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Six departments issue document - standardizing the "recruitment, education, employment, and retention" of young teachers in universities

2025-11-06   

Young teachers are an important force in accelerating the construction of a strong education country. Recently, the Ministry of Education and six other departments issued the "Guiding Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Young Teachers in Colleges and Universities in the New Era", proposing to improve the evaluation reform of college teachers from the aspects of "attracting, educating, employing, and retaining", increase guidance and support for young teachers, highlight innovation ability, quality, effectiveness, and contribution orientation, scientifically determine evaluation indicators, scientifically set assessment cycles, objectively evaluate individual and team contributions, and strengthen the evaluation orientation of encouraging innovation and prudent inclusiveness. Focus on basic disciplines, emerging disciplines, interdisciplinary fields, etc., and promote classified talent introduction; Innovative talent discovery, selection, and training mechanisms, innovative flexible talent introduction mechanisms, and the construction of an excellent young talent resource information database... "In response to the problem of disorderly talent introduction in some universities, this opinion proposes to scientifically formulate talent introduction plans, strengthen the regularity and forward-looking research of young teacher team construction, combine the overall development goals and disciplinary construction priorities of the school, clarify the direction, focus, and types of talent allocation, coordinate short-term and long-term plans, accurately plan talent introduction positions, and refine introduction standards. The opinions emphasize the introduction and support for several types of talents: strengthening the reserve of young talents and providing guidance and support for outstanding postdoctoral fellows who are willing to work as university teachers; Introduce special high skilled young talents with rich practical experience in industry enterprises, and appropriately relax the age and educational requirements; Intensify the coordination and coordination of resources in platforms, projects, and funding, and accelerate the construction of first-class young science and technology leaders, innovation teams, and high skilled talents. We should not only focus on "attracting", but also on "nurturing". A series of measures are proposed to improve the teacher development system and enhance the abilities and qualities of young teachers. For example, encouraging universities and large and medium-sized enterprises and institutions to jointly establish training bases for young teachers, and promoting exchanges between university teachers and industry and enterprise talent teams; Strengthen support and guidance for the development of young teachers, equip them with career development mentors, enhance support for cultivating high-level teams, and provide more opportunities in project applications, academic appointments, and other aspects; Support university teachers to conduct domestic and international study tours, carry out industry and enterprise practices, encourage universities to establish special funds, and support international exchanges and cooperation among young teachers; Long term stable support for a group of young university teachers to carry out original and disruptive technological innovation; Promote organized scientific research, support young teachers to conduct interdisciplinary and cross disciplinary research, actively participate in scientific, engineering, and technological innovation, and help promote the construction of independent knowledge systems and external discourse dissemination; Implement the management measures for part-time teachers in the university industry and policies related to innovation and entrepreneurship of scientific research personnel in public institutions, promote two-way part-time employment, and enhance teaching and engineering practice capabilities. In addition to "attracting" and "using", how to "recruit" and "test" is also related to the formation of a good talent development ecology in universities. The reporter noticed that in terms of employment, the opinions proposed to improve the job management system, perfect the job employment standards, independently establish positions in accordance with laws and regulations, and flexibly hire young teachers; Strengthen the management of employment period, achieve the ability to move up and down, and enter and exit. At the same time, the opinions further improve the evaluation "baton", propose to improve the reform of university teacher evaluation, and increase guidance and support for young teachers. Specifically, in terms of scientific research evaluation, the opinions propose to strengthen the quality and application evaluation of young teachers' scientific research projects, change the simple evaluation of scientific research level based on quantitative indicators, improve the peer expert evaluation mechanism, and promote the representative achievement evaluation system; Adhere to self-reliance and self-improvement in scientific research, and encourage young teachers to publish papers in domestic academic journals; Reasonably set evaluation standards for universities, do not use talent titles as evaluation indicators for universities, downplay indicators for the number of papers and awards, and avoid hierarchical decomposition into evaluation indicators for young teachers. In terms of teaching evaluation, the opinions propose to improve the teaching quality evaluation system, strengthen the evaluation of the effectiveness of teaching and educating students through the evaluation of teaching standards, teaching effectiveness, teaching reform and other achievements; Strengthen the sense of responsibility of young teachers in teaching and educating students, pay attention to the application of teaching performance in the assessment of employment period, professional title evaluation, performance allocation, and award evaluation, increase the weight of achievements such as curriculum construction, textbook writing, and teaching reform in teacher evaluation, and promote young teachers to integrate the latest scientific research achievements into teaching; Establish a sound teaching guidance and evaluation mechanism at both the school and department levels, systematically evaluate and provide feedback to guide the education and teaching work of young teachers, and promote the continuous improvement of education and teaching quality. Opinions focus on leveraging the traction, guidance, and incentive role of assessment and evaluation, proposing to comprehensively consider the characteristics of young teachers' professional aspirations, subject areas, and job roles, scientifically determine evaluation indicators, scientifically set assessment cycles, objectively evaluate individual and team contributions, strengthen the evaluation orientation of incentive innovation, prudence, and inclusiveness, enhance the evaluation of the effectiveness of teaching and education, and strengthen the sense of responsibility of young teachers in teaching and education. The opinions also highlight the incentive nature of salary protection, focus on increasing care and concern for the work and life of young teachers, and propose to promote the reform of the salary system in universities, expand the autonomy of salary distribution in universities, encourage the adoption of various methods to improve the salary of young teachers, reduce their non teaching and research burden, solve their living difficulties, pay attention to their physical and mental health, and enhance their professional happiness. ”The head of the Teacher Work Department of the Ministry of Education stated. (New Society)

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