Opinions on solutions to mobilize capital for school construction

Editor's note:After the column "Provincial People's Council Delegates, Speak, Do and Listen" in Nghe An Newspaper, issue 7/9 and issue 9/9 published the article: What solutions to mobilize capital for school construction? and the opinions of readers and education managers, Nghe An Newspaper continued to receive opinions from many parents on this issue:

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh An, Hung Phuc Ward (Vinh City):

I strongly agree and welcome the Government's policy of stopping the collection of construction fees to reduce the contribution of students. However, stopping the collection is not really reasonable when the State does not have the funds to compensate for the shortfall due to not collecting construction fees. Currently, schools are applying the policy of voluntary mobilization. However, some schools do it seriously, the amount that parents voluntarily contribute is collected; some schools take advantage of this policy to introduce many unreasonable fees leading to overcharging. In my opinion, having to contribute to school construction is a natural thing to do and not unreasonable, but the problem is how to mobilize to create a unified level of contribution, while ensuring that the spending is for the right purpose of improving better learning conditions for students, then we parents will be ready.

Mr. Dau Tien Vinh, Le Mao ward (Vinh city):

I do not agree with the removal of the State's construction fee collection, because when the collection is stopped according to regulations, schools will switch to voluntary mobilization, but in fact it is "forced", poor and disadvantaged families also have to pay. Therefore, the State should still regulate a "fixed" collection level, which is still the best, creating fairness between students in the same school in particular and the education system in general, not putting on the shoulders of schools the burden of "demand" being greater than "supply", leading to being forced to "apply" many methods, creating negativity in schools.

Mr. Nguyen Trong Tan, Hung Tan commune (Hung Nguyen):

Although farmers depend on agricultural production for their living, but if they have to pay school construction fees every year according to the previous regulations, it is not too much, while poor households, those in difficult circumstances, and families with preferential policies are all exempted. In recent years, it is said that it is a voluntary movement according to the economic capacity of parents, but it seems to be equalized, because there are children whose families are really in difficulty, but when they see their friends paying but they do not pay, they feel ashamed in front of their friends, so they force their parents to pay. Therefore, I do not agree with the abolition of paying for construction fees. In my opinion, the regulation is still to pay for school facilities and classrooms for each year, divided equally among students (exemption or deduction for poor students and families with preferential policies).

Mr. Nguyen Trong Hung, Da Son commune (Do Luong):

Contributing effort and money to build facilities is the job of parents and students. We must fully realize that education is the cause of the Party, the State and the whole society, so in addition to the responsibility of the State and society in taking care of school and classroom facilities, there should also be specific regulations for parents to show responsibility for their children. At the same time, parents also need to realize that investing in education is an investment that cannot be calculated in the short term, but it is the future of our entire generation of children."

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