For the cause of "growing people" in difficult areas

In the middle of the border mountains of Lia commune, Quang Tri province, the staff and teachers of A Tuc Primary and Secondary School are still diligently “sowing letters” and bringing knowledge to the children of the Van Kieu and Pa Ko ethnic groups every day. Despite many difficulties, the teachers and students of the school have made constant efforts to achieve proud achievements.

That result has a great contribution from the Principal of A Tuc Primary and Secondary School, Tran Xuan Linh, who is always exemplary, creative, has many initiatives, good experiences, and innovations in appropriate management and teaching methods, bringing the qualityof education in difficult areas to increasingly improve.

Teacher Tran Xuan Linh (far left) awarded traditional swimming prizes to students of the school - Photo: KS

Efforts to mobilize students to go to school

After many years of teaching and managing in many schools, in 2020, Mr. Linh was appointed as Principal of A Tuc Primary and Secondary School. The school's students are mainly children of Van Kieu and Pa Ko ethnic groups, accounting for 94.07%. The lives of people in Lia commune are still difficult, their children's education is not of concern to parents, the situation of students dropping out of school still occurs; teaching and learning facilities are still lacking.

Identifying that mobilizing students to attend class regularly is an important task, right from the beginning of each school year, Mr. Linh, the school board of directors and homeroom teachers have proactively coordinated with local authorities, village elders, village chiefs, and parents to promptly grasp the number of students attending school, thereby taking measures to manage and monitor students in their residential areas; at the same time, directing teachers to organize free review and tutoring classes for weak students and older students preparing to transfer to higher levels; creating a book to monitor students' living and studying situations during the summer, paying special attention to students in difficult circumstances and at risk of dropping out of school.

In particular, propaganda to prevent dropping out of school and early marriage for secondary school students; calling on organizations and individuals to support facilities, school supplies, and textbooks for students at the beginning of the new school year.

One of the outstanding results of A Tuc Primary and Secondary School in the past school year was the 100% attendance rate of school-age children; the quality of education at the school was improved. The whole school had 110 students achieving the titles of exemplary students, excellent students and good students, accounting for 19% of the total number of students. This is a very encouraging result for a school in a difficult area.

Many good and practical ways

Along with organizing and implementing good teaching and learning activities in the school, Mr. Linh also researches and directs the organization of many useful activities to attract students to participate, helping them stay away from social evils, creating more motivation to study better.

Teacher Linh is interested in enhancing Vietnamese for primary school students of ethnic minorities - Photo: KS

Typically, for the past 4 years, at Lia Lake, Lia Commune, with the support of the people, the teacher and the school's teachers have tied buoys and balls, stretched ropes to mark a safe area, organized free swimming classes for students, equipped them with drowning prevention skills and taught them life skills.

In May 2025, Mr. Linh directed the organization of the first traditional swimming tournament, thereby creating a healthy summer playground for the school's students. Recognizing the meaningful work of the school, the Provincial Youth Union and Plan International in Vietnam supported the unit with 270 million VND to build a swimming pool, creating a better environment for students to have healthy summer days.

Participating in the free swimming class organized by the school, Ho Thi Hoa, an 8th grade student at A Tuc Primary and Secondary School, shared: “Thanks to the dedicated guidance of Mr. Linh and other teachers in the school, I have grasped and practiced basic and advanced skills such as: Escape, response skills when there are incidents in the water; mastered swimming techniques. The school's free swimming class during the summer vacation is very necessary and useful for students in remote areas.”

In order to contribute to preserving and promoting the unique values of traditional culture of local ethnic groups, in 2024, Mr. Linh and the school's board of directors discussed and agreed to establish a startup club to weave and sew traditional costumes of the Van Kieu and Pa Ko people.

In order for the club to operate effectively, the teacher and the school board of directors coordinated with Plan International in Vietnam to support the club to operate better, such as: Establishing a weaving group with the participation of secondary school students and teachers in the area; designing product samples; supporting raw materials, machinery, equipment; training, vocational training; searching and promoting markets...

“The club helps students love their nation’s unique cultural features more, while also creating an open educational environment where they can both learn and practice traditional crafts, linking education with career guidance, and developing the weaving profession for students,” said teacher Linh.

With the dedication of Mr. Linh, A Tuc Primary and Secondary School increasingly affirms its role as an educational center of a mountainous commune, becoming a bright spot in the spirit of overcoming difficulties and gradually bringing learning to touch the green dreams of the great forest.

Mr. Linh added: “With its role and responsibility, in the coming time, the school board will continue to focus on leading and directing staff and teachers to improve the quality of teaching and learning, strengthen life skills education, moral education and patriotism. At the same time, mobilize and call on organizations and individuals to join hands to take care of students, focus on supporting parents to guide their children to study at night; continue to implement digital transformation in education, improve the quality of comprehensive education for students”.

Chairman of Lia Commune People's Committee Tran Dinh Dung added: “Teacher Tran Xuan Linh is a dedicated and responsible principal for the assigned work. In particular, he always strives to give the best to ethnic minority students such as: Creating useful playgrounds in the summer; mobilizing and calling for support for better conditions for them to go to school; strengthening education to preserve, conserve and promote ethnic cultural identity in schools... Therefore, he is always admired by colleagues, trusted by parents and loved and respected by students. The local government always commends and encourages, and replicates the examples of managers, teachers and staff in schools like Mr. Linh”.

Ko Kan Suong

Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/vi-su-nghiep-trong-nguoi-o-vung-kho-195877.htm