Certificate of Merit awarded to teacher who helped more than 200 students avoid landslide disaster

(Dan Tri) - A quick-witted teacher who promptly helped more than 200 students avoid a landslide disaster in Muong Lat, Thanh Hoa during the recent flood has been commended by the education sector.

Mr. Nguyen Duy Thuy, Principal of Trung Ly Boarding Ethnic Minority Primary and Secondary School, said that on September 26, Mr. Nguyen Van Dinh, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Thanh Hoa province, presented a Certificate of Merit to teacher Bui Thi Cham. Ms. Cham has made outstanding achievements in flood and storm prevention work in 2024.

Leaders of Thanh Hoa Department of Education and Training awarded a Certificate of Merit to Ms. Cham (Photo: Provided by the character).

"The school is very happy and proud that Ms. Cham was awarded by the industry. Hopefully, the industry's attention and award will be the motivation to help Ms. Cham stick with education in the border area," said Mr. Thuy. Ms. Cham shared: "The award is of great significance, a great encouragement to help me strive harder in my career of educating people." Ms. Cham is the character in the article: "Teacher left lunch unfinished, woke up more than 200 students to avoid landslide disaster" published in Dan Tri newspaper on September 24. On September 22, it was Ms. Cham's schedule to be on duty at the boarding school. At 12:25 p.m. the same day, it was raining heavily in Trung Ly. Although she was having dinner with her family, she felt uneasy and worried about the students in the dormitory, so she decided to skip her meal, took an umbrella and went to school to check on the situation.

Ms. Cham's quick wit and timely actions helped more than 200 students avoid disaster (Photo: Character provided).

Arriving at the school gate, Ms. Cham saw that the gate had collapsed. Looking up at the hill behind the dormitory, the soil was sliding down in patches. She panicked and ran into the dormitory shouting for the students to run. After Ms. Cham called out, more than 200 students sleeping in the dormitory quickly left their rooms to avoid the landslide. More than 10 minutes later, hundreds of cubic meters of soil and rock from the hill behind collapsed into the dormitory, destroying 3 rooms. The beds the students had just slept on were deformed, the furniture in the room was shifted and severely damaged. Thanks to the quick-wittedness, bravery and timely action of teacher Bui Thi Cham, 214 students of Trung Ly Boarding Ethnic Primary and Secondary School were lucky to escape the landslide disaster. Teacher Bui Thi Cham, from Cam Thuy district (Thanh Hoa), graduated from Vinh University with a major in geography. She was a contract teacher at Trung Ly Boarding Ethnic Primary and Secondary School for 3 years. In May, Ms. Cham officially signed a contract with the People's Committee of Muong Lat district.

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