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Although they play an important role in training and fostering political theory for grassroots cadres, district-level Political Centers in Hai Duong face many difficulties and inadequacies in their operations.

Lack of specialized lecturers

According to Regulation 208-QD/TW dated November 8, 2019 of the Central Party Secretariat (12th tenure), the staff of the District-level Political Center is from 4-6 people. The Organizing Committee of the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee issued Decision No. 37-QD/BTCTU dated December 30, 2020 on the list of job positions and the structure of district-level civil servants. Accordingly, the District-level Political Center has 5 staff members including: Director who is the concurrent Head of the District-level Propaganda Department, 1 Deputy Director, 2 lecturers, 1 accountant (the accountant belongs to the group of shared expertise).

In fact, some district-level Political Centers are still operating without staff. The Political Centers of Binh Giang and Thanh Ha districts lack two full-time lecturers. Therefore, the Deputy Director of the Center has to take on many tasks.

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Lack of staff and few full-time lecturers means that it is difficult to conduct demonstration lectures, class observations, and professional activities to improve training quality. “Because the work at the center is quite large, I myself have not spent much time on self-study to improve my qualifications, scientific research, and updating practical knowledge… Class observation and inspection are not regular,” said Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy, Deputy Director of the Thanh Ha District Political Center.
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Binh Giang District Political Center lacks specialized lecturers (documentary photo)

Currently, teaching at the centers is mainly done by part-time lecturers at the facility and invited lecturers from the Provincial Political School. However, according to leaders of many district-level Political Centers, teaching at the centers is easily passive because it depends on the work schedule of the agency or unit where the part-time lecturers are working. Many classes at the Political Centers of Thanh Ha and Binh Giang districts have had to change their teaching schedules many times.

Inadequate treatment

Currently, some regulations on policies for cadres and lecturers of Political Training Centers have not received due attention.

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District-level Political Centers recommend paying attention to the treatment of cadres and lecturers (illustrative photo)

Through the reporter's investigation, the District Political Center is a public service unit under the district Party agencies but is not entitled to 25% of the public service allowance and 30% of the Party work allowance. Long-time lecturers are only entitled to 30% of the teaching allowance and seniority allowance.

Some Deputy Directors of the District Center proposed that the Hai Duong Provincial People's Council issue a resolution to implement the allowance regime for leaders and lecturers of the center to ensure benefits equal to those of the same level positions in the district, creating motivation for staff to work with peace of mind and dedication. At the same time, increase the level of responsibility allowance according to the concurrent and delegated regime for Deputy Directors of the center.

Comrade Vu Xuan Dat, Standing Deputy Secretary of Tu Ky District Party Committee, said that the existing shortcomings in the activities of the District Political Center related to remuneration policies, lack of specialized lecturers, etc. need to be addressed soon to stabilize and effectively operate the center.

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Teaching and learning activities at some district-level Political Centers

Rethinking the "2 in 1" model

After 5 years of implementing the "2 in 1" model, the Head of the Propaganda Department and Director of the District Political Center in Hai Duong has shown many advantages but also many shortcomings and limitations.

Through the evaluation of the above model in some districts, the most obvious effect is the reduction of intermediary steps and the position of the Political Centers is enhanced compared to before. The Head of the Propaganda Department is also the Director of the Political Center, a member of the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee, the Town Party Committee, and the City Party Committee, so the policies and instructions of the Party Committee are immediately understood and implemented by the Head of the Department. The work of orienting the activities of the center is more convenient because previously it had to go through the approval and coordination of the leadership. This model both streamlines the staff and directly strengthens the leadership of the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee over the activities of the Political Center.

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Binh Giang District Political Center receives investment in infrastructure

In Tu Ky district, when "unifying" the two positions, the Party Cell of the District Political Center was merged into the Party Cell of the Propaganda Department, with the Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee's Propaganda Department as the Party Cell Secretary. The Trade Union of the District Political Center Party Cell merged with the Trade Union of the District Party Committee's Propaganda Department. Up to now, these organizations have been operating stably and effectively.

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However, holding two positions at the same time, operating in two agencies while the functions and tasks are not the same, so the leadership and direction are not really close. Grasping information of the classes is mainly through the reports of the Deputy Director of the center.

The Head of the Propaganda Department is the Director of the Center with additional duties and responsibilities of the Director of the District Political Center, but is only entitled to an additional allowance of 10% of the basic salary, without other allowances.

On February 28, 2023, the Politburo issued Conclusion No. 50-KL/TW on continuing to implement Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW dated October 25, 2017 of the 12th Party Central Committee "Some issues on continuing to innovate and reorganize the apparatus of the political system to be streamlined and operate effectively and efficiently". According to Conclusion No. 50-KL/TW, the Standing Committee of the provincial Party Committee, based on the practical situation in the locality, considered and decided to implement the model of the Head of the Propaganda Department concurrently being the Director of the District-level Political Center.

According to Hai Duong Newspaper reporters, the propaganda sector in the province is researching and re-evaluating this model at the grassroots level. Through the evaluation, some district-level Party committees such as Thanh Ha and Kinh Mon town have proposed not to continue implementing the merger of the above model.

Content:NGUYEN THAO
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