Teacher Nho talks with a group of IT students after class - Photo: CHAU SA
Mr. Nho is also the one who worked hard to build a community of students passionate about information technology in Da Nang and neighboring areas.
Teacher and student have no distance
At the library of Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted, teacher Do Van Nho enthusiastically shared questions with a group of 11th grade students. The teachers and students occasionally burst out laughing like friends when they discovered something interesting.
Mr. Nho has been a teacher for over 24 years and has been a specialized IT teacher for over 12 years at Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted. He shared that following a specialized path - especially IT - is entering a journey because this subject is always changing and has no clear framework.
Besides, computer science is a subject that is not prioritized by parents, because they are afraid that their children will spend too much time on the computer, easily get lost in games or social networks. Many students only choose to major in computer science when they are not able to pass the math or physics major.
"Few students are passionate about computer science from the beginning. But from the initial small interests, if teachers are close and understand the students' strengths, they can gradually inspire them. The students are like younger siblings, we do not create a distance between teachers and students so that they can comfortably and happily study," said Mr. Nho.
Throughout his teaching career, although his students have won many high prizes from city to international level, Mr. Nho always believes: "Learning is not for exams. Competitions are only a place to evaluate the process of effort and learning, and are also an opportunity to help students improve soft skills such as presentation, expressing ideas, teamwork...".
Bridge maker
In addition to teaching at school, Mr. Do Van Nho also takes on the role of leading the Da Nang City IT team in national competitions. Directly training the team from primary to secondary school levels helps him discover and sow the seeds of passion in students early.
Over the past 10 years, the Da Nang youth IT team led by Mr. Nho has won the national championship six times. In recent years, the number of 10th graders winning national prizes has also increased rapidly.
In 2023, his student Le Ngoc Bao Anh won the bronze medal at the Asia- Pacific Informatics Olympiad. Recently, Nguyen Phu Nhan - an 11th grade student at Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted - won the championship of the 2025 Artificial Intelligence Olympiad. Along with that, student Hoang Cong Bao Long, also led by the Informatics team and Mr. Nho, entered the top 8 to compete in the International Artificial Intelligence Olympiad taking place in early August.
Phu Nhan shared that Mr. Nho is an extremely funny, dedicated person and a great inspiration to students. "He is very generous when organizing trips, nearby travel or watching movies for us every time we have an IT exam. Thanks to that, we have the opportunity to connect with many friends and seniors who share the same passion to love this subject more.
In particular, he often connects with previous generations of seniors so that we can learn valuable experiences, many of whom have won high prizes in major competitions. Knowledge can be learned, but experience is not easy to gain. This connection helps a lot in our learning journey," Nhan shared.
Thanks to Mr. Nho's role as a bridge, there are students who, after becoming successful, have returned to accompany and inspire the next generation. Among them is Doan Nguyen Thanh Luong (27 years old, from Quang Nam). Even though he graduated many years ago, Luong still regularly returns to Da Nang with Mr. Nho to support and nurture talented students, passing on his experience and inspiration to many generations of students.
Luong said: "At that time, my family situation was quite difficult, I had countless questions, academic questions that I didn't know who to share with. Thanks to the dedicated guidance of Mr. Nho and studying IT at Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted, I felt like I had reached a new level, and had access to much more favorable learning conditions. My life from then on also took a brighter turn, with the opportunity to receive a scholarship to study abroad and later work for large technology companies.
Therefore, I believe that coming back to contribute to the guidance and professional support for the juniors is a way to repay my teacher and life for giving me valuable opportunities. Mr. Nho's idea of connecting generations of students is a great idea."
Many outstanding achievements
Not only has he led students to win many high prizes in science and technology competitions organized by the Ministry of Education and Training, Mr. Do Van Nho is also the author of many topics and initiatives that have spread widely in the city's education sector. He participated in compiling the 11th grade computer science workbook according to the 2018 General Education Program, and at the same time contributed to the development of computer science programs for specialized schools across the country.
With his outstanding contributions, Mr. Nho was awarded a certificate of merit by the Prime Minister in 2021; in 2022, he was recognized as a city-level emulation fighter. In 2024, Mr. Nho was honored as a Ministry-level Outstanding Teacher...
Spreading value to the community
In addition to working at the school, Mr. Nho also opened many free professional training courses for IT teachers in Da Nang City. Hundreds of teachers with the same passion have accessed in-depth knowledge and skills from these classes.
He is also the "founder" of a large computer science exercise website for the community of students and teachers who love the subject. With more than 15,000 exercises and constantly updated, the website has become a valuable learning resource, regularly used by teachers to teach, build exams, and nurture excellent students. Not only that, the website also organizes online programming courses taught by students with high achievements in national and international exams. To maintain its operations, Mr. Nho still actively seeks monthly sponsorship as storage capacity and traffic increase.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/nguoi-thay-geo-mam-dam-me-tin-hoc-20250702093006483.htm
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