In the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, there lies a school situated in the middle of a forest.

Phuoc Cat 2 Elementary School is located at Hamlet 4 in the middle of Cat Tien Forest.

Considered the provinces smallest and most inaccessible school, Phuoc Cat 2 is almost completely isolated from the outside world as Hamlet 4 has no electricity nor telephone signal.

The area includes 31 households with 283 residents of the Stieng and Chau Ma ethnic minorities.

There are around 20 students - both children and adults - who attend the elementary school, which offers subjects over five school years.

On average, the school’s management board assigns three new teachers every year, and despite difficult working conditions, over the last ten, the staff have worked hard to educate the local people.

Tran Hoai Bao, 41, started teaching at Phuoc Cat 2 Elementary School in the early 2000s.

In those days it took him almost a day to walk from his house to the school, especially during the rainy season, he told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.

This year, the school has added two classrooms and a concrete walkway has been built to the hamlet.

Bao teaches Dieu K Lanh, a local, how to write numbers on the blackboard. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Dieu Thi Ut, 40 and her daughter study in the same class. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Many adults come to classes at night as they work during the day. Photo: Tuoi Tre

An old man reads a book to fifth grade students. Photo: Tuoi Tre

The blackboard is used to teach both fourth and fifth grade students. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Students exercising during break time. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Local children are happy to study and play. Photo: Tuoi Tre

H Yut E Ban teaches children the alphabet. Photo: Tuoi Tre

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