Right before the new school year, the story of school overcharging is hotter than ever. As scheduled, while students across the country are eager to go to school, parents are busy worrying about money for books, tuition, uniforms...
In particular, many parents in some places expressed disagreement, even anger, with the series of voluntary fees at the beginning of the year. This is always a "hot" topic every new school year. How to rectify the overcharging at the beginning of the school year, to avoid "coming back as scheduled"?
Every time a new school year is about to begin, public opinion is concerned about the beginning of the year's income.
Recently, a social media account posted a clip in which a staff member instructed students to buy uniforms and clearly stated that if they did not wear (uniform backpacks), security would not allow them to enter the school gate. The clip was said to have been filmed at a public high school in Ho Chi Minh City, recording an exchange between students and school staff about buying uniforms at the beginning of the school year.
Many parents in Quang Ninh are concerned about some educational institutions charging extra money to install curtains and air conditioners in classrooms. Recently, information that parents wanted to install air conditioners and projectors had to sign a commitment to donate them to a school in Thanh Tri district, Hanoi also caused a stir in public opinion.
These are just a few examples of the collection of fees right before the new school year. At the beginning of every school year, parents complain about having to pay too much in fees and funds. If we look at the names, for example, the Facilities Fund, air conditioning, projectors, curtains, then the parents fund..., and then there is the uniform and backpack, it seems that parents are naturally responsible for sharing with the school so that their children can have good learning conditions.
Many parents disagree with the fee but are reluctant to object, fearing that the school will make things difficult for the homeroom teacher or their children: "We come and sit and listen like parrots, clap our hands loudly, pay the fee and then leave. We also want to speak up, but we are in the minority. We are afraid that if we speak up, our children will be bullied, so we just keep quiet because we have to pay the fee anyway.
Now they are switching to a voluntary system. For example, if the classroom is hot and there is no air conditioning, they suggest that parents pay for air conditioning or install curtains to keep the children cool. Even for extra classes, they say that the students volunteer to teach them.
Of course I know that there is no such thing as volunteering, but it is no longer an announcement from the school, the school only suggests it. Then the parents have a meeting, sometimes I am forced to follow, but I do not want to contribute because it is expensive.
Faced with this situation, Ms. Nguyen Thi Viet Nga - Deputy Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Hai Duong province - expressed her opinion: "We request that schools be truly transparent, clear and consult with the majority of parents, must serve the purpose of education, collect the right amount and collect enough. As for parents, I also sincerely hope that parents should carefully study all the regulations, the fees collected in schools are currently regulated.
Parents should understand these regulations, detect unreasonable fees, and promptly report them to the authorities. Now I see that many provinces and cities are doing very well, the People's Council will issue a list of fees that schools are allowed to collect, with a maximum of no more than a certain amount of money."
To ensure strict implementation of the collection fees at the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, the Department of Education and Training of Ca Mau requires that no content contrary to regulations be set up to suggest and force parents to contribute to fees outside of regulations, while Bac Lieu clearly stipulates which fees can be collected: fees for services, supporting educational activities other than tuition fees for public educational institutions in the area...
Meritorious teacher, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Son - Former Deputy Head of the Department of Education (Central Science and Education Committee) - said that localities also need to have drastic solutions like that so that each parent meeting at the beginning of the new school year is an opportunity for parents and teachers to meet in a happy mood, not just to attend meetings to pay money.
" I hope that in places that have not done well, we need to do better. Give specific instructions, clear guidance, and each collection item at the beginning of the year to make it easier for schools to do and also to avoid making mistakes. I think that if we do that well, it will definitely bring about efficiency and also avoid the reputation of the Ministry of Education and Training. If Autumn is considered bad, it will no longer be beautiful, " Dr. Nguyen Thanh Son shared.
To fully enjoy the joy of welcoming the new school year, in addition to active guidance from management levels, the role of parents is also very important in contributing to reducing and eventually ending the situation of overcharging at the beginning of the school year.
LE THU (VOV1)
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