On the afternoon of September 19, speaking with VietNamNet reporters, leaders of the Department of Education and Training of Nghe An province said they were completing procedures to send Ms. TTH, a teacher at Nam Can Primary and Secondary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities, who has abdominal peritoneal cancer, back to work at her old school. Before that, despite having to undergo chemotherapy regularly, Ms. H. was still on the list of those assigned to the school 35 km from her home.

"After the incident, the Department directed the principal to report and explain. Currently, the Department has directed the principal to draft a document to send her back to work at her old school, without having to go on a secondment anymore," said the leader of the Department of Education and Training.

Ms. TTH said that she had received a notice to complete the procedures to return to work at her old school. However, the female teacher was worried that she would be sent on a secondment in the future, so she wanted to stay at the school to complete her duties.

"I have been on a secondment so I want to stay at my current school to complete my mission. My health is not stable, if I return and then have to go on a secondment again, I will be very worried, so this time I want to stay to work with peace of mind," said Ms. H.

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Nam Can Primary and Secondary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities. Photo: Contributor

Regarding the above incident, the leader of the Department of Education and Training of Nghe An province affirmed: The Department has decided to send her back to work at her old school. Ms. H. does not have to worry. She will not have to go on a secondment anymore.

A representative of the Department of Education and Training of Nghe An province also said that the Department has issued two documents guiding and directing schools to comply with regulations related to teacher secondment.

As VietNamNet reported, despite having abdominal peritoneal cancer and regularly undergoing chemotherapy, Ms. TTH, a female teacher at Nam Can Primary and Secondary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities, had to go on a secondment to a school in Huu Kiem commune, 35km from home.

Mr. Lam Nguyen Ngoc, Principal of Nam Can Primary and Secondary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities, confirmed the above incident and said that Ms. H. had cancer but was still on the list of students sent on secondment according to the decision of the Nghe An Department of Education and Training.

Mr. Ngoc said that Ms. H. has worked at the school for 25 years but has never been on a secondment.

"The document of the Department of Education and Training of Nghe An province will consider cases of serious illness. In my understanding, serious illness means terminal cancer. In Ms. H's case, she does not have terminal cancer, so she is still eligible for secondment," said Mr. Ngoc.

According to the principal, Ms. H. was exempted from the previous three times she was considered for secondment. This time, there are two more teachers in the school who also have cancer. If Ms. H. is exempted, it will be necessary to exempt the other two teachers from secondment, which is very difficult.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/nu-giao-vien-mac-ung-thu-duoc-dua-ve-lai-truong-cu-sau-thoi-gian-biet-phai-2444234.html