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Description: "The Curriculum Project was established in 2001, to work with post-high school (Post-10) schools along the Thai/Burma border. Curriculum Project works with teachers and students to design curricula and materials, and provides teacher training and teacher support programmes. All schools and organizations the project works with are run by, and teach, refugees and marginalized groups from Burma, based in Thailand, India and China. The programs supported by the Curriculum Project are all Post-10 programs: education institutes and courses for students who have graduated from year 10, but need further training before going on to community work or accessing the few higher education opportunities available to refugees from Burma. The Curriculum Project?s objectives are to develop curricula and materials for two purposes: to capacitate students for work in community organisations, and to prepare students for further education opportunities. Currently we are working on curricula, materials and teacher training for general and academic english, social studies, maths and science. The project also assists teachers working on Burmese as a second language and community development."
Source/publisher: Curriculum Project
Date of entry/update: 2005-12-29
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Language: English
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Description: * General English Modules 1 – 12 (2009 Edition)...* Reading and Writing Module 1: Journals and Book Reviews...* Reading and Writing Module 2: Describing Pictures and People...* Reading and Writing Module 3: Narrating Past Events...* Persuasion: An Intermediate Level Reading and Writing Module...* Romeo and Juliet: A Play and Film Study Guide...* Movie Modules...* Skyjack!: A Reading and Listening Module...* World of Knowledge
Source/publisher: Curriculum Project
Date of entry/update: 2011-02-03
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Language: English
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Description: Irrawaddy magazine has kindly agreed to supply free subscriptions to the magazine to all Post-10 schools. CP has been designing teaching materials to accompany the magazine. These are aimed primarily at intermediate level learners, although some can be used with good pre-intermediate English language and social studies classes.
Source/publisher: Curriculum Project
Date of entry/update: 2011-02-03
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Language: English
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Description: * Maths software...* Maths Module 1: Numbers...* Maths Module 2: Algebra...* Maths Module 3: Statistics...* Maths Module 4: Geometry
Source/publisher: Curriculum Project
Date of entry/update: 2011-02-03
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Language: English
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Description: * Introduction to Social Studies...* South East Asian Studies...* Environment Issues...* History of Burma from a Multi-ethnic Perspective...* Systems of Democracy...* Economics: An Introduction...* Gender...* International Conflict and Crisis (being edited)...* Community Development
Source/publisher: Curriculum Project
Date of entry/update: 2011-02-03
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Language: English
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Description: * An Introduction to Teaching Skills...* Two Truths, One Lie...* Activate!
Source/publisher: Curriculum Project
Date of entry/update: 2011-02-03
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Language: English
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Description: "The Drum Publication Group was founded in May 1998. The goal of the Drum Publication Group is to promote literature in both Karen and Burmese languages with the overall objectives of developing education for Burmese people wherever they might reside. The Group wishes to establish contact with as many other groups and individuals as possible who are involved in literature and education, and to be involved in all aspects of literacy development and the ensuing work of printing suitable books and teaching aids. As well as translation and typesetting we would like to assist those NGOs involve in education work at all stages. Participation in planning sessions and workshops would be welcomed and would, we feel, increase our capacity to play a useful role in this regard. The Group will promote, through its own practice, transparency and accountability, in all dealings. The Group is not affiliated with any political organization and stands for racial and sexual equality. The Drum Group's focus is on: * Writing and printing educational books. * Producing teaching aids and extra-curricula materials. * Translation of texts, to and from, both Sgaw Karen and Burmese languages - especially those relevant to education. * Establishing a library and documentation centre to preserve valuable books and documents. * Assisting the printing of educational material in Pwo Karen, Shan, Mon and other ethnic languages. A catalogue of our publications is available on this web site. Publications are distributed at cost price, or less, to groups and individuals involved in formal or non-formal education or training. Those ordering large numbers of books as well as overseas institutes are requested to pay the full cost of the order plus postage costs... Downloadable books: * English - Sgaw Karen Student Dictionary (PDF version which can be used off line) * Days Not to be Forgotten : (Sgaw Karen), Karen veterans of WWII share their experiences * Echos from Karen Land: (Sgaw Karen) * Little Authors' Imaginative World: (Sgaw Karen) * * Lilly and Pa Saw Htee's Amazing Earth and the Universe Facts: (Sgaw Karen / English) * Lilly and Pa Saw Htee's Amazing Animal Facts: (Sgaw Karen / English) * Ethnic Folktakes of Burma : (Sgaw Karen) * Hta for Children : (Sgaw Karen) * A Holiday I Will Never Forget (a choose your our adventure story) : (Sgaw Karen) * Brain Sharpeners : math puzzles (Sgaw Karen) * Traditional Karen Dress : (Sgaw Karen) Drum's quarterly fun newsletter for kids! * * Drum Kids Newsletter, July 2006:(Sgaw Karen) * Drum Kids Newsletter, April 2006:(Sgaw Karen) * Drum Kids Newsletter, Jan. 2006:(Sgaw Karen) * Drum Kids Newsletter, Oct. 2005:(Sgaw Karen)
