Binh Duong: Petrus Ky School stops surveying information about parents working as civil servants

On the afternoon of March 20, a representative of the Board of Directors of Petrus Ky Primary and Secondary School (Hiep Thanh Ward, Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong) stopped the survey to collect information of students whose parents are government officials.

- Ảnh 1. — Teacher message content in group for parents.

Previously, many parents received a "Parent Survey" link sent by the school's teacher in the group with the content: "Dear parents, the school needs to know the number of parents who are civil servants, so we hope that parents can help me with the survey link. Thank you very much."

- Ảnh 2. — When logging into the link, parents must answer the required questions.

Accordingly, when clicking on the link, parents will have to answer mandatory questions such as the student's full name, which grade they are in, and answer "yes" or "no" in the section "Does your parent currently work as a civil servant?"

After receiving the school's survey questions, many parents (including those who are not civil servants or public employees) also expressed concerns, and at the same time thought that this survey was sensitive, affecting the feelings of parents who are civil servants and public employees at a time when they are preparing to merge wards, communes and some state agencies, and streamlining the apparatus in Binh Duong at present.

- Ảnh 3. — Parents mark "yes" or "no" to answer the question

Responding to a question from Thanh Nien reporter, Mr. Pham Ngoc Nam, Principal of Petrus Ky Primary and Secondary School, explained that the school's admissions department misunderstood the school leaders' instructions, so they created a survey link and sent it to parents.

Mr. Nam said that the school has directed the admissions department to collect information on students whose parents are civil servants or public employees based on available records and data stored at the school to serve the school's admissions work and strategy in the following school years.

- Ảnh 4. — On March 20, Petrus Ky School closed the survey link.

"However, the admissions department misunderstood this. Instead of collecting statistics and data from available records and data, they created a link to survey and collect data. It is true that this time is somewhat sensitive, so I have directed to stop the survey," said Mr. Pham Ngoc Nam.