Honoring the teachers who went to B of the Association of Former Teachers of the Ministry of Education and Training

GD&TĐ - On the morning of December 5, the meeting and honoring of retired teachers of the Association of Former Teachers of the Ministry of Education and Training was held in a warm and friendly atmosphere.

Speaking here, Mr. Pham Tuan Anh - Deputy Director of the Department of Teachers and Educational Managers ( Ministry of Education and Training ) emphasized that during the 80-year journey of establishing the Ministry of National Education, the nation's history has recorded a special force of teachers who were mobilized to do educational work in the South during the resistance war against the US to save the country (teachers going to B) from 1961 to April 30, 1975.

More than 3,000 teachers and students in the pedagogical sector in the North, following the call of their native South, put down their pens, leaving behind their youth, schools, families, friends and generations of students to go to the South to build schools, teach, fight and support education in the South during the fierce years of war.

Mr. Pham Tuan Anh - Deputy Director of the Department of Teachers and Educational Managers highlighted the important role of B-level teachers in the Vietnamese education career.

Mr. Pham Tuan Anh affirmed: "The teachers who went to B were a symbol of noble ideals, bringing the light of education to the land of fire. The teachers not only taught but also inspired and fostered the will of the students and people in the liberated areas. They were the ones who laid the foundation for the development of education in the South during the years of resistance against the US."

In the 60s and 70s of the last century, the teachers were all young teachers teaching at high schools and pedagogical schools. Many had just graduated from university or college and enthusiastically volunteered to backpack and cross Truong Son with the enthusiasm of patriotic teachers.

Representatives of relatives of the deceased teachers expressed their emotions when receiving attention and gratitude from the leaders of the Ministry of Education and Training.

When going to B, the teachers were all only 22 - 30 years old, accepting to leave behind their beloved families, leaving behind their old fathers, weak mothers, young wives, young children and sometimes even unfinished love affairs. Those great losses and sacrifices cannot be fully recorded by any pen or ink.

Each person has a story, a unique situation that must be overcome, but all are for a common ideal of bringing the light of scientific knowledge, sowing the seeds of intelligence for the children of the people and cadres and soldiers in the liberated areas of the South, contributing to training a generation with the aspiration to gain independence and freedom for the Fatherland.

The teachers who went to B in the past are now at a rare age.

Teacher Tran Tinh - former Deputy Chief of the Central Party Office represented the honored teachers to speak at the ceremony.

The presence of teachers on the Southern battlefield during the years of both fighting and performing educational duties demonstrated an indomitable and resilient spirit, contributing to writing a golden page in the history of the development of the Vietnamese education sector. No matter how difficult or arduous the circumstances, the revolutionary education cause still exists and develops, the people's children must still be able to study, and the people's cultural level must always be improved.

On April 30, 1975, teachers in liberation army uniforms took over educational facilities in the South. The contributions of the teachers who went to B along with the resistance teachers contributed to the early stabilization of education in the South after liberation. Therefore, only 5-6 months after liberation, all schools opened for the school year, that was the 1975-1976 school year, students returned to school as usual, contributing to bringing a peaceful life to the people of the South.

Teachers going to B and representatives of relatives of some teachers going to B took a souvenir photo at the end of the program.

"We, the civil servants and educators of the next generation, continue the career of our predecessors and always remember and show gratitude for the contributions and examples of our predecessors, such as teachers, to train, strive, and overcome all difficulties and challenges in the new era's tasks, building the country's economic development in the new era," said Mr. Pham Tuan Anh.

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