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title: 'Kontum tiến bộ, số 3: Khánh thành trường tiểu học Trí-Đạo (Kontum Progress No. 3: Inauguration of Tri Dao Elementary School)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kontum-tien-bo-no3-tri-dao-school-1967/
description: A news-sheet layout, 'Kontum Progress, No. 3', reports the opening of a four-classroom primary school at Tri Dao hamlet.
section: Collection
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# Kontum tiến bộ, số 3: Khánh thành trường tiểu học Trí-Đạo (Kontum Progress No. 3: Inauguration of Tri Dao Elementary School)

A news-sheet layout, 'Kontum Progress, No. 3', reports the opening of a four-classroom primary school at Tri Dao hamlet, built from Rural Construction funds and materials supplied by the local CORDS office. Photographs show the province chief greeting villagers, the ribbon-cutting banner, empty desks and a crowd of children, with each caption repeated in a highland language. The tell is a single completed project reported as progress, in two scripts for two audiences.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
KONTUM tiến bộ Số 3

KONTUM VƠ MRET-MRÈT KƠSƠ 3
TƠDRONG BƠTHO HLAMAR RAI LƠLAU TƠJÂP KƠ PƠBÉ NAO

PHÁT TRIỂN GIÁO DỤC TẠI CÁC ẤP ĐỜI MỚI.
TRONG KHUÔN KHỔ THỰC HIỆN CHƯƠNG TRÌNH XDNT TẠI CÁC ẤP ĐỜI MỚI TRÊN ĐỊA HẠT GIÁO DỤC, VỚI NGÂN KHOẢN CỦA QUỸ XDNT VÀ SỰ YỂM TRỢ VẬT LIỆU CỦA CƠ QUAN YỂM TRỢ XDNT (CORDS) TẠI ĐỊA PHƯƠNG, TỈNH ĐOÀN XDNT ĐÃ HOÀN THÀNH 1 NGÔI TRƯỜNG TIỂU HỌC TẠI ẤP ĐỜI MỚI TRÍ-ĐẠO.
[highland-language paragraph, not transcribed]

Trung-tá Tỉnh trưởng, Chủ tịch Hội đồng Xây Dựng Nông Thôn tỉnh Kontum đã hướng dẫn 1 phái đoàn gồm quý vị đại diện Cơ Quan Yểm Trợ Xây Dựng Nông Thôn, đại diện Hội đồng Tỉnh và Ty sở trưởng đến chủ tọa lễ khánh thành trường tiểu học TRÍ-ĐẠO. Ban trị sự ấp, quý vị thân hào nhân sĩ và đồng bào trong ấp đã đến tham dự buổi lễ này.
[highland-language caption, not transcribed]

TRƯỜNG TIỂU HỌC TRÍ-ĐẠO
LỄ KHÁNH THÀNH TRƯỜNG HỌC XÃ TRÍ ĐẠO

Ngỏ lời trong buổi lễ khánh thành, Trung Tá Tỉnh Trưởng kêu gọi đồng bào TRÍ-ĐẠO hãy đứng ra gánh vác trách nhiệm xây dựng thôn ấp, chính quyền luôn luôn sẵn sàng giúp đỡ đồng bào phương tiện, vật liệu để kiến tạo nhà cửa, cơ sở hành chánh xã hội giáo dục để cải thiện đời sống của đồng bào mỗi ngày thêm khả quan hơn.
[highland-language caption, not transcribed]

Sau khi cắt băng khánh thành Trung tá Tỉnh trưởng và quý vị quan khách đi xem các lớp học. Trường tiểu học TRÍ-ĐẠO có 4 lớp mỗi lớp bề ngang 7 thước rộng 8 thước, với đầy đủ bàn ghế có thể thâu nhận 200 học sinh. Ty Tiểu học phụ trách việc tuyển dụng và huấn luyện giáo viên cho các lớp học này.
[highland-language caption, not transcribed]

Từ nay, con em của đồng bào TRÍ-ĐẠO đã có nơi học hành. Những mầm non đầy triển vọng của thế hệ tương lai có cơ hội phát triển để sau này đứng lên tiếp nối công cuộc xây dựng thịnh vượng cho thôn ấp.
[highland-language caption, not transcribed]

SP- 2071
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
KONTUM PROGRESS, No. 3

[highland-language heading, not translated]

DEVELOPING EDUCATION IN THE NEW LIFE HAMLETS.
Within the framework of the Rural Construction programme in the New Life hamlets of the education district, with funds from the Rural Construction fund and material support from the local Rural Construction support agency (CORDS), the Rural Construction provincial team has completed 1 primary school in the Tri-Dao New Life hamlet.
[highland-language paragraph, not transcribed]

The Lieutenant Colonel Province Chief, Chairman of the Kontum Province Rural Construction Council, guided a delegation of representatives of the Rural Construction Support Agency, representatives of the Provincial Council and heads of service offices to preside over the inauguration of the TRI-DAO primary school. The hamlet administrative board, notables and the people of the hamlet attended the ceremony.
[highland-language caption, not transcribed]

TRI-DAO PRIMARY SCHOOL
INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF TRI DAO VILLAGE SCHOOL

Speaking at the inauguration, the Lieutenant Colonel Province Chief called on the people of TRI-DAO to step forward and take responsibility for building the hamlet; the government is always ready to help the people with means and materials to build homes and administrative, social and educational facilities to improve the people's lives more each day.
[highland-language caption, not transcribed]

After cutting the ribbon the Lieutenant Colonel Province Chief and the guests went to see the classrooms. TRI-DAO primary school has 4 classrooms, each 7 metres wide by 8 metres, fully furnished with desks and chairs, able to take 200 pupils. The Primary Education Office is responsible for recruiting and training teachers for these classes.
[highland-language caption, not translated]

From now on the children of the people of TRI-DAO have a place to study. These promising shoots of the future generation have the chance to grow so that later they can stand up and carry on building prosperity for the hamlet.
[highland-language caption, not translated]

SP-2071
```

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