Students forced to pay $5 if they don't turn up at YOG event

[MarrickG]

To make sure students attend a YOG event, a school has imposed a $5 deposit on them, says STOMPer Fox. Parents were apparently asked to sign a consent form informing them that their $5 will be forfeited if the students do not turn up for the event.

The STOMPer attached several notices from different schools informing parents and students about YOG-related matters.

A consent form from Kuo Chuan Primary School informed students that they are required to pay a $5 refundable deposit. Their deposit will be returned if only the student turns up for the YOG event.

Meanwhile, Queenstown Primary School tells parents and students that the prelim and mid-term exams have been postponed because of the YOG.

At St Patrick's School, attendance is compulsory for all students at the YOG Torch Relay Carnival, which fell on a Sunday.

Zhenghua Primary School students were also affected by the YOG Torch Relay. The students were dismissed later than normal on last Wednesday, Aug 11.

Said the STOMPer:

"On top of making students pay, schools made them sign forms informing that their $5 will be forfeited if they do not turn up for YOG. What is happening?"

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/s...orced_to_pay_if_they_dont_turn_up_at_yog.html

 

[Teo Kok Eng]

That is blackmail

 

[saratogas]

The forfeited $5 goes into who's pocket?!

 

[Froggy]

This cuntry is a real cunt. Whats really becoming of this cunt government? Rob people's savings nevermind $5 from children also have the cheek to take. I guess the real cunts are those who put them into power. How can you cunts put them into power?

 

[twinseeker]

Looking at the way the letter was phrased, there's no option to choose between *consent/ do not consent. Factually, it is no longer a consent form for the parents/guardians. As if all of a sudden, the students become a property of the school. While the parents/guardians are ordered to facilitate & finance the proceedings.

So much for Sg education system, breeding more idiots than there already are. I'm surprised why parents actually bother to support the act, if this matter happened in some other nation, the parents would be hording the school to revolt against such autocratic/ bureaucratic nonsense.

 

[wizard]

I hope the students learn something and know what to do when they are 21...