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Son LaAt 6:45 p.m., Captain Trang A Vang beat three drums, indicating that the Milestone village literacy class was ready to enter class.

The 30 m2 space in Tan Xuan Elementary and Middle School (Tan Xuan Commune, Van Ho District) is where the Chieng Xuan Border Guard station opens literacy classes for 47 H’Mong people starting November 2021.

Classes are from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday to Thursday. Students including 41 girls and 6 boys, between the ages of 25 and 40, looked at each other with flashlights and carried books from the village to school. The instructors were Major Tran Van Phuc, 42, and Captain Trang A Vang, 40.

Participating in the support were the two school teachers of Tan Xuan. This is the first literacy class to open at Milestone. Class teachers must know Mandarin and H’Mong to facilitate teaching.





Major Tran Van Phuc went to class to teach people in the village of Moc Moc spelling on the evening of February 4th.  Photo: Characters provided

Major Tran Van Phuc went to class to teach the people of Moc Moc village how to spell on the evening of March 2nd. Photo: Characters provided

Moc Moc is a highland border village, 17 km from the center of the commune. Nguyen Van Kham, Chairman of the People’s Committee of the Tan Xuan Commune, said that 100% of households in the village are ethnic H’Mong people, with difficult economic conditions, more than 70% are illiterate.

“We went from house to house, getting everyone to come to class. The immediate goal was to teach people to read, write, and basic addition and subtraction to serve the buying, selling, and exchanging of goods,” said Captain Trang A Vang. speak.

Guarding the border during the day, and teaching letters to relatives at night, Captain Vang said “very, because they have not studied pedagogy, most of the female students, are still embarrassed and ashamed”. But he insists on doing it with responsibility and hopes to change awareness and improve people’s lives.

In order to have a teaching method that is easily understood and accepted by the community, he and his teammates must study books and newspapers, enlist teacher support, and gradually learn from each class.





Captain Trang A Vang went to each table to form each handwriting for the villagers.  Photo: Characters provided

Captain Trang A Vang came to every table to form each handwriting for the villagers, on the evening of March 2nd. Photo: Characters provided

Teacher Dang Trong Nam, vice principal of Tan Xuan school, said that compared to teaching young children, teaching the elderly requires perseverance, especially in correcting writing. “Sometimes young children only need a week to memorize and practice writing the alphabet, then it takes a whole month,” said Pak Nam.

Two hours every night, between the four sides of the mountain and the forest, there is the sound of eh, special student spelling practice. Callous hands that used to only hold hoes, weed and harvest fruit trees are now clumsy holding pens and practicing writing the first scribbles of their lives. Among them is Giang Thi Cha.

The 34-year-old woman was born into a poor family with many children. As a child, he had to stay at home to take care of his younger brother, followed his parents to work in the fields, grew up and got married, so he couldn’t go to school. When he heard that the army was opening classes, he immediately signed up to go to school. “I’ve been working in the fields all year, now the cadres are making conditions, so I want to go to school. Learn to read and teach my children. Then I can write my name, add and subtract when selling chicken and pork,” he said.

Since opening day, Giang Thi Cha has never missed a day, even during harvest season. After two hours of class, when he comes home, he invites his children to study letters together. Many times when he worked in the fields, he also muttered reading the alphabet because he was afraid of forgetting. Not only fathers, many mothers, many sisters are willing to carry their children to class when they can’t ask someone to look after them. In a quiet classroom, sometimes you can hear a baby crying behind its mother’s back.

Mr. Vang boasted that the allotted time for studying was two hours, but many times students asked for an extension of time to practice writing because there was no one to teach at home. “As long as mothers and siblings manage to attend classes regularly, we don’t mind extending the time or repeating the lecture many times,” he said with a smile.





Moc Moc villagers show off the first words they wrote themselves in November 2021. Photo: Characters provided

Moc Moc villagers show off the first words they wrote themselves in November 2021. Photo: Characters provided

But not everyone is persistent enough that they can read and write fluently. At the beginning of the class there were 47 students, but now there are 25 students left. Partly because they find words hard to be discouraged, others go to work or are busy working in the fields. In addition, the Covid-19 outbreak complicated developments, many villagers became F0, and schools were also cut off.

To guard the class, once every two weeks, the border guard and the village head had to go to each campaigner. If the whole family doesn’t go to school, they mobilize everyone.

“The most difficult thing when opening a class is to mobilize relatives. Due to difficult economic conditions, many brothers had to take care of their families and children, but this was gradually overcome. So far, the class has received a positive response. a result when many people know how to write and read, even at a basic level,” said commune chief Tan Xuan.

After almost 3 months of opening classes, the people of Moc Moc village now know the alphabet, practice writing basic strokes and learn to combine letters. The green ranked teacher said that they would need more time to read and write fluently, but that was unthinkable.

“Not only teaching one class, we want to be able to train many older students. We hope 100% of the villagers are literate, develop the economy and be an example to their children,” said Captain Vang laughing.

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Lessons in a literacy class for people in Moc Moc village, Tan Xuan commune, Van Ho district, November 2021. Source: Dang Trong Nam

Quynh Nguyen

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