On the evening of December 26, a parent posted an article online, claiming that her child - a third-grade student at La Khe Primary School (Ha Dong District, Hanoi) - was "physically impacted" by the teacher on the face, hands, and neck during a physical education class.
According to the parents' feedback, on December 25, the family had a meeting with the school principal to discuss the incident and requested the school to extract the camera footage from December 24, but did not receive a specific response and were not allowed to view the camera footage.
Speaking with Lao Dong on the evening of December 27, Ms. Bui Thi Chuyen - Principal of La Khe Primary School, Ha Dong District - said that this morning, the family of parent L (the accuser), teacher D.H.M - a teacher at La Khe Primary School and the school had a direct meeting.
According to the school, on December 24, during the final exam of the first semester of Physical Education for class 3A7, at the multi-purpose room taught by teacher D.H.M, there were a number of students in the class who were constantly playing around and not concentrating during the exam, including student N.D.K.
"Because she was worried about the class's test progress, the teacher pulled student K out of the multi-purpose room and handed him over to the homeroom teacher of class 3A7 to manage, so as not to affect the other students' tests.
During that time, student K did not listen and protested strongly, so the teacher left the student outside the multi-purpose room and returned to the multi-purpose room to continue checking the remaining students. At the end of the lesson, teacher M let the students return to class and observed that student K was still playing with his friends normally," the school said.
On December 25, the student’s parents reported the incident to the school’s board of directors. After working with the student’s parents, the school worked privately with teacher M, asking her to write a report on the incident. During the discussions, teacher M sincerely apologized to the family for the unfortunate incident and promised to learn from her mistakes.
On the morning of December 27, the Principal of La Khe Primary School invited parents to the school, invited representatives of the Police Department and the Department of Education and Training to work together to publicly extract the camera during the final test of the first semester of Physical Education for class 3A7 of teacher M on December 24, in the multi-purpose classroom.
Through the recorded images, it can be seen that teacher M pulled the students out of the multi-purpose room. The students resisted and did not want to leave, and were seen leaning against the floor. After that, the teacher returned to continue the test with the remaining students.
The school's report confirmed that during the entire camera observation process, there was no image of Ms. M hitting a student during the entire lesson at the multi-purpose room as reported on social media. Because there is no camera in the multi-purpose room hallway, there is no image of the incident outside the multi-purpose room hallway.
"At present, the school has temporarily suspended teacher D.H.M from work for one week to verify. At the same time, the teacher is required to write a report, self-criticize and continue to apologize to the student's family," the school's report stated.
Currently, student K is in stable health and still attending class normally.
