ABC Kindergarten “invites” 5-year-old students back to class

Clarifying the incident of a 5-year-old child being “rejected” by the school because of a debt of nearly 40 million in tuition fees in Nghe An

(Baonghean.vn)- Since the evening of April 8, the incident of a student of ABC Kindergarten - Le Loi Ward - Vinh City (Nghe An) being "refused" to study by the school because he owed nearly 40 million VND in tuition fees has caused a stir on social networks.

However, up to this point, the family has no intention of sending the child back to the old school.

Invitation letter for the child to return to school from the school. Photo: PV

Regarding this incident, on the afternoon of April 9, the Department of Education and Training of Vinh City also had a working session with the leaders of ABC Kindergarten.

At the end of the meeting, Mr. Le Truong Son - Deputy Head of the City's Department of Education and Training said: The most important thing in that meeting was that we analyzed for the school to see that letting the child stay home from school was not in line with the humanistic spirit of education and suggested that the school should soon notify the child to return to school, not to interrupt the child's studies.

We also request that both parties coordinate to verify whether or not tuition fees have been paid, to clearly see whether the responsibility lies with the accountant, the family, or the school, and that the failure to pay tuition fees cannot affect the students.

The incident happened at ABC Kindergarten - one of the city's private kindergartens. Photo: PV

As planned, tomorrow afternoon (April 10), the school will also invite parents to come to resolve the above problem.

This evening, the Vinh City Department of Education and Training also sent an official report to the Department of Education and Training, confirming that the video on social media on the evening of April 8th, which took place at ABC Kindergarten, is real.

Regarding the debt of nearly 40 million VND in tuition fees, currently "the family and the school have not yet determined whether the family has paid the amount or not".

The Vinh City Department of Education and Training also requested ABC Kindergarten to promptly resolve the above issue to ensure that the school's educational and care activities take place normally.

Previously, on the evening of April 8, on some personal Facebook pages, there was a story shared by Nguyen BT, a 5-year-old boy who had studied at ABC Kindergarten for 3 years. However, since April 6, the school owner has announced that the boy will not be allowed to go to school because his family still owes 14 months of tuition fees, amounting to nearly 40 million VND.

The family representative said that the accusation that the parents did not pay the money was inaccurate because the money had been deducted from the debt that the son of the owner of ABC Kindergarten owed the parents.

The incident made many people angry, especially when a Facebook account believed to be someone working at this school made derogatory comments about the child's family situation.