Full Criteria for Rating Civil Servants in the Education Sector in 2024

On October 23, 2024, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) issued Decision 3086/QĐ-BGDĐT on the Regulations on Performance Evaluation and Rating for 2024 for Units, Civil Servants, Public Employees, and Workers of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET).

I. General Criteria:

Specifically, Article 5 of the Regulations issued together with Decision 3086/QĐ-BGDĐT sets out the following general criteria for rating civil servants in the education sector in 2024:

(1) Political Ideology

– Comply with the Party’s policies, guidelines, and regulations; the State’s policies and laws; and the Party’s organizational and disciplinary principles, particularly democratic centralism, self-criticism, and criticism.

– Maintain firm political views and resolve; remain steadfast in their stance; and remain unwavering in the face of all difficulties and challenges.

– Place the interests of the Party, the nation, the people, and the collective above personal interests.

– Demonstrate a commitment to researching, studying, and applying Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh Thought, and the Party’s Resolutions, Directives, Decisions, and other documents.

(2) Ethics and Lifestyle

– Refrain from embezzlement, corruption, misconduct, wastefulness, bureaucratism, opportunism, self-seeking behavior, high-handedness, and abuse of authority; show no signs of deterioration in ethics or lifestyle, self-evolution, or self-transformation.

– Lead an honest, modest, sincere, upright, and simple lifestyle.

– Foster solidarity and build an upright, strong unit and agency.

– Do not allow relatives or acquaintances to exploit the civil servant’s position or authority for personal gain.

(3) Work Style and Methods

– Take responsibility for their work; demonstrate initiative, creativity, the courage to think and act, and flexibility in performing duties.

– Use systematic, democratic, and principled working methods.

– Demonstrate a sense of responsibility and cooperate with others in performing duties.

– Maintain an appropriate attitude and exemplary conduct and working methods that meet the requirements of public service culture.

(4) Organizational Discipline

– Comply with assignments from the organization.

– Observe the regulations, rules, and internal policies of their unit and agency.

– Declare and publicly disclose assets and income as prescribed.

– Submit complete and truthful reports and provide accurate, objective information to superiors upon request on matters relating to the performance of assigned responsibilities and duties and the unit’s activities.

(5) Results of Performing Assigned Responsibilities and Duties

– For civil servants and public employees holding leadership or management positions

+ Thoroughly understand, institutionalize, and implement the Party’s guidelines and policies and the State’s policies and laws within the unit.

+ Maintain discipline and order within the unit; prevent disciplinary or legal violations requiring action and prolonged complaints and denunciations; prevent and combat corruption and waste within the unit.

+ Lead, direct, and organize checks, inspections, supervision, and the resolution of complaints and denunciations within their authority; direct and implement administrative reform and reform of the civil service and civil servant system within the unit.

+ Develop the 2024 work program and plan for the unit under their management or responsibility, clearly identifying results in meeting targets and performing duties, quantified through specific deliverables.

+ Competence and credibility; responsibility for setting an example and personal exemplary conduct.

– For civil servants and public employees who do not hold leadership or management positions

+ Results of performing tasks as prescribed by law, according to established plans, or as specifically assigned; the volume, timeliness, and quality of task performance.

+ Attitude toward serving the public and businesses in positions involving direct contact with, or directly handling matters for, members of the public and businesses.

II. Specific Criteria:

(1) Criteria for Rating Civil Servants’ Performance as “Excellent Completion of Duties”

– Civil servants who do not hold leadership or management positions and meet all the following criteria are eligible for consideration for a performance rating of “Excellent completion of duties”:

+ Effectively comply with Clauses 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Article 5 of these Regulations and demonstrate a positive attitude when serving the public and businesses in positions involving direct contact with, or direct handling of matters for, members of the public and businesses.

+ Complete 100% of targets and duties under the established plan or specific assignments on schedule, ensuring quality and high effectiveness, with at least 50% of targets and duties exceeded.

– Civil servants holding leadership or management positions who meet all the following criteria are eligible for consideration for a performance rating of “Excellent completion of duties”:

+ Effectively comply with Clauses 1, 2, 3, and 4 and Point a, Clause 5 of Article 5 of these Regulations.

+ Meet all criteria for duty performance results as prescribed by law, under the established plan, or under specific assignments, on schedule and with quality and high effectiveness.

+ Lead, direct, and manage the units and areas of work under their direct responsibility to meet all targets and duties, with at least 50% of core targets and duties exceeded.

+ Have 100% of units under their direct leadership and management evaluated and rated as “Completion of duties” or higher, with at least 70% rated as “Good completion of duties” or higher.

