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Nearly 50 teachers on duty unexpectedly divorced and persuaded to remarry investigation team stationed in school
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Tongxing Town: Competition documents stir up a wave of collective divorces among teachers
Tongxing Town has been very uneasy these days: first, more than 50 teachers in the town are vying for divorce in order to take up their positions. Then, the district's joint investigation team entered the school to understand the truth of the divorce incident and persuade the divorced teachers. The job competition, which triggered the divorce incident, has also been temporarily suspended.
Small town controversy reignites suspense: How will the collective divorce case end? Can dozens of separated marriages be reconciled?
Competition for positions triggers divorce wave
Tongxing Town is located in Dandong City, eastern Liaoning Province. The town is not large, with only 81 primary school teachers.
In August of this year, the Education Bureau of Zhen'an District, Dandong City formulated and issued the "Implementation Measures for the Employment System of Primary and Secondary School Personnel in Zhen'an District". It was this 2006 No. 50 document that suddenly stirred up the peaceful campus life of teachers in Tongxing Town.
According to Zhao Xizhe, the director of the Education Bureau of Zhen'an District, there are a total of 1065 primary school teachers in the district, with an excess of 98 teachers. Narrowed down to Tongxing Town, with an excess of 11 people. A deputy mayor of Tongxing Town said that two teachers from Tongxing Town Central Primary School have retired this year, which means that after this competition, nine teachers will not be able to take up their posts.
Faced with the 10% layoff target, teachers are extremely panicked and are seeking solutions for their own future.
The teachers finally found an opportunity to take advantage of the Education Bureau's Document No. 50. According to Article 17, Paragraph 3 of the document, "those who are divorced or widowed and raising minor children" can directly take up their positions without competing for employment.
It was this clause in the document that led to the collective divorce of over fifty teachers in the town.
Zhao Xizhe said that this document was formulated according to the documents of the Dandong Education Bureau at that time. When formulating this document, I also thought about whether someone might use fake divorce to take advantage of loopholes, but because the city's documents also stipulate this, the district education bureau cannot change it; Some people also say that it won't be like this, because this is a very humane clause. I didn't expect that some people actually went to work for the job quota, and the number of people involved was so large.
The difficult choice of exchanging marriage for a job
Since September 3rd, primary school teachers in Tongxing Town have been divorcing one after another, which has greatly affected the children's education. Parents have reported to reporters that their children have not received proper education since the start of school. On September 12th alone, there were hardly any teachers at the town center primary school.
Teachers also have their own difficulties. The reporter interviewed several divorced teachers. They have different attitudes towards choosing divorce, but making this decision is very difficult.
The pressure is too great, and everyone is afraid of losing their job. What should we do? Let's just get divorced. Some couples signed books with tears in their eyes, "said a male teacher.
A female teacher in her early thirties accepted the interview with tears streaming down her face. I only received my divorce certificate yesterday, which is almost the latest in our divorce team. They have all left, and if I don't leave, I may be one of the nine laid-off people, which is really unavoidable. "This female teacher said that at first she felt that it was not worth bearing the reputation of divorce for a job, so she decided not to leave. But her husband forced her to divorce after learning about it. Because her husband didn't have a job, she really lost her teaching job and this family couldn't survive, so she had to rely on her husband in the end. During the conversation, the female teacher's eyes told the reporter that she regretted leaving and felt a heavy shadow in her heart. Some teachers who do not have it are also worried. A young female teacher told reporters that there are about ten unmarried or childless teachers at the town center primary school. These people are in dire straits. Without children, they cannot find protective measures and are likely to enter the ranks of laid-off workers. Another unmarried teacher said, "It's unlikely for me to get married or divorced immediately. This document is too unfair to me
The policy of protecting the weak encounters awkward implementation
Regarding the practice of teachers in Tongxing Town using loopholes in the document regulations to avoid layoffs, Zhao Xizhe, the director of the Education Bureau of Zhen'an District, explained that "in this competition, the Education Bureau of Zhen'an District is implementing the spirit of the Education Bureau of Dandong City, and the regulations in the document were not formulated by the Education Bureau of the district." He said that it is incomprehensible that the competition has caused teachers to divorce. The divorce specified in the document has no time limit, so some teachers took advantage of it.
