Consider handling the Party who forced the teacher to kneel and apologize

On March 6, Ms. Huynh Thi Hue - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Long An said that this agency is waiting to verify the case of a female teacher at Binh Chanh Primary School (Ben Luc, Long An) having to kneel down to apologize to parents for punishing students from the Department of Education.to report to the Ministry.

According to Mr. Tran Van Tuoi, Chairman of Ben Luc District People's Committee, the district held an urgent meeting, directing the Department of Education and local authorities to clarify the content of the incident, as well as the level of violations of the parties.

"The district will ask the Department of Education to review the industry's regulations on whether teachers are allowed to force students to kneel. As for the parent who forced the female teacher to kneel, she is a party member living in the commune, so we have also asked the local Party Committee to review the level of violation to take measures to handle it in terms of the Party," said Mr. Tuoi.

Reporting to the Department of Education, the principal of Binh Chanh Primary School and the female teacher said that on February 28, Mr. Vo Hoa Thuan (34 years old, former judicial officer of the commune) and his wife, along with the Head of the Parents' Representative Committee,The school and the class parents' association president went to school to meet the principal.

At the office, four parents asked the female teacher about punishing Mr. Thuan's daughter (4th grade student) and several other students by making them kneel.The female teacher said that the students were not well-behaved. She and the principal affirmed that making the students kneel was not right, so they apologized.However, Mr. Thuan was upset and forced the female teacher to kneel, but the principal stopped him.

"Mr. Thuan said that the teacher had to kneel for 40 minutes just like she punished his child before he would let her go.Mr. Pham Huu Von, Head of the Parents' Representative Committee, who was present on the day of the incident, confirmed.

After that, Mr. Von and the principal had to leave the room. Mr. Thuan continued to put pressure on the teacher, saying that if she did not comply, he would ask the other parents to protest together.Due to pressure, the teacher knelt down. Only after a while did Mr. Thuan and his wife ask her to stand up.

Talk toVnExpressMr. Vo Hoa Thuan said that he must ask for permission from the local Party Committee before being allowed to answer the press.

The female teacher who knelt down to apologize to the parents was evaluated as excellent at the district level. She had just transferred to work at the school and had just returned to work after maternity leave. Many teachers at the school said that theseYesterday she still went to school as usual, but she looked tired and talked less to people than before.

Ben Luc District Police said that this agency is waiting for the conclusion from the district inspection team. If the team finds signs of a crime and sends a written transfer, then the district police will get involved.