Principal of Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense was awarded the title of People's Teacher

On the morning of November 17, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Education and Training coordinated with the Vietnam Education Trade Union to organize the 16th People's Teacher and Meritorious Teacher awarding ceremony and honoring "Outstanding Teachers" in 2024.

Title of People's Teacher,Excellent teacheris considered and awarded to teachers who have made many contributions to the education sector and is a recognition and honor for the great contributions of educators to the cause of educating people. Previously, in 2024, after the State Council met and voted to select, the President conferred the title of People's Teacher to 21 teachers and the title of Excellent Teacher to 1,167 teachers.

In the list of 21 teachers awarded the title of People's Teacher this time,Vocational College No. 4, Ministry of National DefenseThe school is honored to have Colonel Nguyen Truong Son - Principal. Currently, Colonel Nguyen Truong Son is also the first teacher of the school to be awarded the title of People's Teacher.

Colonel Nguyen Truong Son (born in 1966) has worked for many years at Vocational College No. 4, Ministry of National Defense. Over the years, as Principal of the school, Colonel Nguyen Truong Son has made many contributions to building Vocational College No. 4 as a bright spot in the vocational school system of the whole country, affirming its reputation and brand in the field of vocational training, job creation and providing high-quality human resources for the domestic and foreign labor markets.

Currently, the school has a training scale of over 12,000 students/year, the rate of students graduating from technical professions with stable jobs is over 92%. The school is always highly appreciated by ministries, People's Committees, departments, branches, businesses, hospitals for the quality of training and job creation for students after graduation and workers.

As an officer in the Vietnam People's Army, Colonel Nguyen Truong Son always upholds the awareness of cultivating and training political qualities and revolutionary ethics.

Over the past years, Colonel Nguyen Truong Son has worked with the school to innovate the enrollment work, with many policies and breakthrough solutions to improve the quality of training; linking training with job placement counseling. At the same time, he has directly selected, trained, and coached 18 teachers to participate in the National and Military Vocational Education Teacher Training Conferences with high results.

During his work, the Principal of Vocational College No. 4 also had many topics and initiatives that were highly appreciated by superiors and he presided over the implementation: 1 ministerial-level topic; 3 provincial and industry-level topics; 10 technical innovation initiatives that were accepted and effectively applied in the training activities of the school and vocational training institutions inside and outside the army.

Besides, actively participating in military science information work, writing and publishing 8 scientific articles in prestigious journals inside and outside the military: Military Science Journal, Military School Journal, Vocational Education Science Journal.

In addition, as Chairman of the School's Science and Training Council, Colonel Nguyen Truong Son directly edited and organized the compilation of 20 textbooks and 37 training programs (including 07 key industries and occupations approaching international, regional and national levels) that have been approved for printing and put into service of high-quality and effective training.

In 2021, Colonel Nguyen Truong Son was one of 10 outstanding teachers of more than 1,100 vocational training institutions nationwide to be commended by the Prime Minister on the occasion of Vietnamese Teachers' Day, November 20.

During his work, Colonel Nguyen Truong Son was awarded many Certificates of Merit from the Ministry of National Defense, Certificates of Merit from the Provincial People's Committee, and was a Basic Emulation Fighter for many consecutive years.