At the age of 20, Mr. Nguyen Trong Vinh was assigned as principal of Dong Ngac Primary School (Tu Liem - Hanoi ) and this year, at the age of 90, he is the only person in Hanoi to be awarded the title of People's Teacher 2024.
In Hanoi, a large, beautiful, spacious private school with a training program that keeps up with international trends and every year students from all over compete to get into it... is Nguyen Sieu Primary and Secondary-High School, also one of the first four private schools in Hanoi. The founder of this school is Colonel, People's Teacher, Chairman of the Board of Directors Nguyen Trong Vinh.
Mr. Nguyen Trong Vinh, founder of the school and his daughter Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy, principal of Nguyen Sieu Secondary and High School. Photo: NVCC
20-year-old teacher becomes principal, the only person in Hanoi to be awarded the title of People's Teacher 2024
Sharing with Dan Viet Newspaper, Mr. Nguyen Trong Vinh said: This year's Vietnamese Teachers' Day, November 20, is even more special for him because at the age of 90, he was awarded the title of People's Teacher 2024 along with 21 individuals who have made great contributions to theeducation and training career of the whole country. In this list, Mr. Vinh is the only high school teacher in Hanoi.
"I am very happy, I would like to dedicate this honor to generations of teachers and students, especially the parents who helped me complete my mission," he expressed.
Mr. Vinh was congratulated by the Hanoi Department of Education and Training on the occasion of Vietnamese Teachers' Day 2024. Photo: NVCC
Teacher Nguyen Trong Vinh was born in 1934 in Vu Nong village, Vu Nong commune, Kinh Mon district, Hai Duong province (now Dai Ban commune, An Duong district, Hai Phong city). At the age of 13, the boy Trong Vinh lost both his parents due to the war. He then joined the revolution, working as a liaison for the Viet Minh in the commune. With a small and agile figure, after traveling dozens of kilometers on foot and swimming in the river to carry out his duties, he was retained by the district party committee office, then the provincial party committee, and later the city party committee. He continued to be sent to study cultural supplementary courses in the Viet Bac resistance zone. When Hanoi was liberated in 1954, he was given special permission to graduate and, along with 14 others, returned to take over the work of youth at the school.
Mr. Nguyen Trong Vinh has been principal since he was 20 years old. Photo: NVCC
At the age of 20, Mr. Vinh was assigned to be the principal of Dong Ngac Primary School, an old school with 5-6 classes. That was a profound memory that he will never forget. He shared: "This is an honor but also a heavy responsibility. But at that time, everyone was very enthusiastic. So wherever we went, whatever environment we entered, we brought a new breath of revolutionary air."
Young teacher Nguyen Trong Vinh later became a specialist of the Hanoi Department of Education, before studying at the Political Teaching Training School and then becoming a Philosophy lecturer at the Hanoi Pedagogical Junior College, now the Capital University. In 1965, teacher Nguyen Trong Vinh "put down his pen and went to war" and spent 25 years working at the Engineering Command, being awarded the rank of Colonel.
"I am like a clock, never stopping."
In 1989, after many years of dedication to the army, Colonel Nguyen Trong Vinh thought that upon retirement, he would spend time enjoying his old age, but with the enthusiasm of a soldier and the love for the career of "growing people" still burning, he and his life partner, educator Duong Thi Thinh, applied for a license to open a school with the desire to follow in the footsteps of the old Phuong Dinh school of the great 19th century educator Nguyen Van Sieu.
In 1991, Nguyen Sieu Private Secondary and High School was established with the goal of "For family happiness, for social progress, exemplary teachers, good and studious students". In 1993, Nguyen Sieu Primary School was also established, creating the Nguyen Sieu system from grade 10 to grade 12.
As one of the few non-public schools opened at that time, countless difficulties and challenges faced the couple Nguyen Trong Vinh: no facilities, had to rent many different locations to teach students for 3 levels; teaching equipment and operating costs were lacking. But perhaps the most difficult problem for him was how to create generations of diligent and studious students who would become useful citizens for the country because students of private schools in general and Nguyen Sieu School in particular at that time had low input.
The thinking of society at that time also believed that only students who could not get into public schools would study in private schools. As a soldier who always put discipline and morality first, he took moral education as the red thread throughout the process of comprehensively educating students. Because only when students are educated in good morality, and know how to respect discipline, will they be willing to study, gradually become studious and become good and excellent students.
From such thinking, a "militarized" educational school was built at Nguyen Sieu school to discipline students. With the determination of low student input but high output, the school decided to organize students from grade 1 to grade 12 to study 2 sessions/day. The way of addressing teachers - children, teachers - children has also been implemented since the school was founded, contributing to connecting teachers with students like in a family, teachers have become the second fathers and mothers of students.
Teacher Vinh and his wife Duong Thi Thinh opened a private school named after cultural celebrity Nguyen Sieu. Photo: NTCC
Mr. Nguyen Trong Vinh is proud that thanks to the right orientation, the school's students are increasingly well-behaved, and their academic results are gradually improving. From 2014 onwards, Nguyen Sieu School became the first High-Quality School according to the Capital Law (2014), joined the Cambridge International Bilingual School System (2014), a typical Microsoft school (2014), the best new Cambridge examination center (2015-2016), was awarded the First, Second, Third Class Labor Medal... Over the past 30 years, the school has maintained a 100% high school graduation rate and university entrance. The school's students are increasingly honored, not only in the city and locality but also nationally and internationally.
With his contributions to the education and training career, Mr. Nguyen Trong Vinh has received noble titles such as Excellent Teacher, Outstanding Intellectual of the Capital, Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister, Outstanding Citizen of the Capital, 60-year Party membership badge, Third-class Labor Medal, On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Vietnamese Teachers' Day, teacher Nguyen Trong Vinh is one of 40 teachers of the Capital honored and awarded the symbol of Outstanding Teacher of the Capital (period 1982-2022) and most recently, People's Teacher in 2024.
With more than 70 years of dedication to education and the country, he admitted: "I am like a clock, never stopping."
Source: https://danviet.vn/chan-dung-thay-giao-ha-noi-lam-hieu-truong-tu-nam-20-tuoi-hoc-sinh-tranh-nhau-vao-truong-2024111605565822.htm
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