China kindergarten principal fired for accepting chocolate gift worth less than US$1, sues school
Students in China often send small gifts or cards to teachers to celebrate Teachers’ Day ahead of September 10
A nursery school in China fired its principal because she accepted a small box of chocolates, worth 85 US cents, from a pupil.
Wang, the head of Sanxia Kindergarten in Chongqing, southwestern China, took legal action against her former employer after being dismissed in September last year, reported China National Radio.
Surveillance footage of the nursery showed a boy handing a plastic bag containing the box of chocolate to Wang, who was sitting at the front of the classroom with another teacher.
Wang accepted the gift, which cost 6.16 yuan, from the boy and hugged him.
She later shared the chocolate with other children in the kindergarten, the report said.
It is a common practice among young pupils in China to send gifts or greeting cards to their teachers ahead of the annual Teachers’ Day on September 10.