Ho Chi Minh City: school principal who sold 23 first grade books criticized

Before that, like Intellectual people Parents from An Phong Elementary School, Ho Chi Minh City District 8 announced 25 items, including 23 books priced at VND 807,000 sold to first graders, causing a stir.

According to the official information on the An Phong Primary School website, the first grade textbook list has only 9 books. However, in the notice posted at the school and when parents submit their children’s admission papers, they are presented with a list of 25 articles, including 23 titles.

Mr. Duong Van Dan, Head of District 8 Education and Training Department, said that the Department criticized the principal of An Phong Elementary School for unclear advertising between textbooks and reference books, exercises, tools learning … deceptive parents.

The office requires the school to contact the parent who purchased this “complete set” for a reasonable resolution. Parents can keep them for their children’s use if the need arises; otherwise, parents can return them, the school pays.

At the same time, the Department requires that all elementary schools in the area do not attach reference materials, study tools with textbooks, that do not put too much income to avoid pressure on parents.

An Phong Primary School is known to sell more than 40 textbooks with reference lists and tools with the above 25 items.

The head of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training said that after the incident at An Phong Primary School, the department asked primary schools not to attach documents, notebooks, tools … to the textbook. .

Specifically, when selling textbooks to parents, the school only lists the itemized prices for the books in the selected set of books. The other documents are not attached but must be separated.

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