There is a stir about teachers assigning parents to come to class to clean up. What does the principal say?

Ngo Thi Nham Primary School - Photo: School's FB

Recently, a parent took to social media to express his frustration at having to go to his child's school to be on duty after 5pm.

If no payment is made, parents must go to school to clean up for their children?

This parent said that her child is in grade 1 at Ngo Thi Nham Primary School, Thanh Tri ( Hanoi ). Since the beginning of the school year, every day the parents in the class have to take turns coming to school to be on duty at 5pm.

According to this parent, at the beginning of the school year, parents were informed that because first graders have difficulty cleaning their classrooms, each class needs to pay 500,000 VND to hire someone to clean the classroom. If they do not hire someone, parents will have to come to school at 5pm every day to clean the classroom for their children.

According to this parent, assigning parents to be on duty in the classroom is unreasonable.

In addition, parents also reported that the school's parent committee called for donations of facilities. In the first semester, grade 1 donated 10 air conditioners to the school, estimated at over 10 million VND/set. In the second semester, parents of the entire school donated an artificial turf field to the school, estimated at over 100,000 VND/student.

"The teacher was asked to write a report"

Speaking with Tuoi Tre Online on the morning of September 27, Ms. Hoang Thi Thu Ha, principal of Ngo Thi Nham Primary School, confirmed that up to now, the school has not collected any fees.

According to Ms. Ha, right from the beginning of the school year, the school has fully and widely disseminated the school year's tasks, implementation regulations in general and environmental sanitation work in particular.

The school assigns janitors to clean common areas such as toilets and schoolyards. Students maintain a daily routine of cleaning their classrooms to create awareness of maintaining public hygiene and to practice soft skills in sharing work with family and society.

According to Ms. Ha, the school has no policy to implement the content as reflected above.

Ms. Ha said that after reviewing the feedback, the school found that Ms. NTU - the homeroom teacher of class 1A5 - had been exchanging messages back and forth on the class's Zalo group. However, due to the teacher's way of communicating and implementing information that was not in accordance with the school's policy, not thorough and clear, it led to dissatisfaction, frustration and complaints from the students' parents.

"The school has asked teachers to write reports and organized a meeting of the pedagogical council to inform all staff and teachers that when exchanging and providing information to parents, they must ensure compliance with the school's policies.

We must discuss, publicize, and transparently communicate information so that parents can understand and support the school in all activities of raising and educating their children. The school has also contacted, discussed, and explained to parents to help them understand and share.

Through this incident, the school will strengthen the dissemination and guidance of staff and teachers on skills of exchanging information with parents to create sharing, consensus, and companionship with the school in all activities," said Ms. Ha.

Explaining the appeal for parents to support 10 new air conditioners and support the cost of building an artificial turf field, which received reactions from some parents, according to Ms. Ha, the school is only collecting opinions on these items, and currently the parents do not agree, the school has stopped implementing them and will no longer do so.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/xon-xao-giao-vien-phan-cong-phu-huynh-den-lop-truc-nhat-hieu-truong-noi-gi-2024092710453895.htm