About the place where words were "sown" in times of war and war

During the period 1965 - 1975, theEducation Subcommittee built a movement to eradicate illiteracy and develop primary education for ethnic minorities in base areas and liberated communes; built a local education management network... Through that, teachers have gradually preserved and contributed to building the foundation for the province's education sector.

Former teacher Nguyen Van De (village 6, Khue Ngoc Dien commune, Krong Bong district) recalls that educational activities during the war were full of hardships but also pride. There was a lack of teachers, books, materials, chalk, and boards... Therefore, each teacher would teach from the first grade to the third grade and take charge of 3-4 classes. Classrooms "sprouted" under the forest canopy, along the stream banks, with desks made of bamboo, students used sharp sticks as pens, and banana leaves as paper.

In such a shortage, teachers had many initiatives to “overcome difficulties”, but the most impressive was the way to save paper: each page would be written on many times from pencil to red pen to ink pen, and finally dipped in water and dried to write on again. The school was built in the forest, next to a cave so that when the enemy swept in, the students could run into the cave to hide. At peak times, the enemy swept in 2-3 times a year. The school burned down in bombs and bullets, the teachers went deeper into the forest to find a new location, and together with the people rebuilt the school and classrooms…

The Education Subcommittee's stele has become a "red address" to educate revolutionary traditions for generations. Photo: Thuy An

This year, 84 years old, veteran teacher Ha Ngoc Dao - former cadre of Dak Lak Education Subcommittee during this period - choked up with emotion when recalling that at the place where this stele was placed, many teachers and soldiers had fallen while on duty. Together with other forces, during the 10 years of resistance war, the Education Subcommittee made efforts to build a movement to eliminate illiteracy and develop primary education for ethnic minorities in the base areas, liberated communes in H1, H3, H10, H9, H5... The Subcommittee built an education management network in the above districts, and at the same time built the Provincial Workers' and Peasants' Supplementary School, the Provincial Primary Teacher Training School, and a boarding school to educate children of martyrs and orphans. In particular, the Education Subcommittee also directed the writing and printing of Ede and M'nong language documents to teach people in liberated areas and ethnic minority liberation soldiers in the province to ensure the right to education of all people...

Representing the current generation of teachers, Director of the Department of Education and Training Le Thi Thanh Xuan expressed her deep gratitude to previous generations of teachers and soldiers. At the same time, she affirmed that the National Historical Monument "Education Subcommittee 1965 - 1975" is a "red address" to educate revolutionary traditions for future generations. The education sector will have appropriate and specific programs of activities to help students understand more about national history, local history, etc.

Source: https://baodaklak.vn/xa-hoi/202505/ve-noi-geo-chu-thoi-lua-dan-cd811f5/