What is a class fund? Are parent-teacher committees in Vietnam alloweed to set class fund contribution levels?

What is a class fund? Are parent-teacher committees in Vietnam alloweed to set class fund contribution levels?

There are currently no specific regulations defining a Class Fund. However, a class fund is a collection of contributions from various sources such as parental contributions, teacher contributions, philanthropists' contributions, etc. These contributions are used to finance educational activities of the class.

The information is for reference only./.

In addition, based on Article 10 of the Charter of the parent-teacher committee issued together with Circular 55/2011/TT-BGDDT, the operating funds of the parent-teacher committee are as follows:

Operating funds of the Parent-Teacher Committee

1. Operating funds of the parent-teacher committee:

a) The operating funds of the class parent-teacher committee are obtained from voluntary contributions from parents and other legal sponsorships for the class parent-teacher committee.

b) The operating funds of the school parent-teacher committee are derived from the operating funds of the class parent-teacher committees as recommended by the meeting of all class parent-teacher committee heads at the beginning of the school year and other legal sponsorships for the school parent-teacher committee.

2. Management and use of the funds of the parent-teacher committee:

a) The head of the class parent-teacher committee, in collaboration with the class teacher, plans the expenditure of the supported and sponsored funds and uses them only after obtaining consensus from all members of the class parent-teacher committee;

b) The head of the school parent-teacher committee agrees with the Principal on the plan to use the supported and sponsored funds and can only use them after obtaining consensus from the entire school parent-teacher committee.

3. The collection and expenditure of funds of the parent-teacher committee must ensure the principles of transparency and democracy; after expenditures, the results must be publicly reported and settled at the meetings of all class parents and the meetings of the entire school parent-teacher committee. No average funding level for parents is to be set.

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Thus, the parent-teacher committee does not have the authority to set an average contribution amount for the class fund.

What is a class fund? Are parent-teacher committees in Vietnam alloweed to set class fund contribution levels? (Image from the Internet)

Which contributions are not to be used by the parent-teacher committee in Vietnam?

Based on Clause 4, Article 10 of the Charter of the parent-teacher committee issued together with Circular 55/2011/TT-BGDDT, the operating funds of the parent-teacher committee are as follows:

Operating funds of the parent-teacher committee

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4. The parent-teacher committee is not allowed to solicit contributions from students or their families:

a) Contributions that are not voluntary.

b) Contributions that do not directly serve the activities of the parent-teacher committee: Protection of school facilities, ensuring school security; supervising th means of transportation of students; cleaning classrooms or the school; rewarding management staff, teachers, school employees; purchasing machinery, equipment, teaching aids for the school, classrooms, or for management staff, teachers, school employees; supporting management, organizing teaching and educational activities; repairing, upgrading, building new school facilities.

Thus, according to the above regulations, the parent-teacher committee is not allowed to use contributions that do not directly serve the activities of the parent-teacher committee, such as:

- Protecting school facilities, ensuring school security;

- Supervising the means of transportation of students; cleaning classrooms or the school;

- Rewarding management staff, teachers, school employees; purchasing machinery, equipment, teaching aids for the school, classrooms, or for management staff, teachers, school employees;

- Supporting management, organizing teaching, and educational activities; repairing, upgrading, building new school facilities.

03 tasks of the class parent-teacher committee in Vietnam 

Based on the regulations in Article 4 of the Charter of the parent-teacher committee issued together with Circular 55/2011/TT-BGDDT, the 03 tasks of the class parent-teacher committee are specifically as follows:

[1] Coordinate with the class teacher and subject teachers to organize educational activities for students;

[2] Coordinate with the class teacher to prepare the content of parents' meetings during the school year;

[3] Participate in the moral education of students; support, encourage excellent students, aid struggling students, mobilize students who have dropped out to return to school; assist poor students, disabled students, and students in other difficult circumstances.