The Hai Phong Department of Education and Training has just issued a notice of inspection results of Le Hong Phong High School (Hong Bang district) organizing a long-term experiential activity at the peak time for 12th grade students to prepare for graduation and university exams.
Let students go on an experience like a tour
According to the plan, this school organizes a three-day, two-night experience trip (from March 13-15) with the theme "Following the flow of history" for grade 3 students. The experience trip is expected to travel to many central provinces. organized by STEAM education and experience center VECTOR (Nguyen Kim Education Company) with a fee of more than 12 million VND/student.
A parent (who asked to remain anonymous, has a child studying in grade 12 at Le Hong Phong High School) posted on social networks angrily about the homeroom teacher's announcement that he had to pay tuition for February (2 VND) and money to offer incense. experiential learning (870.000 million VND). The total amount parents have to pay for their children by March 2,83 is more than 9 million VND for the homeroom teacher to return to the school.
Parents of 12th grade students at Le Hong Phong High School reflected on social networks.
This parent shared that in their final year of high school, their children must focus on preparing for graduation and university exams, and the school organizes a 3-day and 2-night experiential learning trip in the Central region.
The class has more than 40 students, so an experiential outing for the whole class costs nearly 120 million VND. Don't let your child go because you're afraid he'll feel sorry for himself with his friends, but going out for one day "takes away more than 3 months of school fees."
This parent also shared that, meanwhile, for workers and laborers, 2,8 million VND to send their children to experience is a large amount of money because they have to take care of many other expenses such as extra classes and practice. , buy books and exam preparation materials...
Stop the experience trip for 12th grade students
Test results of the Hai Phong Department of Education and Training show that Le Hong Phong High School organizes basic experiential learning for 12th grade students according to the plan, process, and appropriate subjects. However, the work of popularizing and thoroughly understanding the organization and implementation of the trip is not very effective.
According to the school's explanation, the cost of the experience trip is more than 2,8 million VND, quoted by VECTOR STEAM Education and Experience Center (Nguyen Kim Education Company), directly serving travel, accommodation, and fees. Other services for students. In particular, students can stay at a 4-star hotel for the entire trip.
The homeroom teacher posted information on the class group collecting more than 3,7 million VND before March 9, including February tuition (3 million VND), without clearly explaining the more than 2 million VND for the experience. is not mandatory, the collection phasing is not in accordance with regulations, and is not in accordance with the direction of all levels on the implementation of revenues.
Accordingly, the Hai Phong Department of Education and Training determined that the responsibility for parents' feedback and frustration lies with the Principal of Le Hong Phong High School as the leader; Related responsibilities also include leaders, organizations and individuals, especially homeroom teachers with the role of propaganda, dissemination, inspection, supervision, detection and prevention of problems and limitations.
Le Hong Phong High School, Hai Phong City.
In response to feedback from parents, the school temporarily suspended the organization of planned experiential activities and requested the representative board of parents of 12th grade students to return money to parents to focus on educational activities. general school education.
The Hai Phong Department of Education and Training requested the Principal of Le Hong Phong High School to overcome the shortcomings and limitations of parents' feedback and report to the Department. At the same time, consider appropriate handling with the relevant homeroom teacher.
The Hai Phong Department of Education and Training has also just issued an official dispatch to heads of affiliated units to direct and review the organization of experiential activities for students outside of school.
This Department requires units to absolutely not organize spontaneous experiential activities. It is strictly forbidden to take advantage of the organization of experiential activities to go sightseeing, travel, offer incense, collect money from students and parents against regulations...
At the same time, units must clearly distinguish between organizing experiential learning for students in prescribed programs and sightseeing and travel that are voluntarily organized by individual students and their parents outside of the program. school education plan, outside the time managed by the school.
