Disciplinary warning for principal for allowing school violence to occur

The principal of a secondary school in Vinh Long was disciplined with a warning for allowing school violence to occur, covering up the incident, and not reporting it to superiors.

On November 27, according to information from the Department of Internal Affairs of Vung Liem District (Vinh Long), this place coordinated with relevant units to announce the decision to issue a disciplinary warning to Mr. Vo Huu Tran, Principal of Trung Hieu Secondary School, for allowing school violence to occur.

Trung Hieu Secondary School, where Mr. Vo Huu Tran is working

Accordingly, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Vung Liem District disciplined Mr. Vo Huu Tran with a warning for not properly performing his responsibilities as a principal, leading to school violence. The disciplinary period is 12 months.

Previously, through verifying information about students fighting on September 23 and the case of students fighting in the 2023-2024 school year at Trung Hieu Secondary School, the Disciplinary Council found that Mr. Vo Huu Tran deliberately concealed the matter, did not report to superiors, and only resolved it internally, causing public outrage.

Trung Hieu Secondary School also held a meeting to review the officials involved in the student fight on September 23. Specifically: Mr. Huynh Hoang Hai, the homeroom teacher, did not manage the class closely, students fought many times in class but he did not detect it, did not have a solution to manage students and prevent students from fighting.

The teacher in charge of the Youth Union, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Thanh, has not fulfilled her responsibility in managing student discipline and has not cared for the student when he was beaten by a group of friends. When a parent sent a clip of a student being beaten by a group of friends to Ms. Thanh, she only sent it to the principal and did not discuss with the student's family the situation of the beating so that the family could promptly give first aid to the student.

Regarding the incident, Trung Hieu Secondary School previously held a disciplinary council meeting and decided to discipline 9 students. Of these, 8 students who directly beat their friend were disciplined by being suspended from school for 1 school year (2024-2025), 1 female student who filmed the clip was disciplined by being suspended from school for 2 weeks. Students who stood by and watched without reporting or helping their friend to stop the incident were criticized in front of the whole school and had their conduct grade reduced by 1 level.

Image of a group of students "beating up" a friend at Trung Hieu Secondary School

The cause of the incident was that on September 21, student TTL pretended to fall and hit NHN's back with his elbow, causing N. to be hurt. After that, he went home and told his grandmother that L. had hurt him. Feeling sorry for her grandchild, N.'s grandmother went to L.'s family to report this, causing the child to be scolded and punished. The next day, L. invited more friends to find and beat N.

At 11:25 a.m. on September 23, L. did not directly participate, but called on a group of 8th grade students from the same school to beat N. right in the classroom. This group beat N. with their hands, feet, brooms, helmets, chairs, sticks... N. did not dare to resist. Many students who witnessed the incident did not report it to the school but stood there cheering; TTNH used his phone to record the entire incident.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/vinh-long-ky-luat-canh-cao-hieu-truong-vi-de-xay-ra-bao-luc-hoc-duong-185241127094022065.htm