Knocking on people's doors to encourage students to attend the new school.
The Thanh Nien newspaper published an article titled "Da Nang : Parents worried as their children transfer to a new school," reflecting the fact that dozens of parents whose children attend Hoa Bac Primary School's Nam Yen village branch are protesting and refusing to let their children attend the new Hoa Bac Primary School campus because they believe the road is long and dangerous during the rainy season.
On the afternoon of September 6th, the District Party Committee, the People's Committee of Hoa Vang District, and the People's Committee of Hoa Bac Commune (Da Nang City) held a dialogue with parents in Nam Yen village after parents expressed their opposition to the consolidation of school locations. However, only one parent attended the dialogue, while dozens of others either did not attend or did not receive the invitation.
Hoa Bac Primary School (in Pho Nam village), a newly constructed facility, received investment of over 25 billion VND.
At the meeting, Mr. To Van Hung, Secretary of the Hoa Vang District Party Committee, said that after receiving objections from parents, he personally went to the homes of parents in Nam Yen village who did not want their children to attend the new school in Pho Nam village to listen to their concerns and aspirations.
"The policy of merging smaller, substandard schools into the main school is a wise one. From a professional perspective, choosing Pho Nam village to build a large-scale school is appropriate. Because in the general planning of Hoa Bac commune (Hoa Vang district), Pho Nam village is the center of the commune and has received investment from the city to ensure adequate infrastructure. In addition, the merger aims to provide the best learning conditions for children," Mr. Hung affirmed.
Citing the example of parents who go to work early and return late, leaving no one to pick up their children, the Secretary of the Hoa Vang District Party Committee affirmed that the government is ready to request schools to open early to welcome students and supervise them when parents return late from work.
Mr. To Van Hung, Secretary of the Hoa Vang District Party Committee, provided information at the dialogue session.
"I think that if fifth-grade students from disadvantaged families can afford to travel to school, I'm willing to appeal to benefactors to donate electric bicycles so they can start going to school sooner. It's all for the sake of the students," Mr. Hung said.
The leaders of the Hoa Vang District Party Committee also instructed the local authorities of Hoa Bac commune to continue mobilizing and educating the people so that everyone understands the correct and humane policy. "We hope parents will recognize the rightness of the policy and send their children to school soon. The authorities must do everything possible to persuade parents to send their children to class," Mr. Hung urged.
Use the old school building to create a playground.
To protest the relocation of students to the new facility in Pho Nam village, on September 5th, parents brought their children to Hoa Bac Primary School's Nam Yen village branch (Hoa Bac commune) to gather in the old schoolyard, refusing to attend the opening ceremony at the new facility in Pho Nam village.
These parents took photos of their children in white shirts and trousers and posted them on social media with the caption "School opening ceremony without teachers." According to our investigation, although schools in Da Nang City have entered the second day of the 2023-2024 school year, Hoa Bac Primary School still has a low attendance rate due to parental protests and refusal to send their children to the new facility.
Providing further information on the policy of consolidating school locations, Mr. Nguyen Thuc Dung, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Hoa Vang District (Da Nang City), explained that in implementing the policy of the City Party Committee and the People's Committee of Da Nang City, the district's education sector has recently reviewed and evaluated scattered school locations with the goal of better organizing teaching and management, and improving the quality of learning.
Mr. Nguyen Thuc Dung, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Hoa Vang District (Da Nang City), provided information on the policy of consolidating school locations.
"Hoa Vang District has been consolidating scattered school branches into main school locations for the past 10 years. Investment in building new schools and classrooms has ensured that teaching equipment meets the requirements of the 2018 General Education Program," Mr. Dung said.
According to Mr. Dung, Da Nang City is investing in the construction of the main campus of Hoa Bac Primary School, aiming to bring students from the outlying school branches to the main school for better and higher-quality teaching.
"Currently, Hoa Bac Primary School in Pho Nam village has been completed, and the process of consolidating the scattered school branches from the villages of Nam Yen, An Dinh, Loc My, and Nam My into the new school is underway. This is a consistent policy, and so far, the people of An Dinh and Loc My villages have complied well. However, the people of Nam Yen village do not agree," Mr. Dung informed.
Regarding the concerns of residents in Nam Yen village who questioned why the school wasn't built in Nam Yen village (at the old location) but instead moved to Pho Nam village (the new location), a representative from the Hoa Vang District People's Committee stated that the construction had been thoroughly researched and was in accordance with the pre-existing plan.
"The district is very responsible towards the people of Nam Yen village; we listen to the thoughts and aspirations of the people. Consolidating school locations is a general principle of the Party and the State, not something done arbitrarily where schools are built and students are forced to move from one village to another to study," Mr. Dung emphasized.
Hoa Bac Primary School, the branch school in Nam Yen village, was built 20 years ago.
The leaders of the Hoa Vang District People's Committee affirmed that when students move to the new school, the old school site will be utilized as a community center, playground, etc., with the aim of avoiding abandonment and waste.
At the end of the dialogue, parents and local leaders still failed to reach a "common ground." Ms. Le Thi Thu Ha, Secretary of the Party Committee of Hoa Bac commune, said that parents in Nam Yen village had sent messages expressing their desire for the authorities to hold a direct dialogue at the Nam Yen village school. "The authorities are listening to this and will organize a direct dialogue to get the students back to school as soon as possible," Ms. Ha said.
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