The writing contest "Deep memories of teachers and school" in 2024 was organized by the Ministry of Education and Training and assigned the Education and Times Newspaper as the permanent unit to implement.

At the closing ceremony and award ceremony of the competition, the Organizing Committee awarded prizes to the winning groups and individuals including: 2 first prizes, 4 second prizes, 6 third prizes, and 10 consolation prizes.

Among them, author Nguyen Binh An (teacher of Chau Phong High School, Tan Chau Town, An Giang) excellently won first prize with the work "Alluvial Sediment". The article talks about a teacher born and raised by the Hau River, like the alluvial grains silently enriching the green fields and gardens, that teacher is silently dedicating himself every day to help students progress and improve, the quality of education at the school is gradually improved.

The 2024 writing contest “Deep memories of teachers and school” was launched in September 2024. After 2 months of launching, the Organizing Committee received more than 85,000 entries from authors nationwide.

In addition, the Organizing Committee also awarded 2 collective prizes; 1 outstanding character prize; 4 secondary prizes including: Creative prize, Style prize, Inspiration prize, Impressive prize.

Journalist Trieu Ngoc Lam, Editor-in-Chief of Education and Times Newspaper, Permanent Deputy Head of the Organizing Committee of the contest, commented that this year, the quality of the entries has changed significantly. Many articles are very passionate, leaving deep emotions. There are many beautiful, touching stories about the love, responsibility, perseverance, dedication, understanding, and skillful pedagogical behavior of teachers towards students; helping students change from boredom to love learning, from self-consciousness to confidence, from people who always think they are failures to success.

"It can be seen that the image of teachers is viewed from a multi-dimensional, multi-faceted perspective, but no matter the angle, the entries are all beautiful, unique images of teachers. Many students have become teachers and are now directly teaching, resonating with their own teachers...", Mr. Lam shared.

Khanh Huyen