There are many examples of people who overcame difficulties and hardships to study, studied well and later held important positions in many fields that I cannot fully list, such as Ha Van Le, Thai Minh Tan, Nguyen Phuong Son, Le Van Sang, Thai Ba Can, Vu Quoc Phong, Nguyen Quoc That, To Hong Hai, Ho Quang Loi, Nguyen Sy Dung, Nguyen Van Cao, Nguyen Xuan Thang...
Before there were specialized schools, there were specialized classes. Those “special” specialized classes were the foundation, the solid basis for the official establishment of specialized schools. Looking back at the 10-year journey of the specialized system, we cannot help but be proud and admire the will and aspiration of the generations of teachers and students at that time who overcame many difficulties and hardships, who studied and taught hard in the rain of bombs, storms of bullets, and in the harsh natural disasters of Nghe An. The efforts of teachers and students were thanks to the special attention and close leadership and direction of the province, of the Nghe An Department of Education, and the care, support, and help of the people of the localities where those specialized classes were located.
If Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted today is a solid house, a spacious and majestic school in the middle of Vinh city, Nghe An province, which is changing with the country, then the "special" Math and Literature classes of that time were the first bricks laying a solid foundation. Teachers and students at that time knew how to face and gradually overcome all challenges, evacuating to many locations to love and support each other, teachers are teachers, students are students, teaching well, studying well to constantly strive to improve.
On August 20, 1974, Mr. Hoang Duy - Vice Chairman of the Nghe An Provincial Administrative Committee (now the Nghe An Provincial People's Committee) signed Decision 1207 with the content "Math and Literature specialized high school classes concentrated at Do Luong 2 High School and Thanh Chuong 1 High School, now transferred to Dien Chau to form a "Boarding High School for Gifted Students" from the 1974-1975 school year". With this decision, Nghe An Gifted High School (later Phan Boi Chau-Nghe An Gifted School), Nghe Tinh Gifted School (now Phan Boi Chau Specialized High School) were officially established.
To implement the province's decision, the leaders of Nghe An Department of Education assigned Mr. Tran Duc Mai - Deputy Director of the Department of Education to be in charge of the school, mobilized a number of excellent teachers from high schools in the province, and appointed Mr. Dinh Van Thong from Dien Chau 1 High School as Vice Principal responsible for managing the school's activities. By early 1975, Mr. Dinh Van Thong officially held the position of Principal of the school.
After more than 50 days and nights of construction, on October 14, 1974, the school campus was basically completed, although it was only at a very simple level of bamboo and thatch, but the classrooms had become a school.
On the morning of October 15, 1974, in Dien Thanh commune, at the ceremony announcing the decision to establish the school, teachers and students of the school were honored to welcome comrade Nguyen Sy Que - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and representatives of the leaders of Dien Chau district and Dien Thanh commune to attend. The presence of many local leaders in the context at that time sent a message: the leaders and people of the province joined hands, joined efforts, joined hearts, joined minds to determine to build Phan Boi Chau Gifted School into a cradle to nurture Nghe An's talents, a place where the land of learning blossoms, a place to nurture flower buds .
This is the first gifted school (later called specialized school) in the North and also the first specialized school in the whole country.
The schools are closed.
After 50 years of construction and development, Phan School has gone through many moves. In Dien Thanh commune, Dien Chau district (1974-1977) with 2 times, in 1981 to Hung Loc commune - Vinh suburb (1977-1981) and from 1981 to present, it has been at 119 Le Hong Phong, Vinh city.
Right from the first days of the two trips to Dien Thanh commune of Dien Chau district, Mr. Dinh Van Thong decided to let Ms. Tran Thi Thuc Oanh, a Geography teacher (from Ha Nam) go back to her hometown to buy flower seeds to plant in the flower beds in the school yard full of white sand and sunshine with many kinds of flowers such as dahlias, gladiolus, gerberas, etc. Later, when the school moved to Vinh city, Principal Dinh Van Thong still kept the habit of growing flowers, planting flowers, and taking care of flowers. Perhaps that was one of the reasons why musician Le Ham was inspired, and expressed his feelings for Phan School through the famous composition about Phan School, "The place to nurture flower buds".
