According to the feedback of some parents whose children are studying at Le Hong Phong Primary School (Le Hong Phong Ward, Phu Ly City, Ha Nam Province), the school has set some fees that are not in accordance with regulations.
Parents wonder about many unusual incomes
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Parents' questions
Parents wonder, there are only 2 water bottles in the hallway, where does the water come from and when the water runs out, will there be new water bottles to exchange? The school charges 8,000 VND/student/month to buy water. Will the money students pay to buy water be used up?
"Each student pays 20,000 VND/month for cleaning. However, the children still have to pick up trash and clean the classroom after school. Each class still has to take turns sweeping the school yard. In addition, the school's fee for collecting test papers and exam papers is 115,000 VND/student/year, but last year (2022), our child still had to pay from the class fund. Will a child photocopy and use up that many test papers and exam papers throughout the school year?", a parent commented.
In addition, parents believe that the school construction costs will be funded by the state. However, parents say that the principal said that he has not yet received funding, so he asked parents to support the school. Parents ask what will the money parents have paid in advance be used for if the state later provides funding? Where will that money go?
The school's view is to make ends meet.
In response to parents' complaints, speaking to Thanh Nien Newspaper reporters, Mr. Ha Van Dong, Principal of Le Hong Phong Primary School, said that the school had finished organizing the parent-teacher meeting, and the classes had submitted the meeting minutes to the school. In the minutes, all parents agreed and agreed on the fees. The school is preparing documents and submissions to the Department of Education and Training.
Le Hong Phong Primary School, where some parents are complaining about some fees
According to Mr. Dong, some revenues such as drinking water, sanitation, and school inspection fees are collected according to Resolution 09 of the Ha Nam Provincial People's Council. According to Resolution 09, the water fee is not more than 10,000 VND. Based on the expenditure of the previous year (2022), the expected expenses this year, the school develops a collection plan and the viewpoint is to collect enough to spend. Through calculation, the water fee is determined to be 8,000 VND per student. Water bottles are provided to all classes, 1 bottle per class. This has been happening for many years, not the first year. Therefore, the parents' reflection is not accurate.
Commenting on the fact that in 2022 the school had used class funds to photocopy test papers for students, Mr. Dong said that he had only been working at the school for 2 months. He did not know about last year's incident and did not direct it, but this year it certainly would not happen.
Each class is arranged to place a water bottle to serve students.
Regarding this year's collection, Mr. Dong said: "The school's examination fee is not to exceed 115,000 VND/year based on the actual expenditure of the previous year. This year, the accountant estimates that grades 1 and 2 will only collect 70,000 VND/student, and grades 3 to 5 will collect 100,000 VND/student; no grade collects 115,000 VND/student as reported."
Regarding cleaning fees, according to Resolution 09, the school cannot collect more than 20,500 VND/student/month. Based on the results of last year's collection, this year, the school has planned to collect 20,000 VND/student/month, hire 3 cleaners to sweep the classrooms, 2 cleaners to sweep the yard and clean the toilets. Students only come to school to study, they don't have to do anything.
The school announced the voluntary collection fee, but the parents' association arbitrarily leveled the fee?
Regarding the amount of money the school called on parents to sponsor, Mr. Dong said: "Recently, the school was allowed by Phu Ly City to repair 25 classrooms. The budget was used to re-plaster, re-tile the floor, redo the electrical system, fans and promptly hand over to the school on September 5. All the interior furniture such as: Some tables and chairs were damaged during the move and need repair funds. The fee for installing TVs to return to 25 classes; blackboard system; network system... the total amount needed is about 170 million VND. The school has written to request funding from the Department of Education and Training of Phu Ly City, but the department did not have the funds so it allowed the school to mobilize support from benefactors and parents."
Mr. Dong emphasized that the total amount of 170 million VND that the school called on parents to contribute is not mandatory. Whoever finds it appropriate can contribute, and it is okay not to contribute.
"However, after we informed the parents' association about this amount, a few days later some parents in the classes questioned that each student had to pay 150,000 VND. When receiving incorrect information, the school immediately notified the parents, emphasizing that this was an optional sponsorship amount," said Mr. Dong.
When asked why there was incorrect information that upset parents, Mr. Dong said: "In the meeting organized by the school, the chairmen of the parent association were invited to attend to make the announcement. After the meeting, the parent association informed the parents in the class. The parent association may have provided incorrect information leading to misunderstandings."
In addition, Mr. Dong also wondered, there are two primary schools in Le Hong Phong Ward. According to Mr. Dong, parents may have mistakenly reported this school for the other school, because among the items parents reported, there was only one collection item that had a misunderstanding during the communication between the parents' association and the school, but the school also reported very detailed information immediately afterwards.
The second school also encountered a situation of equalization when calling for parent sponsorship.
To clarify whether parents have reported the wrong school or not, Thanh Nien Newspaper had a meeting with Mr. Nguyen Van Trach, Principal of Thanh Son B Primary School (Le Hong Phong Ward, Phu Ly City, Ha Nam Province). Mr. Trach said that Thanh Son B Primary School was built a long time ago and is seriously degraded. Every year, the school has to hire workers to repair the computer room, network cable system, electrical wires, etc., which is very costly.
"We estimate that the repair cost this year will be around VND90 million. The school has held a meeting to publicize these revenues. In the meeting, the school and the heads of the parent associations of each class participated. We informed them about the voluntary amount, and they will convey the information to the parents of each class. We do not divide the average VND120,000 per student, but the parents have arbitrarily divided it like that, we do not know," said Mr. Trach.
According to Mr. Trach, through the parents' feedback to the press, the school will clearly announce that this is a voluntary collection, and cannot be equalized. If the amount raised is not enough 90 million VND, the school will consider and repair fewer items.
Regarding the collection of sanitation fees, water fees, and examination paper fees, this school also complies with Decree 09. Parents' complaints about these fees are also incorrect.
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