The incident happened in class 4/3 of Chuong Duong Primary School (District 1) when the homeroom teacher named H asked for support with laptops from the parents' representative committee one day before the parent-teacher meeting. The parent-teacher meeting was on September 14.
On the day of the meeting, the parents' representative committee announced and the parents of class 4/3 paid, but did not force them to, they paid according to their ability. The total amount collected that day was 14.5 million VND. The parents then transferred this amount directly to Ms. H.
The parents said that Ms. H asked for support with a laptop worth about 4 to 5 million VND, a document printer and 300,000 VND per month to support the nanny. Then the parents suggested that the printer was purchased in grade 3, so they should contact the old homeroom teacher to ask for it back for the class to use.
Then, Ms. H sent a message to the class Zalo group with the content: "After the first meeting of the school year, 29 parents have paid. Currently, I have 14,500,000 VND. I gave the nanny 300,000 VND. I paid 500,000 VND to the scholarship fund. I have 13,700,000 VND. I bought a laptop, I will inform the parents of the remaining amount. And I would like to ask for this laptop too, parents."
On the same day, September 14, Ms. H took pictures of 2 laptops and quoted a price of 5.5 million for one gray one and 11 million for one black one. She said she would take the black one for 11 million VND, the parents would support her with 6 million VND, and she would pay 5 million VND.
On September 16, Ms. H continued to text with the content: "On Saturday, I asked my parents to support me with a laptop of about 5-6 million. And I bought a laptop for 11 million, so I will add 5 million. And this laptop is mine. Do you agree?"
Then this teacher created a vote for agreeing and disagreeing for parents to vote. During the vote, there was a parent who disagreed, Ms. H texted back to ask which child the parent disagreed with. Then she locked the vote.
According to the parents, the class Zalo group has 47 members, of which 26 parents agree (both parents vote for 1 student), 3 parents disagree, and 18 parents have no opinion.
Ms. H then sent a message to the group: "If there are parents who do not agree, I will not accept it. I bought it myself and used it myself. I also bought the printer myself. I do not accept anything from you. I sincerely thank you."
On September 17, Ms. H continued to text with the following content: "Last night and this morning, I received many messages and phone calls from parents begging me to accept the class's support. I would like to make clear my position that I do not accept it, parents. And I also do not have to prepare review outlines for the children. I agree on the review lesson and parents review on their own. Thank you, parents. That's it, parents."
A few days later, Ms. H transferred the above amount to the parents after deducting some expenses such as 220,000 VND for the power outlet, 160,000 VND for the wall clock, 30,000 VND for the slogan, and 50,000 VND for the scholarship association.
According to the parents, the following days when the children came home from school, the teacher let them learn too much through TV. For most subjects, she let them watch YouTube, even some solutions on TV, and let them copy them down. Many children couldn't copy them down in time and had to drop out. For math, the teacher let them copy the questions on TV and books and do them themselves...
Mr. Le Cong Minh - Principal of Chuong Duong Primary School, confirmed the above incident to Lao Dong reporter on the morning of September 28. Mr. Minh said that the school had also received the petition from the parents. At the same time, he affirmed that Ms. H's actions were wrong, and the school was looking for a way to handle it.
"The school has taken some measures but they are not satisfactory. The school is making a report to the Department of Education and Training of District 1; People's Committee of District 1 to ask for opinions and handling directions. When there is information, we will notify reporters," said Mr. Minh.
