Late on March 29, American International School Vietnam (AISVN International School) announced the results of a survey of all parents' wishes about their children's upcoming study program.
The results showed that 84,56% of parents wanted their children to continue studying at school, 3,27% wanted to change schools, 5,10% had other opinions and 7,07% had not submitted results.
In the other 5,10% of opinions, the vast majority of parents want to ensure commitments in the contract signed with the school.
Considering the wishes of parents and the School Council, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City and the Ho Chi Minh City Police plan to hold a meeting between the School Council and all parents this afternoon (March 30) to discuss solutions. solution to ensure learning rights for more than 3 AISVN students.
Previously, on the morning of March 29, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City issued a document requesting AISVN International School to summarize parents' wishes on organizing learning for students in the coming time and report the results before 3:17 p.m. on the same day. . Receiving this direction, the school immediately deployed an email survey to all parents.
Regarding the "controversy" at AISVN International School, Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has sent a report to the Prime Minister on the operating situation of this facility. Accordingly, the school was established based on the proposal of AIS American International Education Joint Stock Company under the name of Ms. Nguyen Thi Ut Em - Chairwoman of the Board of Directors.
Ms. Ut Em has signed many types of contracts in the form of loans with a number of parents whose children are studying at the school with the following terms: Loan, no interest on the loan during the student's term. study. When the student completes the program, the school will repay the loan amount within a certain period of time.
In the opinion of Ho Chi Minh City Police, the contract signed between the school and parents is a civil contract, with no content binding responsibilities between the parties, so there is no basis for the authorities to investigate. case.
Authorities are implementing measures to ban Ms. Nguyen Thi Ut Em from leaving the country.
Regarding directions and solutions, according to the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, the city continues to direct relevant departments and branches and the People's Committees of districts and Thu Duc City to support the education and training sector to stabilize public opinion. The city strictly manages the activities of AIS American International Education Joint Stock Company because the company's activities have a direct impact on the operations and educational quality of AISVN school.
The forces will coordinate to monitor the school's operations, speed up working progress with Ms. Nguyen Thi Ut Em to completely resolve issues related to investment and organization of the school's educational activities; promptly handle arising cases and report to the Standing Committee of the City People's Committee for direction.
AISVN International School has suspended enrollment in 2024 - 2025 until the investor completes financial and personnel issues and stabilizes the organization of educational activities.
The school will be suspended if current financial and personnel problems cannot be resolved.
According to a report from the City People's Committee, there are currently 7 educational institutions that have agreed to accept students from AISVN International School, the total number of students that can receive above is 1.088. These 7 establishments include: Australian International School, European International School, Ho Chi Minh City International School, English-taught International School, British Vietnamese International School, North American School, American International School (TAS).