Over 60 years of formation (1965-1974), formation and development (1974-2024), generations of specialized students and specialized schools have achieved many outstanding achievements, bringing glory to the school named after patriot Phan Boi Chau in his homeland of Nghe An.
The school was awarded the Third Class Labor Medal (1994), Second Class Labor Medal (1999), First Class Labor Medal (2014), Third Class Independence Medal (2009) by the President and in 2014, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the specialized system and the 40th anniversary of the specialized school, the school was honored to receive the title of Labor Hero.
10 years after the 50th anniversary of the specialized system, the 40th anniversary of the specialized school (2014-2024) is also the time when teachers and students of Phan Nghe school continue to affirm and spread a great brand of the Vietnamese education industry, worthy of the affectionate name "The place to nurture talents" for the homeland of Nghe An.
This is the 10 years that Phan School teachers and students have set many records in many fields, in many playgrounds from national to international, from mass education to advanced education. From the 2014-2015 school year to the 2023-2024 school year, there have been 42 students participating in the regional and international Olympiad for excellent students, of which 10 won Gold Medals, 14 Silver Medals, 9 Bronze Medals and nearly 900 students achieved the title of National Excellent Student.
Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted - Nghe An is always a specialized school under the province with a large number of National Excellent Students, high quality, ranked top in the country. The number of students participating in and winning international prizes has covered all natural subjects: Math, IT, Physics, Chemistry, Biology.
Students of the school won first prize in the Road to Olympus Competition.
The school has thousands of students who have achieved provincial-level Excellent Students, hundreds of students who have achieved Valedictorian and Salutatorian scores in university entrance exams, and have been awarded Certificates of Merit by the Provincial People's Committee. Continuously at the Ceremony to honor Excellent Students and students with high scores in university entrance exams organized by the Provincial People's Committee, Phan School students have always been overwhelming in quantity and quality.
In other intellectual playgrounds, Phan School students have always affirmed their tradition and class, such as winning the First Prize in 2019 and Third Prize in 2021 in the "Road to Olympia" Contest. In the "Youth Study and Follow Ho Chi Minh's Thought, Morality and Style" Contest, Phan School students won 2 First Prizes in 2019 and 2021, Second Prize in 2022 and Third Prize in 2023.
Recognizing and appreciating the achievements of the school's traditional teaching efforts, many senior leaders of the Party and State visited, encouraged and congratulated, including President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Truong Tan Sang who visited the school twice in three consecutive years (2011 and 2014), which no other general school has had the honor to date. The result of the school's outstanding achievements during this period is that teachers and students have received many noble awards such as Certificates of Merit from the Prime Minister, Emulation Flags from the Government, Certificates of Merit from the Minister of Education and Training, and Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An Province.
The education and training sector is undergoing fundamental and comprehensive innovation, and has been implementing the 2018 General Education Program. With the spirit of "Promoting tradition - Pioneering spirit - Conquering the peak", Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted always strives to be a pioneer in building an open educational environment, combining key training and comprehensive education, proactively and flexibly in the context of deep international integration.
Our ancestors always taught us that without a teacher, you cannot succeed and that when you drink water, you must always remember its source. A school is not simply an architectural work serving teaching purposes, not just a space to acquire knowledge. The school is always a place to nurture knowledge and morality, to form dignity and ambition, to protect and nurture pure and noble souls from teachers.
For generations of Phan School students, teachers are not only special memories of their school days, but many teachers have become an endless source of inspiration throughout their lives. Phan School students in life or at every class reunion or class reunion always remember their teachers with all respect and love. A pride that is always pinned in their memories.