Source/publisher: Drum Publication Group
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-04
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Language: English, Sgaw Karen, Burmese
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Description: "Educasia is a program of the Curriculum Department of Thabyay Education Foundation. Our Vision: The Curriculum Department of Thabyay works for a future with: • A society offering relevant and equal educational opportunities for all • Active citizens with appropriate knowledge and skills to participate in the peaceful development of their communities and society Educasia?s mission and functions Educasia started in 2008 as a replication of the successful program The Curriculum Project. Educasia supports the development of post-secondary and adult education initiatives in Myanmar. Its focus is on non-formal groups working for positive social change and development. Educasia works to: • Provide young adults with appropriate knowledge and skills to participate in peaceful development of communities and society and to pursue meaningful further education • Support development, implementation and provision of context-appropriate curricula and learning structures • Build capacity of teachers and educators in low-resource environments • Build flexible learning pathways and innovative educational solutions. Target groups • Post-secondary schools and learning centers • Adult education programs • Civil society organizations Final beneficiaries • Adult learners and their teachers • Disadvantaged populations • Internally displaced people • Community development workers Our activities along the Thai-Myanmar border benefit Myanmar refugees and migrants....@
Source/publisher: Thabyay Education Foundation (TEF)
Date of entry/update: 2016-09-26
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Language: English, Burmese
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Description: "EPOP is an online study program designed to improve student?s language and study skills in order to pass university entrance exams. These include the TOEFL, IELTS and GED. Many students from various parts of Asia find it difficult to obtain affordable and high quality support for these exams. EPOP works directly with these students to provide a highly competitive program that aims to improve all elements of academic English. Over the course of several months, students will submit regular essays and assignments online, as well as consult with other students via the online EPOP forum. Qualified teachers also act as support staff throughout the process, mentoring small groups of students to achieve their desired results. Upon completion of the program, EPOP also provides links to other organizations, where further information regarding scholarships and funding can be obtained..."
Source/publisher: EPOP (Exam Preparation Outreach Program)
Date of entry/update: 2010-04-01
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Language: English
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Description: "eTekkatho is a digital library especially designed for the academic community in Myanmar. The library is delivered over a very low bandwidth website and is also available over local area networks at partner institutions in Myanmar. The project is not-for-profit and access to the library is free. Anyone can use the library and no registration is required......SUBJECTS: "Earth sciences... Environment... Human geography... Physical geography... Research tools and methods... South East Asia and related country studies... Supporting subjects... Computing and IT... English language... Mathematics
Source/publisher: University of Manchester
Date of entry/update: 2013-11-19
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Language: English (Burmese?)
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Description: ''The Fiscal Federalism modules include the following: 1.Fiscal Federalism Introduction 2.Decentralization, Revenue Transfers, and Social Development 3.Fiscal Federalism and Equalization 4.Fiscal Federalism and Natural Resources 5.Public Infrastructure, Public Services, and Human Capital 6.Fiscal Federalism and Myanmar’s Peace Negotiations...''
Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2018-11-14
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-13
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Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ), Kachin, Karen, Shan
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Description: "Internships Asia (IA) is a non-profit, educational institution based in Chiang Mai Thailand. Diverse, highly motivated individuals are provided organizational exchange internships with local, national, and regional non-governmental and community-based organizations. These experiential learning exchanges encourage participants to become well informed and engaged within their fields of interest upon returning to their home organizations. Interns contribute significantly to their placements, and often demonstrate qualities of interest to projects seeking longer-term support. For this reason, program alumni serve as leaders in their professions, communities, and nations around the region..."
