Top news reporter Yang Xiaoyan Intern Shen Yao
Recently, a parent of a middle school in Tongling City, Anhui Province reported that the parent committee of the child’s class where his child is located charges a class fee of 2,000 yuan per person, and 40 people in a class are 80,000 yuan.
This matter once caused heated discussion. Top news reporters learned from the parents of primary and secondary schools in Wuhan, Quanzhou and other cities that at present, committee exists in primary and secondary schools in many cities across the country. In addition to discussing students' learning and life affairs, they also need to be responsible for class fees collection and expenses.
"Although the class pay is not a big money, I feel like I'm being paid from time to time." Some parents admitted that for students who have entered middle school, they have the ability to choose how to control their expenses, or learn to improve their ability to manage money from it. Too much intervention by parents is not conducive to their children's growth.
class fee is as high as 2,000 yuan? Why is the Parents Committee frequently complained about
htmlOn August 12, a parent from a middle school in Tongling City, Anhui Province reported that the high school class where the parent's children are located is charged a class fee of 2,000 yuan per person, and 40 people in the class paid a total of 80,000 yuan. After paying the fee, the parent questioned where the class fee for the high school students is 80,000 yuan.
After responding to the Tongling Municipal Government Office, the above situation is true. The response stated in the class fee details: It is understood that this fee is mainly used for class textbook payment, learning and activity expenses. This fee is collected by the class parent committee with the consent of all parents and collected and paid on behalf of others. The income and expenditure of this fee does not pass through the class teacher and the teacher. The current expenditure is: subject homework materials fee of 34,090.5 yuan, the school’s spring supplementary textbook fee is 2,636.34 yuan, and the class necessities and other items are 5,261.6 yuan, and the current balance is 42,011.56 yuan.
However, after the response, some parents pointed out that although they were given consent, there may be cases where parents were "being" paid, and why should parents buy drugs, cleaning supplies, etc. in the class and spend more than 5,000 yuan? At the same time, the power of the "parent committee" has also been criticized by many parents.
Top news reporters found that as early as 2017, a parent committee campaign was launched in a primary school in Hangzhou. During the campaign, parents revealed their resumes and gave speeches to the election. " People's Daily " once commented: The parent committee campaign has become a "fame show".
In 2018, a parent in a primary school in Shanghai ran for the Parent-General through a WeChat group, showing off his identities, abilities and resources. The competition was fierce, which caused heated discussion.
Just on September 6 this year, a parent in a school in Liuzhou City revealed that parents were asked to withdraw from the group because they did not participate in the money to buy a well-known brand of cosmetics gift boxes for teachers.
On the same day, the Liuzhou Education Bureau issued an open letter calling on the Parent-General to take the initiative to resist the unhealthy trend of treating guests and giving gifts, and to strictly refuse the violation of "disguised bribery". Parents who encounter acts such as giving gifts to teachers under various names can report to the Municipal Education Bureau.
Parents: There is a phenomenon of "payment"
htmlOn September 13, Top News reporters learned that the "parent committee" form is more common in primary and secondary schools in many places across the country.
Ms. Zhang, a parent of a middle school in Wuhan, said: "The parent committee is recommended by everyone and votes. Parents of the parent committee will take turns to the school to supervise their children's evening study. The class fee is about 50 yuan per semester." In Ms. Zhang's eyes, the existence of the parent committee is a bridge for establishing communication between schools and parents.
Ms. Shi, a parent of a primary school in Sichuan, is a member of the class parent committee responsible for collecting class fees. She said: "When the child was in the first grade, we selected the parent committee, and the class fee of 50 yuan per person was collected, which was managed by me. At present, the child was promoted to the third grade, and the class fee was still more than 300 yuan left."
. In Zhengzhou, Ms. Zhao, a parent school parent committee told the top news reporter: "After the child's junior high school starts, the parent committee issued a notice in the group, charging 500 yuan per person.Class pay is mainly used for the purchase of teaching aids for children during semesters and the organization and development of class activities. The use of expenses will be managed by a dedicated person, and the expense details will be announced at the end of the semester. ”
Mr. Wang, a parent of a middle school in Jinshui District, Zhengzhou City, told the top news reporter: "The child just went to the first grade of junior high school this year. The parent committee was signed up for the parents in the group. The school has now started two weeks. In addition to parents discussing their children's studies, they have collected two class fees, namely 20 yuan and 100 yuan. "
Mr. Wang said that although the class pay is small, most of the details of the class pay are known by the parent committee. "Take the beginning of school as an example, after each person paid 20 yuan, the parent committee spent 700 yuan to buy a water dispenser. Only one week later, some parents reported in the group that there were more than 60 students in the class, and there was only one water dispenser. The children could not drink water, and called on everyone to redeem 100 yuan and buy another one. "The
shift fee is collected for more than 7,000 yuan. Mr. Wang also wanted to ask about the details of the expenses in the group, "But everyone has paid it, and it is always inappropriate for you not to pay or ask questions. In fact, in my opinion, if a child has a certain ability to control money when he goes to middle school, or learns how to reasonably control class expenses, excessive intervention by parents will be detrimental to the growth of children. "
Netizen: A good parent committee has become a bridge for communication between schools and parents
September 14, a parent of a primary school in Quanzhou City reported to the top news reporter: "Because the child just entered the first grade this year, the school organized a major cleaning, and the parent committee actually notified that due to the delay after-school and the child was too young, they would hire external cleaning work such as cleaning. Is this training for children or parents? Will the school let children do things that cannot be done?"
However, in response to the recent discussions on class pay and parent-teacher committees, some netizens believe that a good parent-teacher committee can indeed solve some problems for schools and teachers.
Some netizens admitted that since the epidemic, the health codes and nucleic acid test results report that the results of the child’s school need to collect are collected by the parent-teacher committee. "Ministry of junior high school will not be as comprehensive as primary schools, and the parent-teacher committee can coordinate and arrange them in the middle. "
Some netizens also analyzed that if there is no parent committee, many situations need to be solved by students, but if the students cannot handle it, they will still ask parents. "The parent committee will play a reasonable and coordinate the division of labor at this time, so that parents and children can complete the homework or tasks arranged by the school more efficiently. "
The existence of the "parent committee" has been criticized. In many cases, it is because the system management is not clear, which leads to "fame and fortune show" and high class fees. Some educational experts said that the potential game has become open competition, and parents' anxiety is the initiator, and such shows are likely to output bad value to children, and parents and schools should each belong to their positions.
htmlOn the afternoon of September 14, the top news reporter searched the "Interim Measures for the Management of Fees in Ordinary Senior High Schools" and found that according to regulations, in addition to tuition and accommodation, ordinary high schools are charged In addition to fees, no fees shall be charged to students without the joint approval of the Ministry of Finance, the State Planning Commission, the State Education Commission or the provincial people's government or the approval of the provincial people's government.
In addition, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education recently issued the newly revised " Financial System for Primary and Secondary Schools ", which also clearly stipulates that all charges for primary and secondary schools should strictly implement the charging scope, charging items and charging standards stipulated by the state, and shall not expand the charging scope, increase charging items, or increase charging standards without authorization; it is strictly prohibited to set up "small treasurys", strictly prohibit the establishment of accounts outside the accounts, and strictly prohibit private deposit of public funds.