Warning about scams related to primary school enrollment.

Some parents have received phone calls from individuals impersonating civil registry officials, requesting them to update their children's information via a suspicious link to register for primary school enrollment. The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has issued a warning about this situation.

Ho Chi Minh City's only online primary school enrollment portal.

SCREENSHOT

The request is to enter student information via a strange link.

Speaking to a Thanh Nien reporter, Ms. N. Chau, a parent of a student at a kindergarten in District 12 (Ho Chi Minh City), said that yesterday afternoon, April 20th, she received a phone call from someone claiming to be a civil registry officer from the ward. The caller informed her that her child's identification code was missing information for the upcoming enrollment. They then requested that she update the information using a link provided. However, the parent had already followed the teacher's instructions to verify the information on the enrollment website and therefore did not comply with the instructions.

Meanwhile, the Board of Directors of Dong Khoi Secondary School (District 1) noted that there have been instances of individuals impersonating school administrators in the area, calling parents with the pretext of "requesting confirmation of level 2 identification codes for students" in order to facilitate enrollment at the beginning of the school year.

Therefore, the Board of Directors of Dong Khoi Secondary School issued an announcement on its fanpage with the following content:

"Recently, there have been instances in the area where individuals impersonate school administrators, calling parents under the pretext of 'requesting confirmation of level 2 student identification codes' for the purpose of enrolling students in the first grade."

These individuals request parents to provide personal information through suspicious links, leading to the theft of bank accounts and e-wallets, resulting in financial losses.

Therefore, to protect the rights of students and their families, Dong Khoi Secondary School announces the following to parents:

All information related to the enrollment process for the first grade will be announced through the school's official channels such as the website, text messages from homeroom teachers, or the school's admissions officer.

The school also emphasized that it absolutely does not request parents to provide personal information through phone calls or links from unknown sources.

Parents should be vigilant and refrain from providing personal information, bank account details, or performing any actions as instructed by suspicious calls or messages, in order to avoid being scammed.

Parents of students complete the enrollment registration process on the portal managed by the Department of Education and Training.

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Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training issues a warning.

Regarding the emergence of fraudulent impersonation cases related to primary school enrollment, in an interview with Thanh Nien newspaper on the morning of April 21, Mr. Ho Tan Minh, Chief of the Office of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, affirmed that all localities in Ho Chi Minh City conduct primary school enrollment online through a single portal with the address tuyensinhdaucap.hcm.edu.vn .

Accordingly, parents of students should complete the procedures for confirming information, registering for admission, and checking admission results for grades 1 and 6 on the aforementioned admission portal, following the instructions of the homeroom teacher and the school where their children are studying.

Specifically for 6-year-old children who are not attending preschool, the People's Committee of Thu Duc City and the district/ward People's Committees direct the People's Committees of wards and communes to coordinate with the ward/commune police to collect and verify information about the children's actual residence, update the list on the system, and notify parents to confirm. Parents are not required to fill out any form or access any other information update link.

All information related to primary school enrollment will be clearly communicated to parents in writing by local authorities and schools, according to the plan of the Department of Education and Training. At this time, Ho Chi Minh City has also completed the review of primary school enrollment data. Parents should be vigilant and not provide personal information, bank account details, or perform any actions as instructed by unclear calls or messages, in order to avoid being scammed.

Key dates to note for primary school enrollment

From May 24-29 : Education and Training Departments and schools will guide and organize parents to register for enrollment at schools offering special programs, including:

The school implements a high-quality, advanced curriculum that is regionally and internationally integrated; the school implements an integrated English language program according to Project 5695; the school implements an enhanced French language program; Nam Saigon Primary, Secondary, and High School (grades 1 and 6) and other schools with specific models within the education system.

From May 30th to June 4th : The Department of Education and Training will review and announce the admission results for schools offering specialized programs. Simultaneously, the data will be synchronized to the city's online admissions portal.

From June 5th to 8th : Schools offering special programs will receive applications and guide parents on how to confirm online through the city's admissions website.

From June 9-13 : Based on the applications submitted by students to schools offering special programs, and the verified data received from the Department of Education and Training, the District Department of Education and Training will analyze, adjust, and allocate students to preschools, primary schools, and secondary schools that have enrollment, depending on the actual situation in the locality.

From June 14-20 : Guide and organize parents to confirm the submission of applications to the remaining secondary schools based on the data updated by the Department of Education and Training on the city's admissions website.

During this period, parents can also register under category 2 or private school.

From June 21-25 : The Department of Education and Training will review applications from students registered under category 2 and update the data on the city's admissions website. The Department of Education and Training will then forward the list of students who have confirmed their enrollment to the remaining high schools. The schools will organize the acceptance of applications and guide parents through the enrollment procedures.

From June 25-29: Parents access the primary school enrollment system to view the results for category 2 applicants and confirm enrollment. Schools will organize the admission of successful candidates under category 2.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/canh-bao-lua-dao-dang-ky-tuyen-sinh-dau-cap-185250421100952097.htm