(Article 12 of the Regulations issued together with Decision 3086/QĐ-BGDĐT)

(2) Criteria for Rating Civil Servants’ Performance as “Good Completion of Duties”

– Civil servants who do not hold leadership or management positions and do not meet the criteria for evaluation and rating as “Excellent completion of duties,” but meet all the following criteria, shall receive a performance rating of “Good completion of duties”:

+ Meet the criteria prescribed in Clauses 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Article 5 of these Regulations and demonstrate a positive attitude when serving the public and businesses in positions involving direct contact with, or direct handling of matters for, members of the public and businesses.

+ Complete 100% of targets and duties under the established plan or specific assignments on schedule, ensuring quality and effectiveness.

– Civil servants holding leadership or management positions who do not meet the criteria for evaluation and rating as “Excellent completion of duties,” but meet all the following criteria, shall receive a performance rating of “Good completion of duties”:

+ Meet the criteria prescribed in Clauses 1, 2, 3, and 4 and Point a, Clause 5 of Article 5 of these Regulations.

+ Meet all criteria for duty performance results as prescribed by law, under the established plan, or under specific assignments, on schedule and with quality and effectiveness.

+ Lead, direct, and manage the units and areas of work under their direct responsibility to meet all targets and duties, with at least 80% of work completed on schedule and meeting quality requirements.

+ Have 100% of units under their direct leadership and management rated as “Completion of duties” or higher.

(Article 13 of the Regulations issued together with Decision 3086/QĐ-BGDĐT)

(3) Criteria for Rating Civil Servants’ Performance as “Completion of Duties”

– Civil servants who do not hold leadership or management positions and do not meet the criteria for evaluation and rating as “Good completion of duties” or higher, but meet all the following criteria, shall receive a performance rating of “Completion of duties”:

+ Meet the criteria prescribed in Clauses 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Article 5 of these Regulations and demonstrate a positive attitude when serving the public and businesses in positions involving direct contact with, or direct handling of matters for, members of the public and businesses.

+ Meet all criteria for duty performance results as prescribed by law, under the established plan, or under specific assignments, with no more than 20% failing to meet quality or scheduling requirements or showing low effectiveness.

– Civil servants in leadership or management positions who do not meet the criteria for evaluation and rating as “Good completion of duties” or higher, but meet all the following criteria, shall receive a performance rating of “Completion of duties”:

+ Meet the criteria prescribed in Clauses 1, 2, 3, and 4 and Point a, Clause 5 of Article 5 of these Regulations.

+ Meet all criteria for duty performance results as prescribed by law, under the established plan, or under specific assignments, with no more than 20% failing to meet quality or scheduling requirements or showing low effectiveness.

+ Lead, direct, and manage the units and areas of work under their direct responsibility to meet more than 70% of targets and duties.

+ Have at least 70% of units under their direct leadership and management rated as “Completion of duties.”

(Article 14 of the Regulations issued together with Decision 3086/QĐ-BGDĐT)

(4) Criteria for Rating Civil Servants’ Performance as “Failure to Complete Duties”

– Civil servants who do not hold leadership or management positions shall be evaluated and receive a performance rating of “Failure to complete duties” if they do not meet the criteria for a rating of “Completion of duties” or higher, or if they meet any one of the following criteria:

+ Are determined by a competent authority to show signs of deterioration in political ideology, ethics, or lifestyle, “self-evolution,” or “self-transformation”; violate prohibitions applicable to Party members (for civil servants who are Party members); or violate their responsibility to set an example, adversely affecting their own reputation and that of their employing unit.

+ Have more than 50% of the criteria for duty performance results as prescribed by law, under the established plan, or under specific assignments during the year assessed as not completed.

+ Are subject to disciplinary action during the evaluation year (except where they independently identify the violation and fully remedy its consequences).

– Civil servants holding leadership or management positions who do not meet the criteria for evaluation and rating as “Completion of duties” or higher, or meet any one of the following criteria, shall be evaluated and receive a performance rating of “Failure to complete duties”:

+ Are determined by a competent authority to show signs of deterioration in political ideology, ethics, or lifestyle, “self-evolution,” or “self-transformation”; violate prohibitions applicable to Party members (for civil servants who are Party members); or violate their responsibility to set an example, adversely affecting their own reputation and that of their employing unit.

+ Fail to meet requirements for timeliness, quality, and effectiveness for more than 50% of the criteria for task performance prescribed by law, set out in plans, or specified in assigned tasks.

+ Receive “low confidence” votes accounting for more than 50% of the votes cast in the confidence vote held in accordance with regulations during the evaluation year.

+ The unit or area of work under their responsibility achieves less than 50% of its targets and tasks.

+ A unit under their responsibility and direct management is involved in embezzlement, corruption, and waste and is subject to action in accordance with the law.

+ Are subject to disciplinary action during the evaluation year (except where they independently identify the violation and fully remedy its consequences).

(Article 15 of the Regulations issued together with Decision 3086/QĐ-BGDĐT)

For details, see Decision 3086/QĐ-BGDĐT, effective October 23, 2024.

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