Each parent gets 1.3 million

Parents of class 5/9, Vo Thi Sau Primary School (Tan Hung Ward, Ho Chi Minh City) presented a plan and estimated operating budget for the 2025-2026 school year with a total estimated amount of money to be mobilized of more than 54 million VND.

The budget plan for activities consists of 2 parts: General activities of the class and children and gratitude to teachers (this expense is completely voluntary, the representative board only sends flowers and gifts on behalf of parents).

In the class's general activities, it is planned to send teachers to buy supplies for the classroom such as printing paper, ink refills, printer maintenance, additional support for classroom cleaning supplies, tissues, gifts to encourage children to study... with a total amount of 3 million VND. In the plan, there is a note to send English teachers to support the cost of preparing and printing English lessons: 4 million VND.

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Estimated expenditure and income table of parents of class 5/9, Vo Thi Sau Primary School, HCMC

Estimated budget for decorating holidays and Tet is 2 million VND; Supporting drinking water for football and basketball teams is 2 million VND for the whole school year. Rewards for students with first prize at school level or first, second, third prize at city level, 10 gifts worth 150,000 VND each, total is 1.5 million VND, year-end party in class is 6.15 million, year-end gifts for students are 6.15 million and estimated budget for general school activities is 10 million VND...

As for the gratitude to teachers, the estimated budget is 23,500,000 VND. Of which, the monthly support for the class nanny is 1.5 million VND. It is expected that in 9 months, the budget for this content will be 13,500,000 VND... In addition, gifts for October 20, Lunar New Year, March 8.

The budget also clearly states that the total amount to be spent is 58.3 million, but because last year's fund had a surplus of 4.2 million, there is a shortage of 54 million. If divided among 41 students, each student will pay 745,346 VND. If the parents agree to divide the whole amount equally among 41 students, each student will pay 1,318,517 VND.

Parents arbitrarily affect the school's reputation

Mr. Phan Thanh Phong, Principal of Vo Thi Sau Primary School (Tan Hung Ward, Ho Chi Minh City) confirmed that the above-mentioned plan and budget for activities belonged to the representative board of the parents' association of class 5/9. The school found out that about 18 parents had paid. After learning about the incident, Mr. Phong asked the representative board to immediately stop collecting money and return the collected money to the parents.

It is noteworthy that the overcharging incident happens every year at Vo Thi Sau Primary School and is reported. In 2022, parents of Class 1/3 planned to spend 130 million VND in class fund for the 2022-2023 school year, however, the class part of this money is expected to be used to 'take care' of teachers and nannies along with gifts for the Board of Directors on holidays.

In 2024, parents of class 2/9 reported that the class collected 1 million VND from the parent fund for each person, but the spending was not for the right purpose, and many expenses were in envelopes for teachers and nannies.

Mr. Phan Thanh Phong said that every year the school thoroughly implements and educates teachers and parents about Circular 16 and Circular 55. The school has a clear guiding viewpoint that it will not collect any fees. The school has held meetings with class representatives, but after returning to class, the class representatives still act on their own, discuss on their own, and without consulting the homeroom teacher. When the incident is revealed, the school must take responsibility for this, which greatly affects the school's reputation.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/lop-hoc-o-tphcm-du-chi-hon-54-trieu-dong-hieu-truong-noi-phu-huynh-tu-y-lam-2447191.html