Celebrating 60 years of the school for Southern students in the North.
On the morning of December 14th, in Hanoi, the Central Liaison Committee of Southern Students in collaboration with the city of Hanoi and the Ministry of Education and Training organized a ceremony to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Southern Students' School in the North (1954-2014)..
Attending the commemoration ceremony were: President Truong Tan Sang; former General Secretary Le Kha Phieu; former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai; Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Pham Quang Nghi, along with representatives from central ministries, departments, and agencies, and localities with schools for students from the South. Particularly noteworthy was the presence of over 600 teachers from schools that educated students from the South in the North, and nearly 3,000 students from the South, representing the 32,000 students from the South across the country.General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung sent congratulatory flower arrangements.
President Truong Tan Sang delivers a speech at the commemoration ceremony (Photo: Le Thom)
In the warm atmosphere of the reunion, generations of former students from the South reminisced about their memories at the boarding schools for Southern students in the North. Exactly 60 years ago, after the Geneva Accords, following the policy of President Ho Chi Minh, the Central Party Committee, and the Government, the system of schools for Southern students in the North was established. More than 32,000 children of revolutionary cadres from the South were brought to the North to be raised and educated to serve the cause of liberation, protection, and national construction.
Despite the countless difficulties caused by the devastating war, the Central Party Committee, the Government, and the education sector focused all resources on investing in the education of generations of students from the South. The people of the North embraced and nurtured these "red seeds" of the Party, the State, and the people. Thanks to this, the students from the South matured into a source of cadres who were both politically committed and professionally competent, making immense contributions to the revolution in the South and later to a unified, prosperous Vietnam.
Speaking at the ceremony, President Truong Tan Sang affirmed: "Time has passed, and we have sufficient grounds to assert that the schools for Southern students in the North were one of the most successful educational models of our country's revolutionary education system. The great and proud achievement of these schools for Southern students is that, despite extremely difficult circumstances, they maintained exceptional educational quality, providing the country with a large and highly qualified workforce. Many of those educated in these schools directly participated in the anti-American war for national liberation. Many bravely sacrificed their lives on the battlefields. When the country was unified, most of the Southern students returned to their homeland and made positive contributions to building their homeland and the nation. Many became high-ranking leaders of the Party, the State, and local authorities..."
Regardless of their position, the cadres who were nurtured, educated, and trained in the system of schools for Southern students in the North were all unconditionally loyal to the Fatherland, the Party, and the people. They lived with ideals, sacrificed themselves for the greater good, respected and were grateful to their teachers, and held deep affection for the people of the North.
President Truong Tan Sang stated: “The model of schools for Southern students in the North only existed for more than 20 years, but the achievements and experiences of the school in implementing educational and training goals, teaching and learning methods, implementing the principle of comprehensive education with learning combined with practice, the school's close connection with society; combining knowledge learning with the cultivation of students' moral qualities; building deep teacher-student relationships, and competing to teach well and learn well are extremely beneficial and must be inherited and promoted.”
President Truong Tan Sang requested the Ministry of Education and Training to carefully study the successes of schools for students from the South in the North in order to further develop the country's education system. The President expressed his hope that teachers and former students from the South, with their dedication and experience, would continue to contribute to the country's development.
According to VOV
