How many similar classes are there?

Students of Hong Ha Primary School, Binh Thanh District, September 28

Is it only grade 1/2 Hong Ha Primary School?

Hundreds of comments from Thanh Nien Newspaper readers were sent after each article about the incident of collecting and spending 313 million VND in the class fund, of which more than 225 million VND was spent on repairing a classroom and tens of millions of VND were spent on staff serving the school, performing arts practice, internet connection...

Until late last night, when class 1/2 of Hong Ha Primary School held a parent meeting right after the decision of the Department of Education and Training of Binh Thanh District to return cash to parents, readers' interest in this case was still very large.

Many readers share the same opinion: "Is criticizing the homeroom teacher and the principal after this incident 'raising high and hitting lightly' enough to deter?". At the same time, many parents left comments: How many other classes like grade 1/2 also have wrongful collection and spending, but the parents remain "silent", so they continue to collect and spend huge amounts?

A reader named dTLmom1e … commented: "As far as I know, it's not just this 1/2 class that collects such a large amount of money. This needs to be clarified. It can't be resolved by covering up public opinion like this."

Parents' meeting, waiting to receive refund of wrongly collected and spent money at class 1/2 Hong Ha Primary School on the evening of September 28

Sharing this view, parent Nguyen Tuan commented: "If we had first given a plan and the amount of money to pay, it wouldn't have turned out like this. When the meeting was held to vote on renovating the classroom, parents of course agreed. But when it came time to ask for money, we were surprised to find out that the amount each parent had to pay was equal to a month's salary, so some parents complained to the press. The violations are obvious, the authorities need to send staff to re-evaluate this school to see if there have been similar violations in the past years. Is it just this class 1/2?"

Reader Ha Nguyen wrote: "If parents do not report it, and the media does not speak up, will the Binh Thanh District Department of Education and Training, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, and the Ministry of Education and Training know about this issue?"

Parent Anh Tuan Nguyen shared with the editorial board: "Please, the school board and the school, restore the dignity and respect of society, directly from parents and students to the education sector, and do not overcharge. Behind the contributions, parents discuss and exchange in the family, the children listen in silence, without reacting. But step by step, the respect for teachers is reduced and then the uneducated behaviors from the children are increasing."

Class fund receipt and expenditure table of over 313 million VND of class 1/2 of Hong Ha Primary School

Just criticism, is it too mild?

Many readers expressed concern about the Binh Thanh District Department of Education and Training directing the school to criticize Ms. Huynh Ngoc Thuy, homeroom teacher of class 1/2, for violations in revenue and expenditure; the District Department of Education and Training issued a document criticizing Ms. Bui Thi Hai Yen, Principal of the school, for not performing well in her role as school manager, not properly implementing the mobilization process, and the collection and expenditure of the fund for the activities of the Parents' Representative Board according to regulations.

Account Nguyen Tan Phong expressed: "I don't understand, the school is state property, but this principal said parents want to repair the classroom. My house (which is my property) just needs to dump sand in front of the house, the urban ward will come to inquire."

Reader buingocthang758 believes that criticizing the homeroom teacher and principal is too light compared to the violation of the collection and disbursement of the fund for the parents' representative committee of grades 1 and 2, and there must be a stronger form of discipline. "The principal's agreement to let the parents' representative committee repair the classroom and agree to let students from grades 1 to 5 stay in the same classroom is a violation of the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training. Second, the classroom is the property of the school, the property of the state, so repairing the classroom, a large amount of money must be approved by the governing body, including mobilizing money from the parents. If the principal lets the classes repair and invest in the classroom like a hotel, then the classroom will no longer be a place for education, a place for learning, and will give rise to jealousy and discrimination between rich and poor children," this parent said.

Facilities inside Hong Ha Primary School

Emphasizing the responsibility of the school principal, lawyer Tran Minh Cuong, Director of TMC Lawyers Law Firm, Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association, said that in Article 12 of Circular 16 of 2018, the Ministry of Education and Training has regulations on the responsibility of the head of an educational institution - in this case, the principal. Specifically, the head of an educational institution is responsible before the law for mobilizing, receiving, managing and using funding for the educational institution.

What information should parents keep in mind about the parent-teacher association, as well as fundraising in schools, to help combat overcharging and make the school environment more transparent and humane?

Speaking to Thanh Nien Newspaper reporters, lawyer Tran Minh Cuong, Director of TMC Lawyers Law Firm, Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association, said that parents need to pay attention to Circular 55/2011 of the Ministry of Education and Training promulgating the Charter of the Parents' Representative Board and Circular 16/2018 of the Ministry of Education and Training regulating funding for educational institutions in the national education system.

Specifically, in Clause 2, Article 5 of Circular 55, the Ministry of Education and Training stipulates the rights of the class parent representative committee:

• Decide to convene parent-teacher meetings as prescribed in Article 9 of this Charter (except for the first meeting of the school year of the class's Parent-Teacher Association) after agreeing with the homeroom teacher;
• Organize to collect opinions from parents of students in the class about measures to manage student education to make specific recommendations to homeroom teachers and subject teachers about measures to improve the quality of moral education and teaching quality;
• Coordinate the organization of extracurricular educational activities, traditional education, cultural, artistic and sports activities to achieve the goal of comprehensive education for students after agreeing with the homeroom teacher.

According to the above regulations, the class parents' representative committee does not have the right to solicit sponsorship in the class.

In Clause 1, Article 5 of Circular 16, the Ministry of Education and Training stipulates the process of mobilizing sponsorship at educational institutions: Based on the school year's operation plan and the budget estimate assigned by the state agency, periodically or suddenly, educational institutions develop a plan to mobilize sponsorship and report to the Department of Education and Training for approval for preschools, primary and secondary schools; report to the Department of Education and Training for approval for high schools and other educational institutions under the Department of Education and Training, before organizing the mobilization of sponsorship.

"According to the above regulations, we can see that the mobilization of funding for primary education facilities must be planned and reported to the Department of Education and Training. Only when approved can the mobilization be carried out," said lawyer Tran Minh Cuong.

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