Source/publisher: Internships Asia
Date of entry/update: 2010-04-01
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Language: English
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Description: "Inya Institute is a Yangon-based higher learning institute dedicated to advancing the social sciences, the arts and humanities as they are related to Myanmar. It is a non-political, non-religious, non-profit, and non-degree granting organisation. It seeks to build research and intellectual capacity for young local researchers, to foster scholarly exchange between local and international researchers, and to create original scholarship for international and local scholars. It further aims to raise the general public?s understanding of the country?s multi-faceted cultural legacy."....This site is in progress.
Source/publisher: Inya Institute
Date of entry/update: 2015-09-03
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Language: English
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Description: 5 sets of Civic and Peace Education resources: (1) DEMOCRACY: This book encourages learners to take a more active role in their community. It explores issues such as rights and responsibilities, community, identity and values, and how they are important to citizenship and community participation. Active Citizenship uses a similar approach to Democracy, but encourages learners to think critically about social issues and how they can address them in their community..... (2) ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP: Active Citizenship builds on the knowledge and skills developed in Democracy to encourage learners to take a more active role in their community. It explores issues such as rights and responsibilities, community, identity and values, and how they are important to citizenship and community participation. The book uses a similar approach to Democracy, but encourages learners to think critically about social issues and how they can address them in their community..... (3) ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP RESOURCE PACK: The Active Citizenship Resource Pack is a book of photocopiable activities, texts and other resources designed to accompany Mote Oo Education?s Active Citizenship coursebook but can easily be used on its own as a source of instant activities for an English, civics or social science class..... (4) POLITICS: Politics introduces learners to concepts needed to analyse politics on a national level. These include ideologies, governments, constitutions, the media, civil society and political parties. It includes activities and discussions that encourage learners to reflect on how political ideas, institutions and actors are related, and then to apply them to current events in their community and country..... (5) CONFLICT AND PEACE: Conflict & Peace is a peace education studies course for adult education. It is accompanied by a teacher?s book with instructions, facilitation notes for activities, answers and ideas for additional activities. It comes in two units. Unit One: Understanding Conflict, explains how to analyze conflict and describes destructive and constructive ways of dealing with conflicts. Unit Two: Understanding Peace, explains how to decrease violence, transform conflict, and build peace in society.
Source/publisher: Mote Oo Education
2015-03-16
Date of entry/update: 2018-10-04
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Description: "Mote Oo was formed in January 2013 by staff with many years experience working in Myanmar education. It is a small, locally run, community-focused organisation specialising in teacher training and adult education materials development. Training workshops and teacher support are based on the needs of teachers, students and organisations and build upon previous training and classroom observations. We design social science, civic education and English language materials to meet the needs of teachers and students in the non-formal adult education sector..."
Source/publisher: Moteoo
2018-10-04
Date of entry/update: 2014-09-17
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Language: English
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Description: 2 sets of Life and Learning Skills resources: (1)YOUNG ADULT SUCCESS: Young Adult Success is a self-access book designed to activate skills for late adolescents/young adults and their teachers, parents, and care-givers. It explores life skills, personal development, psychology, thinking, resilience and socio-emotional learning. Each chapter contains several challenges that test understanding and help the reader apply these concepts to their own life experience. It is written in upper-intermediate English and Myanmar, and is currently being piloted. Final version are scheduled for release at the end of 2017..... (2)LEARNING SKILLS(DRAFT): Learning Skills is a 40 hour course written in pre-intermediate English. It looks at the skills you need for effective academic study, including note-taking, groupwork, time management, presentation, essay structure and exam techniques. It is designed for people starting a post-secondary or university academic course. It is currently being piloted, and is scheduled for release September 2017. Mote Oo are currently drafting a sequel, focusing on Research Skills. This is anticipated to be released in late 2018.
