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吴家和转贴网民暖心故事 虽欠费仍获校方通融发成绩单正本

by 林殊
27/11/2019
in 人情冷暖, 时事, 社区
Reading Time: 1 min read
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日前,失业者互助网站 Transitioning.org创办人吴家和脸书发文,指有清寒子弟原本只能领取小六会考成绩单影本,所幸有好心人帮忙缴清学费,才成功领成绩单正本。

今日吴家和再转发网民留言,该名网友哈兹丽娜(Hazellina)分享自身的遭遇,他们因一时经济拮据无法支付两名孩子的学费,但比较幸运的是,孩子的学校并没有因此被拒绝领成绩单正本。

她公开她与丈夫的收入。哈兹丽娜本身收入达1363新元(未扣除公积金),而丈夫收入也仅约1400-1500元,加起来达2863元。

然而根据教育部官网,要申请经济援助计划(FAS),条件之一是家户总收入必须少过2750元,或人均月入不得超过690元。显然哈兹丽娜一家不符合该条件。

原本住租赁组屋

再者,哈兹丽娜也分享,他们一家才刚在一年前购买四房式的组屋。

至于为何会选择购屋,相信是收入已不符合租赁组屋条件,哈兹丽娜指被建屋局告知他们的公积金已足够买房。他指出,此前他们租赁组屋的月租仅338元。

在建屋局官网则显示,租赁组屋的申请条件,家户总收入需不超过1500元。

仍打起精神过日子

Hazellina称,买房后他们也无多余的钱购置其他家具如床或衣柜,一家人仅睡在床垫,其余的钱则必须用于支付生活和交通开销,以及缴付厨房柜的贷款。

尽管生活拮据,但他们仍然必须要打起精神过日子。网友表示,在看见吴家和的帖文后,相当感谢吴家和与其他善心人士的帮忙。

吴家和也感谢文园小学校长的特别通融,让有关学生获得了正本,同时也谢谢为其他孩子解困的善心人士。

家家有本难念的经:无法支付学费,不代表家长忽略孩子成长

从网友所分享的故事便可知尽管有明文规定,但仍法外有情,这也凸显出家家有本难念的经,每个家庭都有其困难和挑战,因此并不能以无法支付学费作为忽略孩子学习成长的标准,也不代表他们都是忽略孩子学费的家长,或许只是面临了生活上的困难,而无法交出学费。

对此,《海峡时报》报道,在消息曝光后,教育部透过媒体澄清该名学生家长已有两年没有支付学费,而且也未向教育部或学校申请任何援助,但孩子仍然会收到一份影印本,可依据影印本申请中学入学。

“在脸书上强调的案例中,由于两年内多次提醒却未获得家长支付学费,而且也未向教育部或学校提出任何援助申请支付费用。尽管如此,孩子仍会受到一份影印本,但并非原始版本的,他依然能够申请入学,与其他同侪共同上课。”

尽管已作出澄清,但也证实,若学费未缴清,有关学生只能拿到影印本而不是成绩单正本,且这是该部“一贯的政策。”

教育部又补充,每年为每位小学生补助约1万2000新元,分担下每个学生每月仅付13元杂费。该部强调低收入家庭可以申请财务援助,来减轻制服、课本、交通、学校伙食和学杂费等负担。

对此,《海峡时报》也向吴家和取得联系,吴家和表示,“这对于孩子而言,真的是令人沮丧的,尤其是他们和同龄人被比较时。”

吴家和也指出,他并不是在怪罪教育部,因为确实透过各项的经济援助,为很多贫困家庭纾困,其学费大多是免费。但有时候部分家庭也会陷入困境,而且也会有“落单”的群体。

 

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