VietNamNet Bridge - A lot of private schools in HCM City do not dare discipline naughty students for fear that they would leave for other schools.

 

A teacher gives tutoring lesson to a group of students

It was break time at a private high school on Phan Van Tri street in Go Vap district, HCM City. Some schoolboys were seen puffing on cigarettes, though general school students are prohibited to smoke, while others were going to cafes nearby, walking and talking rubbish.

An educator, to whom reporters related the story, said the scenes can be seen at many private schools. 

“As they (private schools) find it difficult to enroll students, they admit naughty students to schools as well and dare not expel them from school because if they do this, they will lose sources of revenue,” he commented.

A lot of private schools in HCM City do not dare discipline naughty students for fear that they would leave for other schools.

According to the headmaster of a private high school in HCM City, besides Nguyen Khuyen High School which sets its own enrolment regulations, and the 20 percent of schools which set requirements on input students, the other schools in the city set no limitation in enrolment. They tend to accept all students who apply for schools as they don’t have many choices.

Meanwhile, the headmaster of a school in district 9, said though the school sets requirements in terms of learning records and conduct, it sometimes still admits bad students by chance because parents tend to hide their children’s problems.

“We once accepted a boarder schoolgirl. But we later asked her to become a day girl because she spent most of his time at school and dormitory flirting with schoolboys,” he said.

“Some other students were caught stealing things from classmates and many were game addicts,” he said.

When asked how the school punished the students, he said no school would dare discipline students because the current regulations do not stipulate heavy punishment measures. Under Circular No 08, students are only suspended for one year if they make serious mistakes.

In the last three years, he only asked one student to leave the school.

Nguyen Van Ngai, former deputy director of the HCM City Education and Training Department, noted that the students at state-owned schools are better than private schools because private schools, which try to enroll as many students as possible, are not selective in enrolment.

Pham Thi Thuy Vinh, headmaster of the Ngo Thoi Nhiem School, commented that most schools try to avoid expelling students from school. 

Meanwhile, a high school teacher in Hanoi commented that general schools, both state-owned and privately run, will only expel students from school as the last resort.

“They (schools) feel sorry for students. If they receive discipline, they may meet difficulties in the future when integrating into the community and looking for jobs,” he said.


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