Source/publisher: Mote Oo Education
2018-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2018-10-04
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Description: 5 sets of Social Science resources: (1) SOCIAL SCIENCE: ASEAN is a short module introducing students to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It looks at the history of Southeast Asia, as it relates to ASEAN; it examines the principles, processes and background of ASEAN; and finally it looks at issues facing ASEAN..... (2) GENDER: ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES: Gender: Issues and Perspectives covers common gender issues in Myanmar, regionally and globally.It includes chapters on: family and community, work, education, religion, and leadership, sexuality, religion and gender-based violence..... (3)HISTORIES OF BURMA: Histories of Burma is a source-based approach to Myanmar?s History. It comprises is a set of books which introduce to key historic research skills as well as providing a critical and reflective study of many aspects of history from the region. Students are encouraged to highlight certain themes in history, to look at original source documents, to try and understand different ideas that come from these sources and to think about how they can influence opinions about the past..... (4)PLANET EARTH: Planet Earth: A Myanmar Student?s Guide to the BBC TV Series is a natural science book to accompany the award-winning TV series. It has 11 units, each of which focuses on one episode of the TV show. Every unit has background and further reading, plus comprehension questions for the video. Additionally, every unit has ?Focus on?” knowledge and skill sections, which explore how the themes relate to Myanmar or to the region..... (5)WHO KILLED CHEA VICHEA?: Who Killed Chea Vichea? is a bilingual English/Myanmar resource which examines the 2004 assassination of a Cambodian labour rights leader. It contains a DVD of the documentary film (with English and Myanmar subtitles), comprehension and analysis activities, and a look at the implications for labour issues in Myanmar. This resource was produced in cooperation with Loudmouth Films.
Source/publisher: Mote Oo Education
2016-05-16
Date of entry/update: 2018-10-04
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Description: 5 sets of teacher-training resources: (1) ACTIVITIES FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE TEACHING. This is a resource and reference book for teachers of social sciences, English language and critical thinking. It has six chapters with over 120 activities. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of teaching social science subjects, covering comprehension, personalisation and critical thinking activities, using data: timelines, statistics, charts and maps and tips on planning your social science lessons...... (2) THE NEW TEACHER MODULE 1: How Do Learners Learn? looks at how and why learners learn. It covers learning styles, intelligences, motivation and identity. It includes a DVD of teaching in action, with accompanying exercises..... (3) THE NEW TEACHER: MODULE 2: How Do You Teach for Learning? focuses on classroom management issues, including eliciting, grouping, classroom arrangement and boardwork. It includes a DVD of teaching in action, with accompanying exercises..... (4) THE NEW TEACHER: MODULE 3: Lesson Planning Looks at lesson and course planning. It focuses on lesson objectives, structure and content, and how to evaluate your lesson..... (5) SONGS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: Songs for Social Change is a multi-level English language learning resource. It uses songs to highlight issues facing Myanmar and the world: the environment, inequality, human rights, poverty and injustice.....DOWNLOADS TO THE ACTUAL TEXTS IN THE PAGE
Source/publisher: Mote Oo Education
2015-10-21
Date of entry/update: 2018-10-04
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Description: [Our Mission] Promoting and nurturing democracy through fenovation (sic) of highly intelligent and politically motivated citizenry of the country: Capacity Building & Supplier of change agents... Feeding related policy inputs to the governing body : Think-Tank... Public Opinion Shaping via public media and opinion polls... Promote issues on enviroment that in turn will serve the long-term benefit of the country.
Source/publisher: Myanmar Egress
Date of entry/update: 2012-03-06
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Language: English
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Description: "This website provides information for Myanmar students aspiring to study at university abroad. Our website is designed so that you read information as you make important decisions: work from left to right across our menu, being careful to read our introductions under each heading..."
Source/publisher: Myanmar Study Abroad
Date of entry/update: 2010-04-01
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Language: English
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Description: "... This website aimed to updated all information and technology in Shan languages such as photos shop, Microsoft word, internet download manager and others IT knowledge...."
Creator/author: Tainum
Source/publisher: tainum.com
00-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-01-11
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Description: "At Thabyay Education Foundation (TEF), we believe that quality education for all is the fulcrum for the development of peaceful, socially just, democratic and prosperous societies. Since we were founded in 1996, we have worked to support people from Myanmar to access the education and professional development opportunities that they need to help their society achieve these goals. The individuals and organizations that we support play prominent roles in the development of many keys sectors of Myanmar society, including education, healthcare, law, human rights, women?s empowerment, environmental protection, community development, food security, livelihoods, social work, disability services and empowerment, peace building and reconciliation, media and journalism and youth development..."
Source/publisher: Thabyay Education Foundation (TEF)
Date of entry/update: 2016-09-26
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Language: English
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Description: "Digitized versions of some of Rev. Jonathan Wade's English - Sgaw Karen language materials which were first published in the mid-19th century have recently become available..."
