VietNamNet Bridge - Eighteen teachers at Nam Trung Yen Primary School in Hanoi have criticized the school’s headmaster Ta Thi Bich Ngoc for providing false information to the public about a student whose leg was broken in a car accident in the school.


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Nam Trung Yen's teacher Tran Thi Thu Nhung


Tran Chi Kien was hit by a car when he was playing in the schoolyard. The boy was brought into hospital where he underwent surgery.

Kien, regaining consciousness after the surgery, said that he was hit by a car that contained the headmaster and another teacher.

However, Ngoc denied this. She said 100 percent of students, who were asked to answer the questionnaire, said they did not see any car enter the school or cause an accident.

Regarding the questionnaire, some teachers of Nam Trung Yen Primary School have recently said that when they were asked to fill in the questionnaire, they were not informed about the accident. The teachers were just told there would be an inspection tour about safety at school.

Tran Thi Thu Nhung, Nguyen Thanh Tu and Vu Thi Mung, the three teachers, have provided the press with proof showing that Ngoc was dishonest about the accident.

Tran Chi Kien was hit by a car when he was playing in the schoolyard. The boy was brought into hospital where he underwent surgery.
Soon after the three teachers raised their voice about the case, 18 teachers at the schools have signed an ‘open letter’ to the press, saying that they were pressured to write a document that helped the headmaster claim innocence. They said the information provided by the headmaster to the public was false.

On February 6, Hanoi’s Mayor Nguyen Duc Chuc instructed relevant agencies to investigate the case and suspend Ngoc while waiting for the result of the investigation. Nguyen Thi Huong, deputy headmaster of the school, and some other individuals, then persuaded other teachers at the school to take actions to protect Ngoc.

About 20 teachers, who were believed to have close relations with Ngoc, agreed to sign a document to claim innocence for Ngoc.

Tran Thu Nhung, when meeting Tien Phong’s reporters on February 17, said that Ngoc provided wrong information when saying that 100 percent of teachers did not see any car entering the school and causing any accident. Nhung said she and other teachers did not receive the questionnaires.

She also said that she did not sign the document after she carefully reading it.

Vu Thi Mung, a teacher, burst into tears when talking about the case. She said she would not lie and wants the case to be investigated. 

Van Nhu Cuong, a renowned educator, commented that Vietnam’s education must not accept a school headmaster who tells lies.


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