50th Anniversary of Nghe An Provincial Military School

Attending the ceremony on the afternoon of August 22 were Colonel Phan Van Sy - Deputy Chief of Political Affairs of Military Region 4, leaders of the Provincial Military Command; Military Commands of districts, cities, towns, and a large number of officers, teachers, and students of the school. Photo: Dao Tuan

Since 1965, Nghe An Provincial Military Command has established a cadre training unit called "Ba To Military Training Team", with the task of training and supplementing basic cadres for the provincial armed forces and supporting the battlefields with the consistent ideology and slogan: "Towards the battlefield, towards combat, focusing on improving quality", meeting most fully and promptly all requirements of the battlefield, fulfilling international obligations well.

On August 22, 1969, the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army issued Directive No. 60 "On perfecting the organization and enhancing the quality of the standing troops of Military Region 4". In which, the provincial military commands: Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh all established a training team (Nghe An 25 people; Ha Tinh, Quang Binh 20 people/team). Since then, August 22 every year is considered the traditional day of Nghe An Military School.

An art performance at the celebration. Photo: Dao Tuan

Then, in early 1977, implementing Decision No. 46 of the Ministry of National Defense, the Ba To Military Training Team developed and changed its name to Nghe - Tinh Military School, under the leadership of the Provincial Party Committee, the management and operation of the Provincial Administrative Committee, directly under the Party Committee and the Military Command.

Over the past 50 years, with countless difficulties and hardships, with 3 name changes, 4 relocations, 2 mergers and separations... Although carrying out tasks in conditions with many difficulties in terms of facilities, with the attention of leaders at all levels, the constant efforts of the Party Committee and the School Board of Directors, the school has focused on leadership and direction to complete quite comprehensively all aspects of work.

Comrades in the Board of Directors of the Provincial Military School inspect the equipment serving the school's training and combat readiness. Photo: Document

The emulation movement "Determination to Win" in teaching and learning, the scale, scope of subjects and types of training have been expanded, the flow of cadres and students studying and training at the school has been from 4,000 - 6,500 comrades, with 3-4 subjects (of which, 15 classes have been completed with intermediate level professional training in basic military, with 650 comrades, 01 class of village nurses for Laos with 32 comrades and 815 comrades of SQDB (from the source of the commune-level Military Command)...). In addition, the school also coordinates national defense education for more than 263,000 students of universities, colleges, vocational schools, and high schools in Vinh city.

The Provincial Military School was honored to receive a banner with the words "Loyalty, creativity, solidarity, discipline, good teaching, good learning" awarded by the Provincial People's Committee. Photo: D.C.

Speaking at the ceremony, Lieutenant Colonel Thai Duc Hanh - Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command acknowledged the achievements of the School over the past 50 years. Accordingly, he stated that in order to continue promoting the tradition of "Loyalty, creativity, solidarity, discipline, good teaching, good learning, formal quality, comprehensive strength", the Party Committee and the School Board of Directors need to continue to innovate and improve the quality of education and training.

7 outstanding individuals received Certificates of Merit awarded by the Provincial People's Committee. Photo: D.C.

Specifically, improving the quality of cadres and teachers, in addition, investing synchronously in research equipment, building specialized classrooms and training grounds close to actual combat. Focusing on doing a good job of ensuring logistics and techniques for tasks and building a regular, exemplary lifestyle, aiming to build a comprehensively strong School, successfully completing the tasks of education, training and fostering national defense and security knowledge assigned by the Provincial Military Command and the Military Region, actively contributing to building an increasingly solid national defense posture and people's war.

On this occasion, the Minister of National Defense sent a letter of commendation to the Provincial Military School; the Provincial People's Committee also presented the school with a banner bearing the words "Loyalty, creativity, solidarity, discipline, good teaching, good learning", along with Certificates of Merit to 7 individuals.