Creator/author: Rev. Jonathan Wade
Source/publisher: Drum Publication Group
2008-04-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-17
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Description: "Karen language education is still strong in the Thai-Myanmar border regions. There are currently over 130,000 children being educated in Karen schools operated in Myanmar by the Karen National Union (KNU) and the Karen Refugee Council (KRC) in Thailand. These schools are taking advantage of mother tongue-based principles of literacy, which emphasize that literacy starts with the home language. Since the 1980s at least a million people have completed the basic Karen curriculum focused on Karen literacy, with many of those continuing to secondary and post-secondary education where programs are taught in Karen and English. Karen language education continues despite the marginalization of Karen schools in Myanmar since Ne Win’s 1962 coup. At that time, Karen schools in the Delta Region were replaced with Burmese language schools from the Burmese Ministry of Education. Since then Karen systems of education have remained strong in border areas outside control of the government. Indeed, Karen programs may have even strengthened after many government-funded schools were shuttered following the emergence of the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) in 2021. Karen education is strong because, in part, it moved into Thailand, where schools continue both in refugee camps, and in migrant schools. The Karen language instruction in Thailand is typically organized by the KRC, which also provides support to schools still operated by the KNU inside Myanmar. The Karen schools in both places reflect Karen education traditions inherited from the Karen schools in Burma, which began in the 19th century. They do this while using teaching techniques and pedagogy adapted from the West, which train students to be “critical thinkers” for a Karen democracy. Development since the 1840s Karen education actually began in the 1840s with the development of modern Karen literacy, the establishment of a printing press, and the emergence of schooling. The earliest efforts were in the Irrawaddy River Delta and Rangoon (now Yangon). This led to a rapid expansion of the Karen school systems over the following decades. Karen and English language programs flourished around the large Christian mission compound in Bassein (Pathein, the capital of Ayeyarwady Region) in the Irrawaddy River Delta, as well as in Rangoon. Baptist Mission primary schools among Karen were first opened by American Baptist missionaries in 1852 at Bassein. A Karen secondary school was opened in Koesue in 1854. The Karen Baptist Theological Seminary was already established in 1845 in Rangoon to train pastors literate in Karen and English. The Bassein Sgaw Karen Normal and Industrial Institute taught English, Bible, Mathematics, Geography, History and Health, along with 19th-century vocational subjects like carpentry, joinery, wheelwrighting and rice production. There is no indication that Burmese language was a medium in the Karen schools, except as a subject. After 1962, Karen schools declined when Ne Win’s government nationalized the Karen schools, and insisted on a “Burmanized” curriculum emphasizing Burmese language, history, and nationalism. Karen teachers trained in Karen Teacher Colleges were replaced with Burmese-speaking teachers trained in government colleges. Mother tongue-based Karen language instruction moved into the highlands, where independent schools were re-established by the KNU. After 1984 Karen schooling also moved into refugee camps in Thailand supported by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and international NGOs. Independent Karen school systems emerge The KNU resisted Burmanization by establishing their own schools. The education systems they established favored, preserved and reproduced Karen language and culture under difficult circumstances. In this fashion, Karen education survived, even as Karen education declined in the Irrawaddy Delta and the capital, Rangoon. This did not stop Myanmar’s military from trying to spread their control into the mountains. In 1995-96 the KNU capital at Manerplaw was captured. The Karen Education Department (KED) continued to operate schools inside Burma, even as the Karen Refugee Committee—Education Entity (KRC-EE) based in Mae Sot, Thailand, became more important. Ironically this strengthened the Karen schooling system because it put the school system into contact with international organizations interested in educational reform. Once established in the 1990s, the KRC-EE reevaluated how modern pedagogical approaches would be used effectively. Young Karen teachers studied these techniques in the United States, Australia and Canada, and then returned to implement programs in the refugee encampments and in Mae Sot. The programs were successful, and soon refugee schools received not only Karen students from KNU controlled areas of Myanmar, but also ethnic students from Yangon, Ayeyarwady and Tanintharyi seeking a Karen and English media curriculum. Karen education in the border region today The KRC’s Education Entity developed the Karen curriculum by adapting the older KNU-KED curriculum, which in turn, was based on the Karen curricula developed in 19th-century Burma. The primary and secondary curriculum lasted 12 years. Notably, this is longer than Myanmar’s system, which lasts 10 years. Pedagogical techniques emphasizing critical thinking were introduced in a post-secondary training system which emphasizes secular teacher training, and the development of church leaders. The refugee camp schools had a