Principal resigns after criticism of cutting boarding students' meals

This information was stated in a report from the Song Ma District Party Committee ( Son La province ), on the afternoon of December 3rd.

According to the report, on November 28th, a delegation from the District People's Committee worked with the school board of Nậm Ty Ethnic Boarding Primary School and Ms. Nguyễn Thị Hà, the school's principal.

After meeting and discussing with the working group and realizing her responsibility as a manager for the substandard quality of school meals, Ms. Ha submitted her resignation.

The District People's Committee has issued a decision to dismiss Ms. Nguyen Thi Ha from her position as principal and assign her to work as a cultural studies teacher at Chieng Khoong Primary School, effective December 2nd.

The district also assigned Ms. Mac Thi Loan, Deputy Head of the Song Ma District Department of Education and Training, to be in charge of Nam Ty Ethnic Boarding Primary School from December 2nd until a new principal is appointed according to regulations.

Parents have complained about the nutritionally inadequate meals at Nậm Ty Ethnic Boarding Primary School (Sơn La).

Previously, the Department of Education and Training of Song Ma district held a meeting with Nam Ty Ethnic Boarding Primary School following complaints from parents and students about the school's lunch being "very bland, difficult to eat," and not ensuring adequate nutrition and diet.

Upon inspection, the District Department of Education and Training found that the menu for many boarding students' meals throughout the week consisted only of boiled eggs and fried sausages. Specifically, the dinner on October 24th included boiled eggs, vegetable soup, and white rice; the afternoon meal on November 5th consisted of two boiled eggs, white rice, and vegetable soup per student; and the lunch on November 25th consisted of white rice, vegetable soup, and stir-fried chicken.

The budget for the boarding school meals at Nam Ty Ethnic Minority Primary School, as publicly disclosed on November 28th, includes 13 types of food and spices for 536 students, totaling 20,130,000 VND.

Accordingly, each meal cost 37,556 VND, while Government Decree 116/2016 on policies to support students and schools in particularly difficult communes and villages stipulates a support level of 936,000 VND/month, equivalent to 42,545 VND/day. However, the school only disbursed 37,556 VND, resulting in a shortfall of 4,989 VND per student.

Furthermore, at the time of inspection, the school had not publicly disclosed the lunch schedule; nor had it publicly listed the suppliers of food and spices used for cooking.

Parents said they had previously complained to representatives of the school's administration. The administration responded that they would remind the kitchen staff to rectify the issue, but the students' meals remained unchanged.

Kim Nhung

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