A primary school in Shanxi has been exposed to "adding classes all day on Saturdays and charging fees"! The child drew "I want to sleep"
Recently, the incident of Luxi Primary School in Houma City, Shanxi Province adding classes all day on Saturdays and charging after-school service management fees has attracted the attention of netizens. On September 19th, a reporter from CCTV called the relevant departments of the Houma Education Bureau during working hours to further understand the situation, but no one answered the phone calls from the various departments of the bureau.
Primary school is accused of adding classes all day on Saturdays
And collect after-school service management fees
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The solicitation letter for the "Saturday Extra Class" provided by the parents of students at Houma Luxi Primary School to reporters shows that the extra classes are voluntary and serve subjects such as Chinese, mathematics, English, science, and Taoism. The class hours are from 8:00 am to 11:30 am and 2:30 pm to 6:00 pm. Additional courses belong to after-school service management, and the fee standard is implemented according to the document of Linfa Gai Price Fa [2022] No. 8.
In addition, Houma Central Street Primary School has also issued parents with a similar "Saturday extended service" solicitation letter. It is reported that the school has "extra classes on Saturdays" from first grade to sixth grade.
The solicitation of opinions issued by Luxi Elementary School
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"The solicitation letter was only issued by the school last Thursday, but the children had already started classes last Saturday." The interviewed parents expressed that they were unwilling to accept the addition of classes on weekends, and stated that their children have a heavy academic burden on weekdays, and sometimes they have to clock in for homework until morning. If we continue to add classes on weekends, it will make children physically and mentally exhausted, develop resistance to learning and school, and even have children draw patterns on paper saying "I want to sleep".
Screenshots of chat records in parent groups
"But when the school adds classes, if someone else goes, you won't go, and you're afraid your child will fall behind on their homework." The parent was very helpless about this.
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The solicitation of opinions issued by Central Street Primary School
Local Education Bureau Response
On the 17th, a parent called the Education Bureau of Houma City, and the staff said, "This is a voluntary principle, and I can only tell the school that the child is indeed very hardworking."
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On the 19th, CCTV reporters contacted various departments of the Houma Education Bureau multiple times during morning and afternoon working hours, but only the on duty staff of the Education Bureau office answered the phone and stated that the bureau leader was on a business trip, and the person in charge of the education department had a meeting. The on duty staff responded to the reporter's request to contact the person in charge for an interview, stating that the leader was not available.