simple advantage in the development of Karen education because they were not subject to attacks by the Myanmar military, as were the schools in Myanmar itself. Refugee school curriculum Since 2008, the refugee camps’ education system has been standardized with new curricula designed and supported by Karen education stakeholders and international nongovernmental organizations. The KRC Education Entity curriculum adopted student-centered pedagogy to replace the rote learning methods traditionally used in Burma. Karen is the medium of the schools, and English is taught as a subject beginning at the primary school level. Consistent with mother tongue-based education principles, the Burmese language is taught as a subject but not as a teaching medium. The Thai language is also occasionally taught in some schools as an elective. The Karen leaders in the camps encourage Burmese language, but not surprisingly, most young refugee students resist learning the Burmese language, which is viewed as a tool of domination. In 2015 KED published an education policy with the following four basic principles. Notably, it leaves out references to national boundaries, but reflects values found in many national and statewide curricula around the world. *Every Karen shall learn his own literature and language. *Every Karen shall be acquainted with Karen history. *The Karen culture, customs and traditions shall be promoted. *Our own Karen culture, customs and traditions shall be made to be respected by the other ethnic nationalities, and the cultures, customs and traditions of the other ethnic nationalities shall mutually be recognized and respected. At all levels, Karen history, literature, poetry and world history are taught. Sensitive subject Karen history is perhaps the most sensitive subject taught from the Burmese perspective. Karen history describes how the Bamar culture and its kings dominated and enslaved the Karen before the arrival of the British. The British arrival in the 19th century is described in the Karen history books as a liberation from Burmese domination, which permitted the re-emergence of indigenous Karen culture. In contrast, Burmese history, first created by Ne Win’s Education Ministry, teaches that the Karen are rebels and a threat to national unity, particularly in the context of the highly centralized government structures insisted upon after 1962. Burmese history textbooks refer to Britain as an external enemy that sought to destroy the country and describes the British as imperialists, collaborators and as “stooges.” Karen history textbooks teach about the positive legacy of the British parliamentary system, and the American education system on which the missionaries first based the Karen education system. In addition to Karen being the medium of instruction in primary schools there are other contrasts. A few examples from the Karen curriculum. Karen poetry (Hta)—Karen poetry is studied from Grade 6–8 in the Karen subject. The writing style of the Karen essay is studied, drawing from Karen Hta literary styles. Beginning in Grade 8, the varieties of Karen Hta and its interpretation are reviewed. In Grade 9 and 10 of the Karen subject, different classifications of Karen Hta and its history are studied. Aung San—General Aung San is not specifically mentioned in the Karen history curriculum and is mentioned only in a brief history of the Burmese revolutionary movement. The conflict between the Burmese Independence Army (BIA) commanded by General Aung San and the Karen during World War II is described in Grade 7 History, including the massacres of Karen undertaken by combined Japanese and BIA forces. Saw Ba U Gyi—Saw Ba U Gyi is studied in Karen school in Grade 6 and Grade 10 as the national hero and father of the Karen nation. In Grade 6, Saw Ba U Gyi’s biography is also studied in both Burmese and Karen subjects. Saw Ba U Gyi’s own writing is studied in Grade 10 and 11 in Karen History. Since Saw Ba U Gyi’s writing was originally in English, the Grade 10 and 11 materials about him are taught in English. Religious diversity—This is studied in grades 6, 7, 9 and 10 of Social Studies. In grades 6, 7 and 9, it is studied in the Karen language, and English in Grade 10 is in English. The importance of religion and the religious diversity of Burma, including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism are studied. A shared consciousness has emerged among Karen crossing international boundaries “rhizomatically,” as refugees grew up in the camps and in the diaspora, including many who have no personal memories of Myanmar. Ironically, refugee children born in the temporary camps consider the Karen diaspora and Kawthoolei their nation, even if such a place exists on no international maps. In this context, the Karen language thrives. The popular Karen-language film and music production scene serves Karen youth and has a substantial audience on YouTube and other social media. The persistence of Karen education in the highlands of course creates a conundrum for any future Myanmar government seeking peace. The divergence of the Karen, Burmese and Thai curricula long ago created what social scientists call a “national consciousness” among the Karen of the Thai-Myanmar border region. This consciousness is about their identity as a people, and presumes a level of cultural and political autonomy. Talks about federalism in past decades assumed this autonomy, but of course negotiations were unsuccessful. So there remain tensions between the 130,000-plus children being educated in Karen-medium schools, their families, and the demand of Myanmar’s Bamar-dominated military government for one disciplined nation under military control..."
