Criticize Binh Minh Kindergarten in front of the entire Cua Lo education sector for collecting illegal fees
(Baonghean.vn) - That is the direction of the Department of Education and Training of Cua Lo town after the conclusion of the inspection of the beginning of the school year collections at Binh Minh Kindergarten.
Previously, regarding this incident, on October 4, Nghe An electronic newspaper published an article “Parents in Cua Lo town are upset because the kindergarten is overcharging”. Thereby, many parents reported that in the 2019-2020 school year, the school had many illegal fees, including fees for learning materials, drinking water and janitorial services.
Implementing the direction of the Department of Education and Training, the Department of Education and Training of Cua Lo conducted an inspection of the implementation of revenue and expenditure at the beginning of the 2019 - 2020 school year at Binh Minh Kindergarten.
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| Binh Minh Kindergarten. Photo: MH |
Through this, it was discovered that some school fees were implemented in violation of regulations. Specifically, the school set its own fee for cleaning and janitors at the amount of 70,000 VND/child/year.
In addition, the school has implemented some collection items that are not in accordance with the instructions of superiors and are not within its functions and responsibilities.
In which, regarding tuition fees, the schoolImproper implementation of instructions in Official Dispatch 281/CV-PGD&DT on the issuance and purchase of documents, learning materials and preschool equipment for the 2019-2020 school year.
The list of products, documents, and learning materials according to the approved preschool education program attached to Official Dispatch 281/CV-PGD&DT is not made public for parents and teachers to refer to and research for purchase. There are some price lists that are not consistent with the prices in the approved list (some are higher, some are lower).
At the time of inspection, the school did not provide enough learning materials according to the list of registered classes (5-year-old class: 8/23 categories; 4-year-old class: 7/20 categories; 3-year-old class: 7/18 categories; 2-year-old class: 5/18 categories).
The school also collected the wrong amount of personal insurance money.set a regulation to collect tuition in 2 periods/year (1st period collects 5 months, 2nd period collects the remaining 4 months), contrary to the regulation of collecting tuition monthly.
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| Contributions from a 5-year-old student at Binh Minh Kindergarten. Photo: MH |
With the above violations,The Department of Education and Training of Cua Lo directed the school principal to organize a meeting with parents, admit shortcomings in the implementation of the contents that were not in accordance with regulations and return to parents the illegally collected fees. In addition, return the wrongly collected fees such as cleaning fees, janitor fees, personal insurance fees, tuition fees, etc.
The Department also requested the school to review individual and collective responsibilities and assign the Board of Directors and the school's Disciplinary Council to strictly handle the school's treasurer staff according to regulations based on the level of violation.
In particular, the Department of Education and Training criticized the school in front of the entire Education and Training sector of the town to prevent violations in the entire education sector.