A kindergarten east of Xi’an made news for their unique method of keeping parents accountable for their children’s tuition money. To avoid getting counterfeit bills, or parents evading fees, the school asks parents to write their child’s name on each RMB bill paid to the school for tuition.

“To write your child’s name on a RMB shows mistrust of, and disrespect for the parents. Writing on money is also a stain on the RMB,” said one of the parents.

The school emphasized the parents could write the name lightly in pencil in the corner so that it would fade out later. “I hope the name comes off in the future,” said a parent, “I saw some other parents use pen to write their children’s names, which won’t come off later.”

“We have a reason for the system. Classroom teachers collect the tuition, and they don’t have the ability to distinguish real bank notes. Later when the money is brought to the bank or a financial expert, we can see if any teachers received counterfeit money and from whom,” said one of the kindergarten teachers yesterday afternoon.

Because of past issues with parents’ payments, the school felt they had no choice but to use this slightly ridiculous system.

Source: inews.qq.com

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