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Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)
2023-04-24
Date of entry/update: 2023-04-24
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Description: "Before the annexation of Burma by the British, the only place where one could learn how to read and write was the country’s monasteries. The education of most young boys (since girls were prohibited from studying at monasteries) often culminated in the rote memorization of Buddhist scriptures. During the colonial era, the British government and foreign missionaries established schools and universities that taught modern subjects such as mathematics and science; consequently, monasteries as centers for learning became less relevant. However, at the beginning of the twentieth century, a new movement for national independence emerged, led by youths from Burma who were educated in Europe and India, and who aimed to establish a nation based on Buddhism and Burmese nationalism. During the 1930s, this movement had a strong influence over students from Rangoon University, who brought Buddhist traditions and rituals to the university precinct. The construction of a University dhamma-yone in 1934 and the existence of the tradition of paying respects to teachers, or saya-gadaw-pwe-dale were the most significant physical manifestation of Buddhism’s influence in the university campus. In other words, a secular realm, like a university campus, was influenced by a religion. This was not surprising; the majority of the students were Buddhists, and, at that time, they thought that the purity and very existence of Buddhism were being threatened by British colonialism, and they took it upon themselves to guard it. Nevertheless, even after Burma gained independence in 1948, Buddhist elements influenced and intervened in secular affairs such as politics and education. Under pressure from the monks, in 1961, then prime minster U Nu proclaimed that Buddhism is the national religion of Burma. Today, the tradition of paying respects to teachers continues to exist in schools and universities throughout Burma. The tradition has transformed into a formal ceremony held annually and organized collectively by teachers and students, in which students gather and sit on the floor of a great hall to pay respects to the teachers, who sit before them on rows of chairs. This tradition, I argue, is a hazard to ideals such as freedom of discussion and criticism upon which many modern universities are built. According to the Burmese tradition, paying respect to the parents, elders, and teachers is a noble act; people believe that by crouching down on the floor and asking for forgiveness before the abovementioned persons, one’s sins can be erased. Paying respects is also an act of admission that the person who earns this respect is also greater than and superior to those who offer it. It is obvious that only an inferior individual pays respects to the superior one, not vice-versa. This act also establishes a relationship in which the inferior person must listen to and obey the superior individual’s orders. Being inferior means one has neither the intellectual capacity nor the right to question the superior person’s wisdom. I call this kind of relationship a “one-way relationship.” This culture of deification of the figures in authority leads to the deification of public and political figures, and people would blindly follow those ‘teacher-like’ figures who preach what they want, rather than building a culture of healthy pluralistic democracy. It is worth noting that there are several teacher-like figures—whether they are civilian politicians, monks, or military personnel—who preach different doctrines, and they (and their followers) sincerely believe that the absolute truth is in their hands, while others are following the wrong path. However, they have a particular thing in common. They want to build a stronger and more powerful Burma, but they want to do it based on traditional values, not on democratic values. This might be the main reason why mainstream Burmese politics is brimming with populist politicians and their followers, despite intellectuals and academics’ efforts to shape a democratic Burma (since few hear the latter’s voices). On the other hand, modern universities aim to seek new knowledge for the benefit of humanity as a whole. To acquire new knowledge, academics and scholars need to conduct research by doing critical analyses of accepted theories, exchanging information and results with each other, and looking at conventional wisdom with scrutiny. So, what does critical education mean in the global context? It means that students must constantly question established knowledge and hierarchy and be active thinkers rather than passive followers. In the Burmese context, however, we should start with teachers asking students what they think about the topic, and students answering back and explaining their reason for holding a particular opinion. However, for this to occur, it is necessary for students not to see the teacher as an all-knowing deity, and for the teacher to not look down on the students and try to shut down their voices. This would necessarily mean that one has to criticize one’s master’s works if they contain inconsistencies or if one disagrees. Moreover, even in the classrooms—or at least in the universities that follow the Western tradition—students are encouraged to debate and exchange ideas with each other and with their teachers. They can question their teacher’s ideas and even criticize them; although it is important that they do this