In the article "Parents' representative committee only mobilizes parents to pay money - should it be abolished", Lao Dong Newspaper stated the opinion, if the Parents' Representative Committee only mobilizes parents to pay money, then does it need to exist or should it be abolished?
The problem is posed like this because there are too many cases where the Parents' Representative Committee collects money on behalf of the school, collecting against regulations, to put it bluntly, it is illegal. The school takes advantage of the Parents' Representative Committee to collect money but in the name of the parents' private business.
The latest story about illegal collection is that the Department of Education and Training of Binh Dinh province forced Phu Cat High School No. 3 to remove 7 televisions and return them to the Parents' Association for collecting money illegally. The school washed its hands of the matter, because the Parents' Association did something wrong. If it was wrong, then return the televisions. How can it be so simple? Selling those 7 televisions is not enough to return the exact amount of money collected from parents.
But the story is not just about money, but the ambiguity and lack of transparency that exists in the educational environment is not good.
Similarly, Hai Thuong Primary School (Nghi Son town, Thanh Hoa province) had to return money to parents because it collected money illegally, also involving the Parents' Representative Committee, causing anger among parents. The fact that the police had to intervene in collecting money in a school is too shameful.
However, there are also opinions that in many places, the Parents' Representative Committee operates very effectively. Many extracurricular activities of the school need the support and participation of parents.
Agreeing with the view that having a Parents' Representative Board acts as a good bridge, supporting the school in some activities, but this number does not seem to be as large as the number of representative boards that are created just to collect on behalf of the school. Therefore, for schools that still have this negativity, the Parents' Representative Board should be abolished to avoid causing resentment among parents.
If you want to keep the Parents' Representative Board as a bridge, that's fine, but it must be regulated with specific regulations, including the regulation that it is absolutely forbidden to establish a class or school fund or collect donations for the school.
Anyone with heart and money should go directly to the school to sponsor, not through the name of the Parents' Association. They say it's voluntary, but they force parents to pay money to the school.
