Why did 154 students at Tru Son II Primary School (Do Luong) drop out of school?

(Baonghean.vn) - For over a week now, 154 students of Tru Son 2 Primary School (Tru Son Commune, Do Luong District) have not been to school. This not only worries teachers, but also affects students' learning and absorption of lessons.

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One mistake leads to another

These days, only 16/31 students of class 3B at Tru Son II Primary School come to school. The absence of half of the students makes the atmosphere of the class not as lively as before. The same situation also happens in many other classes such as 5C, 3A, 2C...

Tru Son II Primary School, Do Luong district, where the incident occurred.

According to school statistics, currently, out of 341 students, 154 are absent and all are children of parishioners of Luu My Parish. Currently, the whole school has only 10 Catholic students attending school regularly. Why is this happening?

It is known that from September 6 to 8, 2016, Luu My Parish organized a procession of the Holy Cross from Thanh Tan Parish in Hien Son Commune to Luu My Parish in Tru Son Commune. During that time, Tru Son 2 Primary School still organized teaching according to plan, but the number of students who were children of parishioners was absent from school was high. Of which, the highest number was on September 6, 2016, with 133 students absent. By the afternoon of September 7, there were 111 students and on the afternoon of September 8, there were 97 students absent. It is worth mentioning that among the students absent from school, very few had permission slips, so some teachers punished and reminded students about being absent from school without permission.

Class time of students in class 3B, Tru Son II Primary School.

Three days after the incident, on September 12, 2016, some people who said they were members of the parish Pastoral Council (PBC) and parents came to the school to submit a petition to denounce Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy and Mr. Pham Xuan Hau. The petition stated that Ms. Thuy and Mr. Hau violated the ethics of teachers, committed acts of school violence, discriminated against religion, and insulted human dignity, human rights, and freedom of belief. At the same time, they requested that Ms. Thuy be suspended from teaching.

Immediately upon receiving the information, the Department of Education and Training of Do Luong district requested the Principal of Tru Son 2 Primary School to report the incident, directly investigate and discuss with students of class 3B, headed by Ms. Thuy, and class 5C, headed by Mr. Hau, to verify the incident.

In response to the complaint, the Board of Directors of Tru Son II Primary School conducted verification, investigated the incident, met with relevant individuals (teachers, students, parents), on the morning of September 14, 2016, the school established a council to consider disciplining teacher Nguyen Thi Thuy and teacher Pham Xuan Hau. Based on the actual incident, the regulations and rules on the roles and responsibilities of teachers and students in teaching and learning. The council seriously reviewed, required Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy and Mr. Pham Xuan Hau to gain profound experience in the process of using teaching methods and announced to the whole school.

On the afternoon of September 15, 2016, the school's Board of Directors and Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy directly met with the parish priest, Father Luu My Nguyen Duy Khanh, to send a written response to the petition. At the same time, the school representative also discussed with the priest that they would organize make-up classes for students who missed school and had organized a serious review of the inappropriate teaching methods used by teachers.

From September 15 to 20, 2016, all students in the school still attended school, and at the parent meetings at the beginning of the school year, no parents expressed any opinions on the above issue.

However, on September 21, parish priest Nguyen Duy Khanh sent a petition to the Department of Education and the People's Committee of Do Luong district requesting the dismissal of teacher Nguyen Thi Thuy. While the People's Committee of Do Luong district was verifying the incident to respond to Father Nguyen Duy Khanh's petition, on the morning of October 3, 154 students of Luu My parish simultaneously stopped going to school.

According to the relevant parties (teachers, school administrators and students), it is true that teachers punished students for not attending school. Specifically, teacher Nguyen Thi Thuy, head teacher of class 3B, called 6 students who were absent from school to stand in line on the podium, punished them and used a ruler to hit their buttocks and hands. According to Ms. Thuy, the purpose of the punishment was to remind and educate them about not attending school without permission and not studying seriously. Teacher Pham Xuan Hau, head teacher of class 5C, did not punish students from September 6-8, but before that, he twisted the ears of a few students to remind them on September 3.

Guide children to altruism and charity

Learning about the incident of 154 Catholic students at Tru Son II Primary School dropping out of school, we found some really ironic things:

The first, the incident of punishing students for being absent from school without permission happened at Tru Son 2 Primary School, why did Priest Nguyen Duy Khanh file a petition to intervene in the disciplinary action against teachers by the School Board of Directors.

Students of Tru Son II Primary School gather in front of the house to study catechism. Photo socialfeed.info

Monday,To let the above incident happen, it is necessary to have a comprehensive view of the roles and responsibilities of teachers, parents and students in complying with the rules and regulations of teaching and learning in schools. Clause 2, Article 85, Law on Education stipulates that students have the duty to: "Respect teachers, cadres and employees of the school; implement the rules and regulations of the school; comply with the laws of the State". In this case, "students who want to be absent from school must have a written permission signed by their parents. If many students are absent from school at the same time, the classroom teacher does not have the right to decide but must have the opinion of the school principal. If the whole school is absent, it must be decided by the Department of Education and cannot be arbitrarily allowed to be absent".

TuesdayThe incident only happened in class 3B, why did students who are children of parishioners in 11 classes of all 5 grades in the school all drop out of school?

WednesdayCurrently, 154 Tru Son II Primary School students who are out of school are being arranged to study culture in 6 classes at the catechism school of Luu My Parish. Not to mention the knowledge transfer is not guaranteed according to the program prescribed by the Ministry of Education and Training, the arbitrary opening of classes has violated the provisions of Article 118 of the Education Law - Establishing educational institutions or organizing illegal educational activities.

Students of Tru Son II Primary School, Do Luong district, have fun after school.

Children's right to education is protected by law. The 2013 Constitution (amended in 1992) stipulates: "Education is a citizen's right and obligation". Along with the Constitution, this right is also specified in many different documents of the legal system. The 2004 Law on Child Protection, Care and Education affirms in Article 16: "Children have the right to education". In Section 1, 5, Article 11, Decree No. 338 - HDBT dated October 26, 1991 on the implementation of the Law on Universal Primary Education stipulates: Parents and guardians of children have the responsibility to: Ensure conditions for children to complete primary education before the age, ensure that children go to school at the right age, ensure that children do not drop out of school; in case the sponsored child or child does not complete primary education according to the law, they must be subject to appropriate sanctions. Caring for and ensuring children's right to study in the best educational environment is a shared responsibility of the family, school and society.

Students of Tru Son II Primary School read books in the library.

What needs to be done now for the 154 students who are absent from Tru Son II Primary School is to bring them back to school soon. We cannot let the stubbornness of some adults push children into the risk of dropping out of school. We cannot even gamble with the future of children because of the affairs of adults. Let's guide children to forgiveness as the prayer in the Peace Sutra says: "Bring love to places of hatred/Bring forgiveness to places of insult/Bring peace to places of conflict/Bring truth to places of error.... Because it is when you forgive that you are forgiven..."

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