Pupils excluded for not giving to fund
By Wang Qingchu |
October 12, 2011, Wednesday
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MORE than 100 pupils were driven out of a school in an east China village after they didn't pay money to fund the school's renovation project, China National Radio reported yesterday.
A fourth-grader, surnamed Le, said he and around 130 students were asked to leave Hezhuangwan Primary School in Beikou Village, Shandong Province, last Saturday.
The head teacher, Fan Xueliang, ordered them to pay 85 yuan (US$13) each, otherwise they wouldn't be allowed to enter the school.
Fan admitted sending the students home, but said the decision was authorized by village officials as the students' parents were involved in a dispute over the fund for the renovation project, the radio report said.
However, the local education bureau denied they forced students to pay for the construction project.
"We encouraged them to donate voluntarily,'' Chen Anwei, director of the local education bureau, was quoted as saying in the report.
The education authority in Juancheng County, which oversees Beikou Village, a poverty-stricken area, launched a program to renovate the school building.
"The Juancheng Education Bureau only provided funds to rebuild the main building, while the money for the construction of walls, school gate, playground and yards need to be pooled together by villagers," Chen was quoted.
In the notice given to students, a total of 250,000 yuan needs to be donated by students, the report said.
"The money was supposed to be paid by the village committee. But it couldn't afford it and shifted the burden to each student," a parent surnamed Liu alleged.
"We encourage those parents who work in big cities or own business to make a donation," Chen reportedly said.
He said parents were willing to receive government farm subsidies but refused to contribute to social welfare.
China's compulsory education law says it's the government's responsibility to offer compulsory education and expenses should be come out of public money.
A fourth-grader, surnamed Le, said he and around 130 students were asked to leave Hezhuangwan Primary School in Beikou Village, Shandong Province, last Saturday.
The head teacher, Fan Xueliang, ordered them to pay 85 yuan (US$13) each, otherwise they wouldn't be allowed to enter the school.
Fan admitted sending the students home, but said the decision was authorized by village officials as the students' parents were involved in a dispute over the fund for the renovation project, the radio report said.
However, the local education bureau denied they forced students to pay for the construction project.
"We encouraged them to donate voluntarily,'' Chen Anwei, director of the local education bureau, was quoted as saying in the report.
The education authority in Juancheng County, which oversees Beikou Village, a poverty-stricken area, launched a program to renovate the school building.
"The Juancheng Education Bureau only provided funds to rebuild the main building, while the money for the construction of walls, school gate, playground and yards need to be pooled together by villagers," Chen was quoted.
In the notice given to students, a total of 250,000 yuan needs to be donated by students, the report said.
"The money was supposed to be paid by the village committee. But it couldn't afford it and shifted the burden to each student," a parent surnamed Liu alleged.
"We encourage those parents who work in big cities or own business to make a donation," Chen reportedly said.
He said parents were willing to receive government farm subsidies but refused to contribute to social welfare.
China's compulsory education law says it's the government's responsibility to offer compulsory education and expenses should be come out of public money.
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