School in Nghe An warned for violations in revenue and expenditure at the beginning of the school year

The school arbitrarily moved the air conditioner.

The People's Committee of Nghi Duc Commune (Vinh City) has just issued a document requesting the Board of Directors of Nghi Duc Primary School to hold a serious review meeting on the shortcomings in the implementation of the relocation of the air conditioning system.

At the same time, the commune requested the school to organize a parent meeting, admit shortcomings and hope that parents will sympathize and accompany the school to work with the Board of Directors to do better in teaching and learning.

Previously, the incident of "moving air conditioners" at Nghi Duc Primary School caused a stir on social networking sites just 1 day after the school held a parent meeting at the beginning of the school year with the reason "no discussion". Attached was a picture of a detailed list of costs for moving air conditioners in 8 classrooms with a cost of 3,872,500 VND/class.

According to many parents, the removal and installation of air conditioners from the old classrooms to the new classrooms with many costs “higher than the average market level” is not appropriate. Not to mention, during the implementation process, the school board did not notify or discuss with parents.

The school arbitrarily disassembled, contracted with the contractor, set a price, and then informed parents that they had to pay. Meanwhile, the air conditioners in the classrooms were contributed and installed by the parents themselves.

Regarding this issue, speaking with Nghe An Newspaper, teacher Lam Thi Thuy Hoa - Principal of Nghi Duc Primary School admitted that the declaration "leaked" online was indeed from the school and the amount of more than 3.8 million VND was the cost to dismantle 2 air conditioners/classroom.

The school principal also admitted that he had not followed the correct procedures: “We made a mistake in only asking for opinions and getting approval from 3 members of the school’s Parents’ Association, but not from the parents’ associations of each class. Therefore, although the school’s goal is to provide the best learning conditions for the children in the new school year, we have received mixed opinions.”

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Although the school's implementation has good intentions, it has not been seriously implemented according to the provisions of the Law on Grassroots Democracy Implementation, which is "People know, people discuss, people do and people inspect".

In addition, when carrying out financial-related work, the school must have a specific plan, report to the Department of Education and Training, and local authorities for guidance. In particular, it is necessary to approve and obtain consensus from relevant parties before implementation.

Mr. Nguyen Van Canh - Vice Chairman of Nghi Duc Commune People's Committee

Not approved yet mobilized contributions

In the new school year, the Principal of Dinh Son Secondary School (Anh Son) sent a message to the parents of the school's 6th graders: "We hope that parents of the 6th graders in general and our class in particular will support the fundraising campaign so that the school can complete its plan. Through understanding the support and fundraising situation of some parents of our class, the school cannot complete the plan to purchase facilities, we hope that parents will share"...

When receiving this information, many parents were quite surprised because the class group was closed, but the school principal went directly in to solicit sponsorship.

Previously, at the parent-teacher meeting, many classes of the school also announced the fees for the 2024-2025 school year.

Notably, in this "list", in addition to some prescribed fees, there are some fees that are "voluntary" or must be implemented based on an agreement with the parents' representative board, but the classes have set fixed fees such as the sponsorship fee (socialization) of 350,000 VND, the Youth Union fund, the Team fund, the cleaning fee...

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In the new school year, some of the school's facilities have deteriorated, and the desks and chairs are old. Therefore, the school's wish is to soon mobilize social resources to supplement facilities and teaching equipment.

However, during the implementation process, the school has not followed the correct procedures and is currently suspending collections pending inspection.

Teacher Nguyen Huu Hong - Principal of Dinh Son Secondary School

Similarly, in Anh Son district, some schools have also mobilized parents to collect money to buy TVs or pay illegal fees such as buying chairs, small planning fees, association fees...

Regarding these revenues, Mr. Doan Van Thanh - Head of the Department of Education and Training of Anh Son district said that the district has just held a meeting and will establish an inspection team to verify the information that parents have stated. Although there are no final results yet, the leaders of the Department of Education and Training of the district affirmed that up to now, no school in the area has had its plan approved by the Department.fundraising

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The implementation of unapproved revenue collection has affected the industry and created bad public opinion.

It is regrettable that this situation has occurred, especially in the context that since the beginning of the school year, the district has issued many documents requesting educational institutions in the area to strictly implement the revenue and expenditure at the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year.

Mr. Doan Van Thanh - Head of Education and Training Department of Anh Son district

Faced with the situation of many schools implementing contrary to regulations, on October 18, 2024, Anh Son district continued to issue a document to rectify. On October 20, Anh Son district Party Committee continued to issue an urgent document stating the schools with signs of violations (in Dinh Son and Hoa Son communes) and requested an inspection throughout the district.

These documents also require schools to publicly post regulations on revenue and expenditure so that every cadre, teacher, employee, parent and student knows about the revenue and expenditure as well as the implementation process and principles.

At the same time, all collections must be made public to each parent and the collections must be extended. Anh Son District also strictly prohibits schools from taking advantage of the Parents' Representative Committee in the form of "voluntary" collection from parents to purchase machinery, equipment, and gifts from the school. In addition, absolutely do not organize collections without a unified document from the District People's Committee.

In addition, the district requires schools to commit to not collecting or arbitrarily using any fees or funds that are against regulations. If they collect incorrectly, the school principal must take responsibility...