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    Teacher Demoted for Buying Gifts With Class Fund

    Jan 16, 2019

    Authorities in Chenzhou, Hunan province, have removed an educator from his role as head teacher after determining that he misused money from a student fund, the local government announced Tuesday.

    The teacher, surnamed He, was stripped of his title at a Chenzhou high school for using parents’ donations — intended to be put toward classroom materials and extracurricular activities — to buy gifts for himself and five of his colleagues as a show of students’ gratitude. According to chat screenshots posted on Weibo, nearly 6,500 yuan ($960) from the fund went toward gifts for He and the other teachers, including cash in the form of digital red envelopes. The local education bureau has ordered the teachers to return the money and the cash equivalents of their gifts.

    In November of last year, another school in Hunan fired its principal after he was caught using computers to mine cryptocurrency around the clock, costing the school 17,000 yuan in electricity bills. (Image: VCG)