Should students pay for the loss of textbooks in a university in Shandong and share the cost equally? School: The fee has been refunded
Recently, a student from Linyi University reported that some English textbooks from a college were lost during transportation due to weather and various reasons. A screenshot of a WeChat chat online shows that class fees need to be collected to make up for the expenses. "The four classes will be shared equally, totaling 15.6 yuan per person.".
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Student: Compulsory collection of money due to lack of understanding of the situation
On the afternoon of September 5th, the reporter contacted the student who exposed the incident. According to him, the school involved was the Business School of Linyi University, and the announcement in the chat record was released at 4:30 pm on September 4th. "We don't know anything specific, and we were inexplicably told that we need to pay." The student told the reporter that the book fee for this semester has not been paid yet, but the order form has been issued. "The cost for each book is clearly stated, and it should be paid later, but now it suddenly says that there is a shortage of books, so let's make up for another portion of the money."
According to the chat records, some students have reported that they are willing to pay even if they don't learn English, and there is a reply below saying "Hmm, yes". This has also been confirmed from the exposed students, "Our classmates have textbooks in other languages that cannot be used in English, some have not chosen this course, and some have bought second-hand books from senior brothers and sisters, but all of them are 'one size fits all' and require each of us to pay. I feel that the fault is clearly not with us, and whoever loses the book will compensate for it, but let us bear this responsibility. It feels strange."
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School: Due to negligence, it has been returned
According to the contact information provided by the student for the counselor, the reporter contacted the counselor surnamed Zhao from the business school. The counselor stated that the matter has been resolved in a meeting and will call back later.
Not long after, the reporter received a call from someone who claimed to be surnamed Yin and was the Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Business School, in charge of student affairs. According to him, the incident did indeed exist. "Textbooks are usually collected by the class, and after receiving the money, they are handed over to the library by the class committee." He said that currently, school counselors are generally not responsible for the textbooks. "After the books were lost, the class monitor reported to the counselor, and the counselor contacted the library to make up for the money. However, in terms of expenses, the class committee said they would solve the problem on their own, but did not expect such a solution."
Secretary Yin stated that the school had already provided a situation explanation to the students at noon on September 5th, and all fees have been refunded. "It is indeed due to some negligence in our management.".
Regarding the issue of fee refund, the student confirmed to the reporter that the previously paid fees have indeed been refunded by the class committee.
