Chu_Văn_An_High_School_(Hanoi)

Chu Văn An High School, Hanoi

Chu Văn An High School, Hanoi

Public school in Hanoi, Vietnam

Chu Van An High School (Vietnamese: Trường Trung học phổ thông Quốc gia Chu Văn An), also known as Chu Van An National School or Pomelo School (trường Bưởi, before 1945) one of the three national high schools for the gifted in Vietnam along with Quoc Hoc High School in Huế and Le Hong Phong High School in Ho Chi Minh City. It is also one of the three magnet high schools in Hanoi, Vietnam, along with Hanoi-Amsterdam High School and Nguyen Hue High School. Established by the French authorities in 1908 as High School of the Protectorate (French: Lycée du Protectorat), Chu Van An is one of the oldest institutions for secondary education in South East Asia. Despite the initial intention to train native civil servants to serve the French colonial establishments, Vietnamese students at Bưởi school had many times struggled against colonial doctrine. A lot of Bưởi alumni became renowned political leaders and cultural figures in many areas of Vietnamese society such as Nguyễn Văn Cừ - the fourth general secretary of Communist Party of Vietnam, Phạm Văn Đồng - the first prime minister of North Vietnam and united Vietnam, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ- former vice president and prime minister of South Vietnam, Kaysone Phomvihane- former leader of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, Prince Souphanouvong- the first president of Laos.

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In 1945, Lycée du Protectorat was renamed to Chu Van An High School.

History

On 12 December 1908, the Governor-General of Indochina Antony Wladislas Klobukowski made the decision to establish Collège du Protectorat (College of the Protectorate, similar to the secondary school) based on the merger of the Thông ngôn Bờ sông school, the Jules Ferry Nam Dinh secondary school and the pedagogy class (Cours normal) on Pottier street. In 1931, the school was upgraded to a lycée (similar to the high school) - Lycée du Protectorat (The school of Protectorate). Since the school was built on the land of Thuy Khuê village, Kẻ Bưởi, people often called it Bưởi School.

By 1943, the school had to move to the Phúc Nhạc monastery in Ninh Bình.In 1945, they returned to Hà Nội. After Japan overthrew France, on 12 June 1945, the northern king's special envoy Phan Kế Toại decided to change the school's name to Chu Van An - named after the most well-respected teacher in Vietnamese history Chu Văn An , and appointed professor Nguyễn Gia Tường to the principal position. Tường was the first Vietnamese principal of the Bưởi - Chu Văn An High School.

Admission

As one of the four high schools for gifted students in Hanoi (together with Hanoi - Amsterdam High School, Son Tay High School and Nguyen Hue High School for the Gifted), Chu Van An High School is highly selective in its admission process. Every year, the school receives over 3000 applications, out of which only 500 to 600 would be admitted. For the 2023-2024 school year, the overall admission rate into specialized classes of Chu Van An High School is about 10.9%. Applicants are required to take an entrance exam conducted by Hanoi Department of Education and Training. This examination usually takes place around mid-June with three subjects - Mathematics, Literature and English, and one additional subject for students who want to be admitted in specialized classes.

Principal

  • Dinh Si Dai 1997-2008
  • Chu Xuan Dung 2008 - 2015
  • Le Mai Anh 2015 - present.

Notable alumni and teachers

Teachers
Alumni
Politics and military
Science & Education
Culture

References

  1. [1]
    As of 2006. "Chu Van An High School - 2005-2006 school year". Chu Van An High School official website. 2008-05-15.
  2. [2]
    "CV | Van Vu".
  • Trinh, Van Thao (1995). L'école française en Indochine - Hommes et sociétés (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 2-86537-572-2.

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