Just go to the Facebook pages of many former students of Phan School every time November 20th comes, when Tet comes, every time the hall meets, the images of dedicated, devoted teachers to their students always appear clearly, clearly, clearly, clearly, from the teachers in the "special" Math and Literature classes before 1974 such as Mr. Phan Huy Huyen, Mr. Tran Van Binh, Nguyen Khac Tue... to the teachers who worked at Phan School after 1974 such as Mr. Dinh Van Thong, Mr. Chu Phu, Mr. Ho Sy Minh Do, Ms. Tran Thi Bich Diep, Mr. Le Duc Kiem, Ms. Tran Thi Thuc Oanh, Mr. Tran Huu Dinh, Mr. Nguyen Huu Dac, Mr. Nguyen Canh Cung, Mr. Nguyen Tu Hoanh, Mr. Phan Huy Tuan, Mr. Phan Huy Tinh, Mr. Le Ho, Mr. Le Thai Phong, Mr. Nguyen Hoang Thao... and many other teachers that I don't know and can't mention all.
Many generations of Phan School students still call, talk, or write about their special teachers with phrases such as "Elite teachers", "Special teachers",...
Personally, I was not fortunate enough to be a student of Phan School at that time and was only a later generation of teachers, far from the teachers in age and generation, so what I know about the generations of teachers is not enough. What I learned from the teachers of Phan School at that time was the way of being a teacher and living a humane life. I only hope and try to be a small student of the great teachers of Phan School.
Each teacher has his own style, demeanor, and personality in life. Each teacher has different skills, teaching methods, and education. Each teacher's level of talent and ability is also different. But all have one thing in common: unconditional love for their students and arousing passion, inspiration, and motivation in learning and life for many generations of students.
The outstanding feature of Phan School from the past to the present, from the specialized classes to the establishment of the specialized school, from Dien Chau to Hung Loc to the current location, is that most of them have boarding houses for many students from the countryside to study. Phan School students are far from home, far from their parents. At that time, the socio-economic life was still very difficult and deprived, the students were poor and the teachers were also miserable. Leaving their families and hometowns to study at Phan School, the teachers of Phan School were both teachers on the podium and parents in life, always treating their students like their own children, teaching, protecting, and sharing.
At Phan School for many decades, teachers and students have been very familiar with the poem by poet Che Lan Vien hanging outside the gate: “When we are here, it is just a place to live; when we leave, the land becomes our soul”. The intelligence, talent, personality, and kindness of Phan School teachers over the years have become the core values that create the brand “Teachers of Phan School” and have had a profound influence on many generations of students in both study and life.
Good teachers do not necessarily make good students. But good students come from teachers with intelligence, style and personality. A very special thing is that among the 130 teachers of Phan School today, there are 48 cadres and teachers who were once students of Phan School. After graduating from the university of education with honors and completing scientific research, they returned to the School to contribute. Notably, in the current Board of Directors of Phan School, there are 2 former students: Ms. Cao Thi Lan Thanh (specialized student in Physics class 17) - Principal and Ms. Nguyen Thi Giang Chi (specialized student in Literature class 14) - Vice Principal.
Generations of teachers at Phan School are like tireless, hard-working workers, dedicating their hearts and efforts to "nurturing flower buds", planting "flowers", and taking care of "flowers" to turn "flower buds" into "thousands of flowers", making the land of learning bloom.
Many generations of students from this high school also became excellent students of prestigious universities, and then held many important positions in ministries, branches, units, and localities.
Ceremony to welcome students of the school who won high prizes in international competitions.
During the school's 50-year history and 60 years of the specialized system, many students have participated in international competitions, including students who won high prizes such as: Phan Huy Tu (Silver Medal of the International Mathematical Olympiad in 1991), Truong Ba Tu (Silver Medal of the International Mathematical Olympiad in 1993), Nguyen Tat Nghia (2 times Gold Medal of the International Physics Olympiad in 2007 and 2008, Gold Medal of the Asian Physics Olympiad in 2008), Nguyen Huy Hoang (Gold Medal of the International Physics Olympiad in 2011, Bronze Medal of the Asian Physics Olympiad in 2011), Cao Ngoc Thai (Certificate of Merit of the Asian Physics Olympiad in 2013, Gold Medal of the Asian Physics Olympiad in 2014, Gold Medal of the International Physics Olympiad in 2014), Nguyen Ngoc Khanh (Bronze Medal of the Asian Physics Olympiad in 2014, Gold Medal of the Asian Physics Olympiad in 2015, Silver Medal of the Physics Olympiad 2015 International Olympiad), Nguyen Canh Hoang (Gold Medal of the 2017 Mathematics Olympiad), Pham Trung Quoc Anh (Gold Medal of the 2020 International Chemistry Olympiad), Le Quang Truong (Gold Medal of the 2023 Abu Reikhan Berunly International Chemistry Olympiad), Dang Bao Quan (Gold Medal of the 2023 European Physics Olympiad), Nguyen Nguyen Hai (Gold Medal of the 2023 Abu Reikhan Berunly International Chemistry Olympiad),...
