HCMC: Many schools do not accept flowers to congratulate the opening ceremony, please convert them into scholarships

Many high schools in Ho Chi Minh City sent open letters asking not to accept flowers for the opening ceremony of the new school year. Instead, the schools asked to convert them into scholarships to give to studious students.

Duong Van Thi High School, Ho Chi Minh City awarded scholarships to studious students at the opening ceremony of the 2024-2025 school year - Photo: TT

Duong Van Thi High School, Tang Nhon Phu Ward, Ho Chi Minh City has just sent an invitation to the opening ceremony of the 2025-2026 school year to parents and partners. In particular, the letter asked not to accept flowers to congratulate the opening ceremony. The letter reads:

"In order to implement the policy of saving, practicality and meaning, if parents, partners and donors plan to send congratulatory flowers on the occasion of the opening ceremony, please convert them into scholarships for students in difficult circumstances. These scholarships will be awarded by the school to the students at the opening ceremony as a gift to encourage the spirit of overcoming difficulties, nurturing dreams and adding motivation to study.

Every scholarship, big or small, is a sharing and love, contributing to spreading humanistic values, accompanying the school on the journey of nurturing knowledge, and giving wings to the future of beloved generations of students."

Similarly, Khai Minh Primary School, Ben Thanh Ward, has just sent a notice that the school will not accept flowers at the opening ceremony of the new school year 2025-2026.

The Board of Directors of Khai Minh Primary School said: "In the 2025-2026 school year, the school will organize a concise and practical opening ceremony, and will also broadcast live the program celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Ministry of National Education (now the Ministry of Education and Training ) with the whole country.

To save money and practically welcome the new school year, the school respectfully informs parents and partners that they will not accept flowers to congratulate the opening ceremony. Instead, you can switch to supporting the scholarship fund so that the school can take care of students with difficult circumstances to go to school."

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Truc - Principal of Duong Van Thi High School, shared: "During the opening ceremony, the school received congratulatory flowers, which will create a joyful and exciting atmosphere for teachers and students in the new school year. However, without flowers, students are taken care of and have more conditions to study well, the happiness is multiplied many times over.

Moreover, replacing flowers with gifts for students is more practical and less wasteful. Through this, the school wants to send a message about a new school year with the cooperation of parents, partners, and society to take care of and create the best conditions for students, especially students in difficult circumstances...".

Special opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the new school year 2025-2026 is considered an "unprecedented" special opening ceremony when the whole country holds it at the same time from 8:00 to 9:30 on September 5.

The event will be held live at the National Convention Center, No. 1 Thang Long Avenue, Hanoi. At the same time, the ceremony will be broadcast live on VTV1 channel of Vietnam Television and connected online to all educational institutions from kindergarten to university nationwide.

Source: https://ttbc-hcm.gov.vn/tp-hcm-nhieu-truong-khong-nhan-hoa-chuc-mung-le-khai-giang-xin-chuyen-thanh-hoc-bong-1019449.html