On the morning of May 12, the Hoc Mon District Department of Education and Training sent a report to the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City about the incident of Nguyen Van Bua Secondary School teachers handing out pre-printed applications for not taking the 10th grade entrance exam for students to sign.
According to a report from the Hoc Mon District Department of Education and Training, the Department of Education and Training received information from parents texting about the situation: “There are schools that require parents to sign a commitment that their children will not take the 10th grade entrance exam. because of poor academic performance” and accompanied by a photo of an application not to participate in the 10th grade entrance exam for the 2024-2025 school year.
Through investigation and verification, the Department of Education and Training said that the person who reported copied it onto the website “Application not to participate in the 10th grade entrance exam for the 2024-2025 school year” of a 9/5 grade TCTV student studying. At Nguyen Van Bua Secondary School, the homeroom teacher of class 9/5 is Ms. LTND. The above application information was written by a student and was taken by a parent’s friend and posted voluntarily while sitting at a cafe with the student’s father TCTV.
TT.CTV’s parents had previously texted the homeroom teacher as follows: “TV did not take the 10th grade entrance exam to a public school. But he still applied for 10th grade admission to a private school. continue to study in high school. So my family’s wish is to study privately, not because I feel my child is not qualified to study at a public school.
Through verification, the application form for not participating in the 10th grade entrance exam for the 2024-2025 school year was issued by the school, because of lessons learned from the previous school year, according to reports from homeroom teachers and students’ parents. The complaint is: “The father agreed to let his child not take the exam, but the mother wanted her child to take the school entrance exam and asked the homeroom teacher” so she was forced to make a clear commitment.
According to the Hoc Mon District Department of Education and Training, the online information was removed from the page by the owner 60 minutes after posting. Parents also apologized to the school and homeroom teacher.
Since the morning of May 11, a buzz on student and parent forums in Ho Chi Minh City has been the pre-printed application “Please do not participate in the 10th grade entrance exam for the 2024 – 2025 school year”, leaving the student’s name blank. student, parent fill in name.
The content of this application, in addition to the information of parents, students and contact phone numbers, also includes the content: “Based on the academic results of the last school year and the child’s cognitive ability is not good, the family The family realized that it was difficult for the child to attend the high school program – the public system. Now the family is making this application asking the school board to allow their child (student’s name) not to participate in the 10th grade entrance exam of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, session on June 6, 2024. “.
The content of the application immediately caused a storm on social networks, with many harsh responses saying that the school did not allow the above student the right to take the 10th grade entrance exam because of his achievements.
Many other opinions also said that regardless of the above student’s academic ability, even if he does not pass the upcoming 10th grade entrance exam to a public school, the school cannot ban him. “Distributing pre-printed forms like that is offensive” – one comment wrote.