Clarifying the reflection of the school causing difficulty in admission in Binh Duong

Reflecting on being made difficult when enrolling children in school

The incident involved Ms. Nguyen Thi Hai (Ward 2, Chanh Phu Hoa Ward, Ben Cat City) who went to enroll her niece, NTGH (7th grade student in Thanh Hoa province, parents in the countryside are poor, the child went to Binh Duong to live with her aunt, Ms. Hai), to apply for 8th grade at Chanh Phu Hoa Secondary School (Chanh Phu Hoa Ward, Ben Cat City).

According to Ms. Hai's report, on August 16, she went to Chanh Phu Hoa Secondary School to apply for NTGH's admission and was given a certificate of acceptance when the application was complete and valid. The school instructed that the child's household registration must be transferred from Ward 4 to Ward 7. Because the house is currently in Ward 4, Ms. Hai's husband is the head of the household. Meanwhile, Ms. Hai (H's aunt) had just moved her household registration to a newly purchased house in Ward 7 in the same Ward of Chanh Phu Hoa.

Ms. Hai's family did as required, however, the process of withdrawing the application and requesting a letter of introduction required time and results from the authorities.

Anxious as the school year was approaching, on August 29, Ms. Hai went to school hoping that the Principal of Chanh Phu Hoa Secondary School would accept the application so that her child could attend school on time for the opening ceremony. However, the Principal replied: wait for the certificate of residence in Ward 7 to accept it.

Mrs. Hai spent half a month rushing to complete her grandchild's admission paperwork. Photo: Provided by a reader — Ms. Hai spent half a month completing her child's admission paperwork. Photo: Provided by a reader

Ms. Hai wondered why she was not admitted to the school even though she had a registered residence in Ward 4, Chanh Phu Hoa Ward. The principal replied that NTGH was not related to the head of the household (Ms. Hai's husband). Ms. Hai requested to present her marriage certificate and birth certificates to prove her identity, but was still not accepted.

"My family had trouble enrolling my child in school without any clear reason. Children with a household registration have the right to go to school. Requiring confirmation of residence to identify identity is too complicated, causing difficulties for workers from other provinces who come to Binh Duong to live and study," said Ms. Hai.

Family worried that H would be late for school. Photo: Reader provided

Will definitely accept students

Reporters from Lao Dong Newspaper have forwarded the above reflection to the leaders of Ben Cat City. The city leaders immediately directed an early verification, and at the same time, added that the city's schools are currently overloaded.

Responding to the above issue, Ms. Tran Thi Thao - Vice Chairman of Ben Cat City People's Committee said that she had verified the incident. The school explained that the reason was that the guardian was not clear. Ms. Hai's husband should have been the one to apply for admission for H, but Ms. Hai was the one who applied. However, Ms. Hai's name was not in the household registration book. The school wanted to provide the above instructions to make the documents legal for the guardianship. This is to fulfill the legal responsibilities of the guardian in the future, and the school does not want to make things difficult for the people.

Ben Cat is an area with many students who are children of workers. Photo: Dinh Trong

Ms. Tran Thi Thao said that after discussing with the school, they definitely have to accept the above student because he is from Chanh Phu Hoa ward. The next issue is to complete all the required documents.

Students cannot be refused admission.

Ms. Tran Thi Thao said that many years ago, she had directed that, despite the overload, all children in Ben Cat who were of school age must be accepted. They could study in the right area, or in a different area (due to overload in some places), but they still had to be accepted. For example, Chanh Phu Hoa school had 50 students per class, but they still had to be accepted. No worker's children could be refused. I hope that workers will understand and share this.