Outstanding Nghe An teachers 'following Uncle Ho's teachings'

the "blackboard, white chalk" road

Although he is over 45 years old, in the past 3 years, teacher Duong Quoc Viet - teacher at Dai Minh Secondary School (Yen Thanh) has actively participated in 5 competitions for excellent teachers and excellent homeroom teachers, including 2 provincial level competitions.

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Many people think that a teacher only needs to be recognized as a good teacher in the province once in their life. But I think differently, I participate in competitions not for the title nor for my own benefit. Simply, I come to competitions to learn and exchange experiences with friends and colleagues.

Teacher Duong Quoc Viet - teacher at Dai Minh Secondary School (Yen Thanh)

More than 20 years ago, after graduating from high school, Mr. Viet chose to become a teacher as a matter of course, because it was a dream he had cherished since he was still in school. Because of his love for the profession, over the years, although most of his work was in schools in difficult areas, Mr. Viet has always been passionate about his job and devoted to his students.

As the Head of the Natural Science Group, he is always the leader, taking the lead in performing professional tasks, participating in writing experience initiatives, nurturing excellent students, and provincial science and technology competitions. In addition, despite his old age, he is still enthusiastic about movements and participating in directing extracurricular programs and creative experiences.

With many efforts, teacher Duong Quoc Viet has been awarded the title of Provincial Emulation Fighter and many Certificates of Merit from the district and the industry. In 2025, he is honored to be the only male teacher in Yen Thanh district to be awarded the title "Teachers following Uncle Ho's teachings" by the Education sector.

Sharing about this special award, Mr. Viet added: During his lifetime, President Ho Chi Minh was a man with a big heart and always had love for children. As a teacher myself, I think I learned those simple things from Uncle Ho and always tried my best for my students.

Born in 1985, teacher Luong Thi Ngoc Hoan - Boarding High School for Ethnic Minorities is also one of the few young teachers to be honored on this occasion.

Receiving this result, the Thai ethnic teacher from Luc Da commune, Con Cuong district shared that she was very touched to be favored by her colleagues and superiors. She herself, since choosing the path of "blackboard, white chalk" and sticking with the province's ethnic boarding school, has always told herself to try twice, three times harder because her starting point was more difficult than many other colleagues.

With her own efforts, in 2018, at a young age, she was the valedictorian of the practical exam in the provincial competition for excellent teachers in Biology. After that, she always improved her expertise, studied to improve her qualifications and became a core teacher of the Department, was assigned to share professional experience, develop high school graduation exams, create questions, grade provincial excellent students' exams, and grade innovative experiences.

Last school year, teacher Luong Thi Ngoc Hoan was the one who made an important contribution when she successfully trained and brought home the first prize in the provincial Biology subject for the school for the first time. The Biology subject also made remarkable progress when it improved from 32nd to 4th place in the High School Graduation Exam.

diligently "sowing letters, cultivating people"

Honoring the teaching profession and praising teachers has become a fine cultural feature and tradition of the Education and Training sector of Nghe An. This year, on the occasion of the 135th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday, the Education sector has honored 135 outstanding teachers and awardedtitle "Teachers follow Uncle Ho's teachings".

Receiving this title, teacher Nguyen Van Tien - teacher of Do Luong 3 High School confided that being a professional is like being a human being: Uncle Ho once advised, without talent, it is difficult to do anything, but without virtue, it is useless. As a teacher, you must cultivate both virtue and talent, in which, you need to be devoted to your students and proud of your profession. Personally, I always believe that being a teacher is not enough in addition to good professional skills. What is also important is knowing how to guide and motivate both internally and externally so that students can strive to develop their full potential and acquire knowledge.

Representing 135 teachers speaking at the ceremony to honor teachers who follow Uncle Ho's teachings, teacher Duong Thi Thao - Co Do High School (Nghia Dan) also affirmed: This is a great motivation and source of encouragement for myself as well as for the team of teachers who are working day and night to sow knowledge and cultivate people. For over 20 years, I have always tried my best to fulfill my role as a teacher.

To achieve this result, in recent years, in addition to the achievements of 5 consecutive years of excellently completing tasks, achieving the title of Emulation Fighter at the grassroots level, 6 consecutive years of having innovative experiences at the department level, achieving the title of excellent teacher at the provincial level... she is also a teacher who loves her students wholeheartedly.

A few years ago, when her former student was seriously ill, she called for donations to support him. Now that the student has passed away, she continues to care for, support and sponsor the younger sister of that unfortunate former student, who is in 4th grade, so that she can go to school.

Among the teachers honored is teacher Do Thi Hien - Hanh Dich Primary and Secondary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities (Que Phong).

Many years ago, from Do Luong district, she volunteered to work at Tri Le 2 Primary School, a particularly difficult commune of Que Phong district.

Here, the majority of students are ethnic minorities, mainly Thai and Mong. The young teacher, who was in the border area with Laos for the first time, learned how to integrate with her students and the local people before teaching them knowledge. Later, she transferred to Hanh Dich Primary and Secondary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities, also a commune far from the center, where students still dropped out of school to follow their parents to the fields.

During her years working with students in the highlands, she has never forgotten the memory of staying alone at the Khom village school in Hanh Dich commune. At that time, the school had no phone signal or electricity, but when she heard that a student was forced to drop out of school by his parents, she crossed the river and climbed a hill to persuade the student to return to school. Currently, in addition to teaching in class, she often works night shifts, spending more time at school than at home, but she never feels tired.

Or teacher Vy Thi Hang, despite her difficult family circumstances, her husband working as a construction worker, unstable job, and both parents being sick frequently, she still volunteered to teach at Luong Minh Kindergarten, a school located in a difficult area in Tuong Duong district. Every day, despite having to travel nearly 40 km to and from school, she still sticks to the school, sticks to the village, loves her students, constantly studies, improves her expertise, cultivates the qualities of a teacher according to Uncle Ho's teachings, and is still a wife, mother, and daughter who takes care of her family.

As for teacher Nguyen Nhat Duc - Thanh Chuong 3 High School, in addition to many achievements in training excellent students, he is also a person who always sets an example in leading movements. Over the past years, he has donated blood 11 times directly at the Thanh Chuong District Cultural Center, at the school and directly to people who have had unfortunate accidents and has been awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Thanh Chuong District Red Cross Society twice.

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Each person is a living testament to the spirit of learning and following Uncle Ho's teachings: Diligence, thrift, integrity, impartiality, love, sharing, and devotion to students. And that spirit will continue to spread throughout the industry to extend achievements and contribute to continuing the tradition of studiousness of the people of Nghe An.

Mr. Thai Van Thanh - Director of Nghe An Department of Education and Training