Foreign body food and unstable school meals in 2024

Báo Dân tríBáo Dân trí03/01/2025

(Dan Tri) - In 2024, some principals will proactively resign or be prosecuted because of "unstable" school meals.


School meals have always made parents worried because of the risk of food safety and the lack of minimum quantity.

Usually, school meal scandals are reported at the high school level. However, recently, a meal during the National Defense and Security Education semester at the Polytechnic University was reported by students to have leftovers and foreign objects, shocking many people.

According to some new students of Hanoi University of Science and Technology, leftover rice and soup from each table's bowl from the previous meal were collected, mixed, poured into trays and continued to be distributed to the units that came to eat later.

In particular, some students reported seeing many foreign objects in meals, causing many to be scared and have to buy bread to eat.

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Hanoi University of Science and Technology apologizes and hopes to receive sympathy and understanding from parents and students (Photo: M. Ha).

Responding to the press, a representative of Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) admitted that, through inspection, some information reflected about meals during the National Defense and Security Education semester was true.

At the same time, Hanoi University of Science and Technology would like to apologize and hope to receive sympathy and sharing from parents and students.

The school has immediately terminated the contract with the current food supplier for new students studying National Defense and Security Education. The school has transferred to another supplier to provide meals that meet all quantitative and food safety standards.

Regarding the incident, immediately afterwards, the Government Office sent a document to the Minister of Education and Training, conveying the Deputy Prime Minister's opinion on urgently directing the inspection and strict handling of violations related to the information reported by the press, and directing the inspection and strict handling of violations according to regulations.

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Image of foreign object and woman in red shirt pouring leftover soup into bowl for students to eat later (Photo: From report).

Female principal in Son La resigns after reflecting on "many shortcomings" of boarding meals

After reflecting on the "many shortcomings" of the boarding meals, recently Ms. Nguyen Thi Ha, Principal of Nam Ty Primary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities (Song Ma District, Son La) wrote a resignation letter and was accepted by the People's Committee of this district.

Specifically, the weekly menu at this school consists almost exclusively of rice, soup, boiled duck eggs and fried sausages.

Some meals are "improved" with meat dishes that are more fatty than lean or frozen chicken dishes. For the past two months, the school has removed milk from the students' daily menu.

According to the results of a surprise inspection by the authorities, the school's meals are not nutritious enough for the amount of money the students spend on food.

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Boarding school meal in Son La (Photo: Tran Thanh).

Former principal arrested because students ate rice with instant noodle soup

On the afternoon of October 23, Lao Cai Provincial Police initiated a criminal case, prosecuted and arrested Tran Ngoc Ha (born in 1977, in Bac Ha district, Lao Cai province), former Principal of Hoang Thu Pho 1 Primary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities, Hoang Thu Pho commune, Bac Ha district, for the crime of Abusing position and power while performing official duties.

According to the police, from 2022 to 2023, Tran Ngoc Ha directed the withdrawal of more than 765 million VND in student support policy funds. Lao Cai Provincial Police determined that of the total amount, Tran Ngoc Ha had misappropriated and misappropriated more than 52 million VND.

On October 22, Lao Cai Provincial Police searched the residence and workplace of suspect Tran Ngoc Ha.

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Tran Ngoc Ha at the time of arrest (Photo: Provided by police).

Previously, VTV reported on the unusual boarding meal at Hoang Thu Pho 1 Primary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities.

In a VTV1 report broadcast on the evening of December 16, 2023, Principal Tran Ngoc Ha said that the students' food rations were still adequate. However, the school's kitchen staff said that food shortages often occurred. The school's toilets even lacked paper, forcing the students to use chayote leaves instead.

On the evening of December 17, VTV1 continued to report another meal at this school that only had tofu and vegetable soup, lacking meat and bones as the bulletin board stated.

The principal still insisted that the meal was complete, while the students said "not full yet", and after picking up all the food, they still didn't finish the white rice.

The cooking staff said the amount of food received for cooking was only one-third of the publicly announced quantity.

A 30,000 VND meal with only 2 pieces of ham, the principal resigned.

Ms. Phan Thi Han Hue, Principal of Anh Duong Kindergarten (Ba Ria - Vung Tau) has submitted a resignation letter after a teacher reported that her lunch was embezzled.

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Lunch tray at Anh Duong Kindergarten (Photo: Teacher provided).

Previously, on September 14, social media posted information reflecting that the lunch tray costing 30,000 VND for teachers at Anh Duong Kindergarten only had rice and 2 pieces of ham, with a little fish sauce; some other trays had rice and a few pieces of stir-fried meat with bamboo shoots. The incident did not just happen recently but has been going on for a long time.

When social networks and newspapers posted the information, on the afternoon of September 14, the Chairman of Chau Duc district issued an urgent document requesting an inspection, and the teachers and staff in the school were refunded their meal money.



Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/thuc-an-co-di-vat-va-nhung-bua-an-hoc-duong-bat-on-nam-2024-20250102173645286.htm

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