In just over ten days, more than half of the teachers in the town divorced at the same time. The leaders in the town and district smiled bitterly and said, 'I can't control it.'. Firstly, some teachers' household registration is not in the town, or the other party's household registration is not in the town, so divorce can be processed at their own or their spouse's household registration location. Secondly, during the days when divorce reached its climax, the civil affairs department asked all applicants for divorce about their occupation and employer, but both parties said they had no job and had to agree to handle the divorce procedures. [page]
The deputy mayor in charge of education in the town introduced that "the district and town strictly follow the policies formulated by the city. The policies are good policies aimed at protecting vulnerable groups. For those who are unemployed, the government will make unified arrangements." He also said that the large-scale divorce of teachers was indeed unexpected in advance.
Regarding the current situation, Director Zhao of the District Education Bureau said, "Firstly, we need to investigate the situation and purpose of the divorced individuals before making a decision. Secondly, we need to consider the issue of the divorce date. The school has suggested that only divorces before September 1st should be counted, or a specific deadline should be set. However, the higher authorities have not yet officially replied. The solution to this matter is currently under discussion
Investigation team visits school to persuade teachers to remarry
After several days of negotiations, Zhen'an District has decided to establish a joint investigation team to enter schools, firstly to quickly uncover the truth behind the divorce controversy, and secondly to mobilize divorced teachers to remarry.
On the morning of September 14th, before the bell for the first class could ring, the investigation team arrived at the school. They started talking to teachers in the principal's office. The general content of the conversation is why divorce is necessary; Is there anyone conducting a networking activity among them; Persuade divorced teachers to remarry as soon as possible.
Director Zhao Xizhe stated that the investigation team must ensure that divorced teachers remarry, as this is the central task; The competition for employment that triggered the collective divorce incident has been temporarily suspended. Director Zhao emphasized that the top priority now is to stabilize the hearts of teachers and ensure that the curriculum is not compromised at all. The school leaders have also made it clear that whoever misses the course will be held responsible, including being laid off first. The teachers soon found out about the postponement of the competition. Some teachers say that it's best to discard this document and compete solely based on skills and abilities, which is the fairest way. But relevant departments in Zhen'an District stated that the bidding documents were formulated based on the documents of the Municipal Education Bureau and cannot be invalidated without instructions from higher authorities.
Faced with the persuasion of the investigation team to remarry, many teachers believe that the well done "" has become a "divorce certificate", although it is their own fault, it cannot be said that it is entirely their fault. If you want to remarry, there must be a prerequisite. It's not just about someone taking the cost of divorce and remarriage. We are planning to find a proxy lawyer. If the school advises us to remarry, we can talk to a lawyer, "a teacher revealed.
In order to prevent the phenomenon of teachers divorcing for work from spreading to other areas, relevant departments in Dandong City are taking measures to explicitly state that "such incidents will never happen again." Civil affairs departments in various districts have also taken action to strictly review teacher divorces.
According to Deputy Mayor Jiao, who is in charge of education in Tongxing Town, the Education Bureau of Zhen'an District has instructed the leaders of Tongxing Town Central Primary School to continue working as divorced teachers, but the results are not significant. The school is looking for other channels to guide divorced teachers.
short review
Once again experiencing the 'black humor' of the 'Article 21 Military Regulations'. The difference is that Article 21 of the Military Regulations does not exist, but Article 17 of the Education Bureau's document, "Military Regulations," is written in black and white. It was it that triggered a farce of collective divorce among teachers.
Improper game rules are the root cause of policy embarrassment. The principle of fair competition must be reflected in the competition for positions: fair procedures, fair starting points, and equal opportunities. But the relevant departments have added a moral relief color to the rule design. It is precisely this "touch of warmth" that "takes care of vulnerable groups" that actually subverts true fairness on a larger scale. So, under the panic of lacking confidence in competing for positions, most people choose divorce - to downgrade themselves to the disadvantaged and wait for moral relief. In this way, the original intention of the policy of selecting the best and eliminating the worst has been rendered invisible.
In Tongxing Town, institutional rules once again demonstrate their rigid power, and their accuracy and deviation are enough to affect people's lives and destinies. This incident reminds managers to ensure that the rules are designed rigorously, fairly, and scientifically. Sichuan Faneng Law Firm is dedicated to serving you.