New 9X graduate gets 'special admission' to Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted

The newly recruited graduate is Le Xuan Bao (born in 1996) - a former Physics major student of Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted, class 40.

While studying at school, Bao won second prize in Physics twice in the National Excellent Student Competition in grades 11 and 12 and twice participated in the National Team Selection Competition to participate in the Olympic Competitions.

The new graduate also won first prize in Physics at the Provincial Excellent Student Competition in grade 12. Before that, Le Xuan Bao was a student at Dang Chanh Ky Secondary School - Nam Dan.

Le Xuan Bao while studying in the Russian Federation. Photo: NVCC

With excellent achievements, Le Xuan Bao was admitted directly to the Physics Department of the University of Natural Sciences. After that, he continued to receive a scholarship and studied for 3 years at Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University - Russian Federation, majoring in Nuclear Power. Regarding his major, Bao said: I studied in Russia for 3 years in a fairly new major in Vietnam. However, due to health reasons, I was unable to participate in the internship program.

After 3 years of studying in Russia, Bao returned to Vietnam and had many options for himself. However, in the end, Bao decided to study Physics Education at Vinh University because since the day he started studying, Bao loved Education. Bao also said: Although Education is not a "hot" major, since he started studying, he wanted to become a teacher in the future and especially to become a teacher participating in the training of excellent students.

Le Xuan Bao and his friends in the Excellent Student Team at Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted. Photo: MH

Returning to Vietnam in 2017, after 3 years of studying at Vinh University, Bao graduated with honors. After graduating, Bao received a recruitment notice from the Department of Education and Training and applied. With outstanding results, after going through the interview round, Bao was recruited by the Director of the Department to teach Physics at Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted.

Receiving this decision, Le Xuan Bao said: I am very happy to be recruited as a teacher at Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted - the school I attended for 3 years of high school and had teachers that I respect very much.

Regarding his work at Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted, young teacher Le Xuan Bao also said that there was a lot of pressure because Physics has been one of the school's strengths for many years. The person who guided and gave Bao a lot of advice was teacher Tran Van Nga - Vice Principal of the school and also a teacher who taught Bao for many years. He also advised Bao when choosing Pedagogy that "he must devote all his efforts to the school and to the students".

Le Xuan Bao (far right) and friends at Vinh University. Photo: NVCC

Previously, it was known that for 3 consecutive years, the Department of Education and Training had posted 4 announcements to recruit Physics teachers for Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted with the standard of achieving 3rd prize in the provincial Physics competition or higher. However, after a long time, the recruitment was unsuccessful and there were no qualified candidates to apply. In 2020, Bao was the only candidate for this position.

The fact that a National Excellent Student decided to study Pedagogy is also good news for the provincial education sector. As for the Department of Education and Training, in the past 3 years, it has recruited 8 students who graduated from Pedagogy and were National Excellent Students to work at Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted. Bao is a rare Physics student who pursues Pedagogy.