Of the 523 applications from parents wishing to transfer their children to Tay Mo 3 Primary School, the Department of Education and Training divided them into two groups to handle.

Specifically, for the group of 230 students studying at Ly Nam De Primary School who want to transfer to Tay Mo 3 Primary School, if they wish to continue studying at this school or transfer to Tay Mo Primary School or Dai Mo 3 Primary School (Dai Mo ward), they must submit a new application at the corresponding school from 2:00 p.m. on August 25 to 12:00 p.m. on August 26.

For the remaining group of 293 students , if they wish to transfer to Ly Nam De Primary School, Tay Mo Primary School, Dai Mo 3 Primary School (Dai Mo ward), they must submit a new application at the corresponding schools within the time frame from 2:00 p.m. on August 25 to 12:00 p.m. on August 26.

For 1,111 students of Tay Mo 3 Primary School, including 460 newly recruited grade 1 students and 651 grade 2-5 students separated from Tay Mo Primary School, if they wish to transfer back to Tay Mo Primary School or transfer to Ly Nam De Primary School, Dai Mo 3 Primary School (Dai Mo ward), they should also submit their applications to the respective schools from 2:00 p.m. on August 25 to 12:00 p.m. on August 26.

The Department of Education and Training noted that Dai Mo 3 Primary School will only accept 190 more students for each grade. After 12:00 on August 26, the schools will collect applications from parents for consideration and resolution and notify the results before 2:00 on August 27 to prepare for the new school year.

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Parents are upset because their children do not have a place to study as the school year starts soon. (Photo: Thuy Nga)

Previously, in a dialogue between district leaders, the Department of Education and Training and parents, parents also expressed their frustration when for many years they wanted to send their children to a school near their home, but it was overloaded and they had to go to Ly Nam De Primary School, about 4-5km from home.

This year, when they learned that Tay Mo 3 Primary School was in operation, hundreds of parents withdrew their applications to move closer to home, but received information that the school would only accept students from Tay Mo Primary School.

Mr. Le Duc Cong, a resident of Tay Mo ward, said that his child currently has to go to school 3-5km away, in the opposite direction, which is very inconvenient. “Why don’t you assign the children to go to school on the right route? There are people who live opposite the school gate but have to give up their seats to students who are not on the right route. Why does my child sit with 50-60 students in Ly Nam De while there are only 36 students in Tay Mo 3 near our house? Is going to a standard school more important or is social security more important?”, he said indignantly.

In front of parents, Ms. Do Thi Thuy Ha, Vice Chairwoman of Nam Tu Liem District People's Committee, said that the locality's task is to ensure the rights of students living in the area. The District People's Committee agreed on a plan to try to accept the wishes of all parents to send their children to public schools in their area.

“This is what we are trying to do. The new school year is coming soon, we are also very anxious and hope that students will soon settle into school. The District People's Committee ensures that information will be public and transparent with more than 520 parents and will have a response on August 27,” said Ms. Ha.

Parents 'surrounding' school in Tay Mo: District received 520 petitions, closed on August 27th, responded at 2:10 p.m. on August 23rd, representative of Nam Tu Liem District People's Committee and Department of Education and Training responded to parents as scheduled about the plan to resolve their children's study wishes at Tay Mo 3 Primary School.