iron rice bowl" of teachers, some people compare themselves with civil servants and say that they start with civil servants. In fact, the withdrawal regulations for civil servants are clearer than those for teachers, and they are clearly written in the Civil Servants Law. Article 88 of the law stipulates that a civil servant shall be dismissed under any of the following circumstances, the first of which is that "a civil servant shall be determined to be incompetent for two consecutive years in the annual evaluation". 
In fact, just like teachers, it is rare for civil servants to perform their duties normally to be determined to be "incompetent" in their annual evaluations, let alone for two consecutive years. So in real life, apart from making serious mistakes or really doing nothing in the unit, there are actually very few civil servants who are dismissed. Personally, the deputy director of the Fengtai District Education Commission said that "it is necessary to break the concept of 'iron rice bowl'", focusing on the word "concept". Because some teachers have the concept of "iron rice bowl" in their hearts, thinking that they can keep the cooking bowl no matter what, they ring the alarm bell and tell these teachers that the "iron rice bowl" may also be removed. But in saying this, I don't want to break the "iron rice bowl" of all teachers. In general, teachers in public schools, like civil servants, have a fairly high level of career stability. Whether it is a teacher or a civil servant, the exit mechanism is for the unqualified few, not the majority. Of course, we must resolutely remove unqualified teachers from the teaching ranks, and those who seriously violate teacher ethics or even violate laws and disciplines. But for qualified teachers who abide by the law, work hard, and obey the organization, the job bowl has always been stable. Pearl whispers, looking at education from the dual perspectives of teachers and parents, and answering questions for teenagers and parentsEducational confusion.