Quality education is built on responsibility and love.

Inspire dreams and ambitions

On Saturday morning, more than a week after the 2019-2020 school year ended, the Board of Directors of Nghe An Ethnic Minority High School still reserved a special gift for the 12th grade students who are studying for the exam at the school. That was a talk with speaker Dao Ngoc Cuong - who was recognized by the Central Record Association and the Vietnam Record Organization as the "Speaker invited by schools to give speeches on the topic of Life Personality Education with the most programs and in the shortest time".

This is the time for 12th graders to review for exams. Therefore, to encourage students to review well, the Provincial Ethnic Minority High School has organized extracurricular activities to help students have more confidence and motivation to nurture their dreams and aspirations. The school has also organized review, training, and tutoring for students outside of regular school hours. In addition, despite many difficulties, the school has mobilized support from businesses to purchase more fans and air conditioners to make it easier for students to review for exams. Photo: MH

Coming from afar to the school, speaker Dao Ngoc Cuong was also very excited about this meeting because he and the students in the school seemed to have something in common as they all grew up in a poor countryside with a deprived childhood and days of eating cassava instead of rice.

The common sympathy also made the talk with the topic “Living, Dreaming and Aspiration” more meaningful. Through that, it inspired students about the story of living by knowing how to dream and putting faith in their choices.

After 3 years of studying at school, from shy students, they have become bold and confident in sharing their dreams. Photo: MH.

At the sharing session, high school seniors and students on the threshold of university also spoke about their wishes and ambitions. And for them, whether they dream of becoming a kindergarten teacher, a law student, or a doctor or a student in the field of environmental resources, they all understand that dreams can only come true through hard work.

For that reason, the story and journey of overcoming difficulties of speaker Dao Ngoc Cuong seems to give strength to the students, helping them to have the determination and confidence to win the exam and the upcoming future...

Extracurricular activities will help students gain the necessary skills to grow up. Photo: PV.

For students of the Provincial Ethnic Minority High School, talks and meetings with speakers and examples of perseverance in overcoming difficulties have become quite familiar extracurricular activities. In this school year, in addition to speaker Dao Ngoc Cuong, students also had a chance to talk with speaker Lang Cong Dat on the topic "Journey to Conquer Dreams", with teacher Lang Thi Tam - a former student of the school - an excellent student and the one who inspired the project of teaching English to children in mountainous districts...

This activity is also a very meaningful practical lesson to guide students on the path of self-reliance and career development. From there, it helps them to be more conscious in studying, attached to school, class and build their own ambitions, dreams and aspirations.

Overcoming difficulties to affirm quality

This school year, the Provincial Ethnic Minority High School celebrates its 35th anniversary. Over the past three decades, thousands of generations of students have grown up from this school and created a source of quality cadres for the mountainous districts in the province. Many have now developed and held important positions in agencies and units.

In recent years, the Provincial Ethnic Minority High School has also undertaken a very special task, which is that in addition to the task of teaching cultural knowledge, the school also has the task of nurturing, caring for, and managing students who are boarding at the school. With the characteristic that over 90% of the students are children of ethnic minorities, including the O Du ethnic minority... this is an extremely difficult task.

The Provincial Ethnic Minority High School is a school with many achievements after 35 years of establishment and development. Photo: PV

In recent years, due to many changes in the school's admission sources, including a significant number of students coming from areas with particularly difficult economic and social conditions, the task of teaching and improving the quality of teaching at the school has become even more difficult. However, with the love for the profession, the love for students, the responsibility and the heart of the teachers, the Provincial Ethnic Minority High School is still one of the high schools with good quality in the whole province.

In the 2018-2019 school year, the Provincial Boarding High School for Ethnic Minorities is one of four high schools in Nghe An province with a graduation rate of 100%, and a university entrance rate of 88%. The rate of students with excellent and fair academic performance is nearly 95%; the rate of students with good and fair conduct is 99%.

Traditional sports tournaments will strengthen the relationship between teachers and students and increase the bond in school. Photo: PV.

In the 2019-2020 school year, although students had to take a long break from school due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, the school's core and general quality were both maintained stable. The whole school had 252 students achieving the title of Excellent Student (accounting for 46.7%); 278 students achieving the title of Advanced Student (accounting for 51.5%); 353 students were classified as having good and fair ethics (accounting for 99%).

In addition, at the Provincial Science and Technology Competition, the topic: "Nghe An Ethnic Minority Students with the Preservation and Development of the Traditional Brocade Weaving Village of Xieng Village - Mon Son Commune, Con Cuong District, Nghe An Province" by two 10th grade students, Lau Nguyen Huong Giang and Luong Quynh Nga, won First Prize.

Most recently, at the 19th Nghe An Province Phu Dong Sports Festival in 2020, the school participated in 2 events: Vovinam, athletics and won 3 Gold Medals, 3 Silver Medals and 3 Bronze Medals.

The quality of the school's teaching staff has also been affirmed when in the Provincial Excellent Teacher Competition for the 2019-2023 period, the school had 6 teachers recognized as excellent teachers, bringing the total number of excellent teachers of the school to 32/46 teachers.

Teacher Nguyen Thi Kieu Hoa - Principal of the school commended students with good academic results in the 2019 - 2020 school year. In addition to the school's awards, every year the Board of Directors also mobilizes support from many business organizations to award scholarships to candidates with high scores and students who overcome difficulties to study well. Photo: PV

With a tradition of good teaching and learning, from this school year, the Provincial Ethnic Minority High School was also selected by the Provincial People's Committee as one of the five pilot high schools to build a high-quality key school in the province. Faced with this responsibility, the collective of teachers and the school identified difficulties but also opportunities for the school to affirm its advantages.

Teacher Nguyen Thi Kieu Hoa - Principal of the school also affirmed: At present, the school determines that improving the quality of teaching and learning is the top priority to create trust from parents and students. The school will also continue to invest in facilities and teaching and learning equipment to meet the requirements of teaching and learning in the new period, successfully implementing the model of a high-quality key school of the province.

In the 2020-2021 school year, the Provincial Ethnic Minority High School will enroll 40% of its target of ethnic minority students who have graduated from junior high school in the entire district; enroll 60% of the assigned target in accordance with current regulations.

In addition to the State's support policy, the school has a reward policy for students who study and practice well and have good results or better. Students who are excellent students at the district and provincial levels and have high scores on the 10th grade entrance exam will be awarded scholarships.