Conclusion of the case of a teacher accusing the school of "cutting" the boarding meals

(NLDO) - The Department of Education and Training of Nha Trang City (Khanh Hoa) has established an inspection team and has concluded the case of a teacher accusing the school of "cutting" the boarding meals.

On the afternoon of March 19, the Department of Education and Training of Nha Trang City announced that it had concluded the content of the accusation against the principal of VH 1 Primary School.

Accordingly, the Provincial Party Committee Office and the Citizen Reception Committee of Khanh Hoa province transferred the complaint, the Department of Education and Training sent a team to verify the complaint of teacher Nguyen Thu Lieu, a teacher at VH 1 Primary School, accusing the principal of reducing the students' meals, embezzling the state budget, and overcharging as reported by Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper .

False accusation

Regarding the content of "the principal built the boarding kitchen himself", the Department of Education and Training affirmed that the accusation was false. The school's kitchen was invested in and built by the Nha Trang City People's Committee with a cost of more than 1.4 billion VND from the city budget.

Regarding the content of "self-determined student meal fee of 29,000 VND/day, boarding service fee of 140,000 VND/student/month, boarding service fee of 40,000 VND/student/month", through checking the records, it was shown that the principal had organized all meetings of the School Council, the school Party cell, and the school association.

Organize meetings of the parents' representatives of each class to get opinions on the implementation of the boarding kitchen and the fees for boarding activities (with meeting minutes). Of which, the fee is 29,000 VND/student/day, with full minutes and settlement records up to the time of inspection.

Boarding meals at V.H1 Primary School

The school collects 140,000 VND/student/month and 40,000 VND/student/month in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 12/2022/NQ-HDND dated September 23, 2022 of the Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Council. Check the settlement records of revenue and expenditure to match the documents. Details of boarding school revenues and expenditures are settled monthly.

The content of "Not publicly providing food" according to the Department of Education and Training is also a false accusation. The school organized a meeting of the parties to select the supplier; the food supplier has a full sales contract, business certificate and commitment to ensure safe food production and business.

Teacher has more important evidence?

Content "The quality of boarding meals is too poor", according to the Department of Education and Training, on February 26, 2025, the inspection team suddenly conducted a field inspection at the school and compared the student meal vouchers and found that the data matched each other.

The school has developed a nutritionally balanced menu, with a food quantity table for students from raw food to cooked food to ensure meals are of sufficient quantity and nutrition. Therefore, the content of the accusation is unfounded.

The content "The quality of boarding meals is reduced", through checking the daily meal calculation records, shows that the school calculates the meal costs in a balanced way every week. On days when eating dishes such as tofu, pork, chicken, the amount will be left over and on days when eating dishes such as mackerel, shrimp, beef, the amount will be short due to the different prices of food items.

Checking the daily boarding book, the boarding person commented that the students ate all their meals and enjoyed the food.

The representative of the Parents Association said that the number of meals is guaranteed according to the quantity.

On February 26, 2025, the representative of the surprise inspection team discussed with the representative board of the Parents' Association how to evaluate the quality of daily meals.

The representative of the Parents Association said that the quantity of meals is guaranteed according to the quantity; the quality of meals is ensured by asking students about their appetite, there are regular changes in the main and side meal menus; the menu is rich.

Through inspection, the daily food rations are divided in an orderly and clean manner. The school has positive changes after each boarding school inspection by superiors.

From the above reasons, the Department of Education and Training concluded that the meals were of guaranteed quality, the revenue and expenditure of 29,000 VND/day was balanced during the week, the students' menus were varied and rich, and nutritional balance software was applied to create meal menus for students, and students ate all their meals.

The contents of the petition stated the figures "VND 2,700,000, and VND 2,900,000 for personal expenses (about VND 500 million)..." are baseless and do not reflect reality.

As for teacher Nguyen Thu Lieu, she said she had received a response to the complaint from the Department of Education and Training of Nha Trang City. According to her, there is still a lot of important evidence and she will continue to file a complaint.

Require schools to make public

In addition, some other contents about the principal embezzling the budget such as "The money for buying TVs and repairing tables and chairs is mostly contributed by benefactors. The principal uses the payment receipts to withdraw from the state budget"; using union funds; "each student contributes 425,000 VND for a school year with 1,082 students in the whole school, the amount is up to 459,850,000 VND. Teachers collect and pay the principal, but most activities are supported by benefactors"...

According to the Department of Education and Training, the fees collected from students are in accordance with regulations, the school does not implement socialization and does not have any sponsors.

Based on the verification results, Nha Trang Department of Education and Training concluded that the accusation against the principal of V.H1 Primary School was false and baseless.

Conclusion of Nha Trang City Department of Education and Training on the case of a teacher accusing the school of "cutting" the boarding meals

The Department requested the principal of V.H1 Primary School to better carry out the work of publicity and two-way information between the school and teachers, employees and students' families so that everyone can grasp the situation of the school's activities in general and the organization of boarding schools in particular to avoid conflicting opinions in the school's activities.

Publicly post the conclusion of this complaint at the unit according to regulations.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/ket-luan-vu-co-giao-to-nha-truong-an-bot-suat-an-ban-tru-196250319173516039.htm