K15 students visit school.
Beloved school through the eyes of former students.
Opening ceremony during Covid-19.
School teachers
Nghe An is a poor land but also a land of learning, with a tradition of studiousness, good study and high achievements in the history of education and examinations of our country. That is what many history books have recorded and reality has proven.
When the country was still at war, the socio-economic situation was still very difficult, but the leaders of Nghe An province had a strategic vision to decide to open "special" specialized Math and Literature classes in some high schools. After experiencing the effectiveness of teaching quality in specialized classes in regular schools, Nghe An province decided to establish a gifted school (now called a specialized school). The vivid reality and glorious milestones of the past 60 years are living proof that the model of selective classes and specialized schools has nurtured many talents in many fields for the homeland and the country.
Classroom seen through the banyan tree canopy
The last ten years (2014-2024) are the period when Phan School has had the fastest and strongest development in both quantity and quality of staff in the history of the school thanks to the policies of the Party and the State, and the education and training sector of the province. These are policies to attract and create a source of staff from excellent graduates, young scientists, preferential scholarships for students, bonuses for excellent students at national and international levels, etc.
Many excellent teachers who were students of Phan School in the past, thanks to the policy of attracting and promoting them, have had the opportunity to return to stand on the podium of the School, continuing the career of the teachers who taught them. Along with the addition of those policies, Phan School has effectively implemented projects of Nghe An province such as "Building Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted to become a key, high-quality school in the period of 2010-2020"; "Building a pilot high-quality key high school in the period of 2019-2023".
Those practical projects and policies not only have the meaning of encouragement and sharing with Phan School but are also an important premise, playing a guiding role and creating favorable conditions for teachers and students of the school to strongly innovate, constantly improve the quality of education, meet the requirements of the education sector and promote the process of international integration.
In order not to waste resources, human resources, and intellectual energy devoted to the homeland, the leaders of the Nghe An Department of Education and Training in recent years have paid great attention to the issue of how to effectively promote the building of an effective school brand from the practice of Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted.
In the context of the education market creating many opportunities for competition that are decisive for survival, building a brand for schools is no longer an option but has become an urgent need. A strong brand not only helps schools attract more students, but also builds student trust and parent loyalty in their choice.
A school brand is not a flashy logo or a fancy, catchy name. It is a powerful tool that revolves around everything that makes a school different and unique from the rest. The school’s mission, vision, ethos, and unique experiences are all key elements that make up a school’s brand.
The school seen from above.
In the process of fundamental and comprehensive innovation of education, as well as in the process of implementing the 2018 General Education Program in the integration period, Phan School has been following the direction of comprehensive education, both imparting knowledge and providing awareness and education of life skills and life values for students, discovering and nurturing gifted students on the basis of comprehensive mass education, preparing the necessary conditions for them to become global citizens.
The most important thing is how to innovate teaching methods to ensure the school's output quality meets national, regional and international standards, contributing to providing high-quality human resources for the socio-economic development of the homeland and country.
Excited and proud of the outstanding achievements that Phan School has achieved, but the responsibility set for the coming time is also extremely great, the task set is heavy. To continue to develop, teachers and students of Phan School must try and make more efforts to inherit and promote the tradition of a heroic school in the homeland of Nghe An.
Having a big brand in the education industry is not easy, but Phan School teachers and students have done it. To build an effective school brand, bring the school to a new level of development, affirm its stature and position in accordance with the current educational requirements is not a small challenge.
Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted has been operating all teaching activities according to the ideology and spirit of " Promoting tradition - Pioneering spirit - Conquering the peak ", to continue to develop and spread the brand, becoming a place to discover and nurture students' potential, connect knowledge, look towards the future and make Nghe An famous.
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