Hundreds of medical students have their tuition fees misappropriated

Ca Mau Department of Health officials collected tuition fees from students but did not submit them to Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy but instead appropriated them.

Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy - where hundreds of students from Ca Mau study - is having their tuition fees of billions of dong misappropriated. Photo: Phuc Hung.

On October 6, the People's Committee of Ca Mau province said it had transferred the case to the police to investigate signs that the accountant and treasurer of the provincial Department of Health had embezzled about 3 billion VND from students.

In 2011, Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy trained 252 students in Ca Mau to solve the problem of human resources in the medical field. These students committed to serving the locality for at least 5 years after graduation.

The treasurer and accountant of the Ca Mau Department of Health are responsible for collecting tuition fees from students and submitting them to Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy. However, according to statistics from the training center for the 2014-2015 school year, Ca Mau had 201 students who had not paid tuition fees; in 2015-2016, there were 199 students…

Because they did not pay their tuition fees, the students could not open their transcripts at the school, even though they had paid and kept the receipt from the Ca Mau Department of Health staff.

To ensure the rights of students, the health sector leaders worked with Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy to find a solution, while waiting for the investigation agency to determine who must return the misappropriated money.

In addition, the province has agreed with the training facility that from this school year, the school will be responsible for collecting tuition fees from students studying at their address.

According to VNE