4 officials in Thanh Hoa prosecuted for wrong admission criteria

TPO - Regarding the case of recruiting dozens of students with incorrect criteria into the Quan Hoa District Ethnic Boarding Secondary School (Thanh Hoa), 4 officials have been prosecuted for the crime of "Abusing position and power while performing official duties".

TPO - Regarding the case of recruiting dozens of students with incorrect criteria into the Quan Hoa District Ethnic Boarding Secondary School (Thanh Hoa), 4 officials have been prosecuted for the crime of "Abusing position and power while performing official duties".

On January 10, information from the Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Procuracy said that the unit had approved the decision to prosecute 4 defendants for the crime of "Abusing position and power while performing official duties: stipulated in Article 356 of the 2015 Penal Code (amended and supplemented in 2017) related to the case of illegal enrollment at the Quan Hoa District Ethnic Minority Boarding Secondary School (Thanh Hoa).

Specifically, the four officials prosecuted include: Vu Van Que, a specialist of the Department of Education and Training of Quan Hoa district; Trinh Dinh Hung, Principal of the Boarding Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities in Quan Hoa district; Lo Duc Liem, Deputy Head of the Department of Education and Training of Quan Hoa district; Ngo Phi Hung, Head of the Department of Education and Training of Quan Hoa district (the defendants held these positions at the time of the violations in the 2021-2022 school year).

Quan Hoa Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities Boarding

According to the records, despite knowing that dozens of students were not eligible for admission to Quan Hoa District Ethnic Minority Boarding Secondary School for the 2021-2022 school year, according to Circular 01 of 2016 of the Ministry of Education and Training and Instruction 1097 of the Thanh Hoa Department of Education and Training (on the regulations on organization and operation of ethnic minority boarding schools), the admissions council still considered these students for admission. The above behavior caused a loss of more than 1.2 billion VND to the state budget.

Previously, in February 2023, Tien Phong newspaper reported that the Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Committee had announced disciplinary measures against the party organization and party members at the Quan Hoa District People's Committee for violations in the enrollment of grade 6 students at Quan Hoa Secondary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities. According to the verification results of the Quan Hoa District People's Committee, the issuance of the enrollment plan by the Head of the Quan Hoa Department of Education and Training was not in accordance with the procedures for issuing documents and the authority as prescribed. Compared with the guiding Circular of the Ministry of Education and Training and current regulations, the enrollment plan for grade 6 students at Quan Hoa Secondary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities for the 2022-2023 school year contained inappropriate and non-compliant content. After that, dozens of students who were determined to have been recruited incorrectly were arranged to study at schools where they resided...

Hoang Lam

Source: https://tienphong.vn/tuyen-sinh-sai-tieu-chi-4-can-bo-o-thanh-hoa-bi-khoi-to-post1708336.tpo