Proposed disciplinary warning for principal for covering up student fight

Regarding the case of students fighting at Trung Hieu Secondary School, the Disciplinary Council of the Department of Education and Training of Vung Liem District (Vinh Long) met to propose disciplinary action against the principal.

On November 11, according to information from the Department of Education and Training of Vung Liem District (Vinh Long), the Disciplinary Council of the unit just held a meeting and proposed a disciplinary warning for Mr. Vo Huu Tran, Principal of Trung Hieu Secondary School, for deliberately concealing the incident of students fighting and not reporting to superiors.

Trung Hieu Secondary School, where the "gang beating" incident caused a stir in public opinion

Specifically, based on the results of verifying information about students fighting on September 23 and the student fight in the 2023-2024 school year at Trung Hieu Secondary School, the Disciplinary Council found that Mr. Vo Huu Tran deliberately concealed the matter, did not report to superiors, and only resolved it internally, causing public outrage.

Thereby, the Disciplinary Council of the Department of Education and Training of Vung Liem District unanimously proposed that the competent authority discipline Mr. Vo Huu Tran with a warning.

At the same time, it is recommended that the competent authority continue to handle the officials involved in the case of a group of students beating up a classmate at Trung Hieu Secondary School on September 23. Specifically, Mr. Huynh Hoang Hai, the homeroom teacher, did not manage the class closely, students fought many times in class but he did not detect it, did not have a solution to manage students and prevent students from fighting.

The head teacher Nguyen Thi Ngoc Thanh has not fulfilled her responsibility in managing student discipline and has not cared for the student when he was beaten by a group of friends. When a parent sent a clip of a student being beaten by a group of friends to Ms. Thanh, she only sent it to the principal and did not discuss with the student's family the situation of the beating so that the family could promptly give first aid to the student.

Regarding the incident, Trung Hieu Secondary School previously held a disciplinary council meeting and decided to discipline 9 students. Of these, 8 students who directly beat their friend were disciplined by being suspended from school for 1 school year (2024-2025), 1 female student who filmed the clip was disciplined by being suspended from school for 2 weeks. Students who watched without reporting or helping their friend to stop the incident were criticized in front of the whole school and had their conduct grade reduced by 1 level.

Image of a group of students "beating up" a friend at Trung Hieu Secondary School

The cause of the incident was that on September 21, student TTL pretended to fall and hit NHN's back with his elbow, causing N. to be hurt. After that, he went home and told his grandmother that L. had hurt him. Feeling sorry for her grandchild, N.'s grandmother went to L.'s family to report this, causing the child to be scolded and punished. The next day, L. invited more friends to find and beat N.

At 11:25 a.m. on September 23, L. did not directly participate, but called on a group of 8th grade students from the same school to beat N. right in the classroom. This group beat N. with their hands, feet, brooms, helmets, chairs, sticks... N. did not dare to resist. Many students who witnessed the incident did not report it to the school but stood there cheering; TTNH used his phone to record the entire incident.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/de-nghi-ky-luat-canh-cao-hieu-truong-vi-che-giau-viec-hoc-sinh-danh-nhau-185241111090913661.htm