Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on November 3 presents the State’s third-class Independence Order to Chu Van An High School. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Chairwoman of the NationalAssembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on November 3 presented the State’s third-classIndependence Order to Chu Van An High School, one of the most prestigiousschools in Vietnam, during a ceremony to celebrate its 110th anniversary.
The order was a recognition of the school’s excellentperformance in education and training, contributing to the national cause ofbuilding socialism and safeguarding the country.
Ngan congratulated Chu Van An High School and generationsof teachers and students on the school’s 110th founding anniversary(1908 – 2018), saying as one of the oldest schools in the country, Chu Van An, previouslyknown as Buoi School, was the place where many well-known figures started theircareer as teachers like literary scholar and educationalist Duong Quang Ham,professor of mathematics, linguist, historian and educationalist Hoang Xuan Hanand late Minister of Education Nguyen Van Huyen
Hundreds of the school’s alumni have become successfulscientists, engineers, doctors, artists, farmed force heroes and businessmen.The school has also produced many Vietnamese great leaders, including GeneralSecretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Van Cu and Prime MinisterPham Van Dong, she said.
President Ho Chi Minh visited the school five times andlaunched revolutionary education movements here, she added.
She further noted that during more than a century sinceChu Van An High School was established, it has remained as one of the topeducation providers of the country with high numbers of students who pass highschool and university entrance exams, and study broad.
The top legislator praised the school for well preservingtraditional values and fostering innovation to make breakthroughs in the era ofintegration. Good progress has been seen in the school’s provision of the dualdegree programme of Vietnamese national high school diploma and CambridgeInternational A-level as well as the implementation of the pilot project todevelop it as a high-quality national school that meets internationalstandards, she said, adding that it has reflected the school’s great efforts tobecoming more dynamic.
Ngan hoped that the school’s teachers, staff and studentswill keep up their good work to live up to the reputation of a school namedafter famous teacher Chu Van An and the trust of the Party, State and people.–VNA
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