The headmaster of a primary school in the southern province of Soc Trang Province has just resigned because many grade 2 pupils at his school still can’t read.

Lich Hoi Thuong A Town Primary School

Huynh Ha Thang, headmaster of Lich Hoi Thuong A Town Primary School in Tran De District, on April 9 submitted his resignation to the district Department of Education and Training.

Thang said that he resigned for failing to be a good headmaster, so he wanted to return to work as a teacher.

The Tran De District’s Department of Education and Training has agreed and are completing procedures for his resignation.

An earlier a check by the provincial Department of Education and Training at Lich Hoi Thuong A Town Primary School under Thang’s management showed that many grade 2 pupils couldn’t read.

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