rationally, showing respect for their teachers and fellow students when they raise questions. I name this kind of relationship, in which both student and teacher listen to each other’s ideas, a “two-way relationship.” In Burmese universities, this kind of relationship does not exist due to the suppression of freedom of expression by successive military juntas and the deification of teachers. The lecture room in Burmese universities instead resembles a preaching ceremony or ta-ya-pwe in which monks preside over a whole ceremony, preach the sermon, and the audience obediently agrees with all the things the monk said. Teachers in Burmese universities read the textbook word-by-word and students sit in the classroom indifferently, occasionally murmuring their assent to the teacher. Students have not been given the intellectual freedom nor the skillset to analyze critically the textbooks nor the theories and ideas in them. The Burmese education system trains them to be obedient and not to question anything that has been spoon-fed to them. In other words, they have been put into a ‘one-way relationship” vis-à-vis their teachers. It is worth noting, however, that there are some major ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) which, for several years, have been running parallel educational institutions for youth who live in the area under their control. A few years ago, I had a chance to visit one of these places and learnt that their classes are run differently from government-funded universities. They either draw up their own curriculums or adopt foreign ones, and I noted that, in the classroom, the teacher encouraged students to ask questions freely and to actively participate in classroom activities. It would be a good start if the students from those institutions and state-funded universities had a chance to exchange experiences. To conclude, we must admit that this institutionalized tradition of paying respects to the teacher is an obstacle to realizing the ideals of modern universities. We must transform the relationship between teachers and students in Burma from a “one-way relationship” to a “two-way relationship.” Only after overturning the teacher-student relationships would Burmese universities abound with discussion and debate..."
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Source/publisher: "Tea Circle" (Myanmar)
2023-01-05
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Description: "Myanmar’s higher education (HE) sector is stunted in almost every respect, due to prolonged underinvestment and over-centralization. Research has shown that the sector is ‘poor by any standard’ and is facing enormous challenges. For one, the state´s provision of HE is inadequate. Only 11% of Myanmar´s youth, which refers to a small number of middle-class students, have access to state-run higher education. Thus, the private sector, which includes both for-profit and non-profit institutions, has become an important HE provider in Myanmar. Despite this, private education provision, particularly of the non-profit sector, is largely overlooked by studies conducted on Myanmar´s education. Non-profit private higher education institutions (HEIs) deserve more research attention because they not only patch up the state´s weaknesses in educational provision, but they also make HE accessible and affordable in the country´s peripheries. Therefore, in a study conducted under ChinBridge Institute’s Research Fellowship program, from which this Tea Circle article is adapted, I discussed what it would take to sustain non-profits’ provision of higher education in Chin State, one of Myanmar’s most remote areas. The study was motivated by my volunteering experience as a teacher at the Chin Christian University, a non-profit private university in Hakha, Chin State. The study focused on how these HEIs can best use the readily available resources rather than acquiring more. Public HEIs in Myanmar Myanmar’s higher education sector is highly centralized and state-controlled. All of the country’s 174 public higher education institutions (HEIs) are overseen by the government, the European Union-funded project CHINLONE reported in 2018. CHINLONE stands for ‘Connecting Higher Education Institutions for a New Leadership in National Education’. It is also the name of a Myanmar traditional sport that emphasizes cooperation and teamwork. Eight ministries are involved in managing the HEIs, including the Ministry of Education. In Myanmar, private HEIs are not HEIs in a legal sense, regardless of whether they are for-profit or non-profit. They are registered as either companies under the Ministry of Trade and Commerce or as NGOs. In mid-2020, the government allowed private schools offering higher education to register, using a form called the “Private HEIs Form”. The government stated that the private school registration would be a pathway for these institutions to gain accreditation. However, private HEI registration was closed later that year before any HEIs were approved. Access to higher education in Chin State Now, let’s have a peek at how public HEIs are distributed across the country. In 2012, there were 164 public HEIs in the country. Mandalay had 36 HEIs, Yangon 33, Sagaing 14, and the country’s poorest states—Chin and Kayah state—had 3 public HEIs respectively, as reported in the 2013 Myanmar Comprehensive Education Sector Review (CESR) Report. The 3 public HEIs listed under Chin State in the CESR report, Kalay University, Technological University (Kalay) and University of Computer Studies (Kalay), are all situated in Kalay town in Sagaing Region. Kalay is at least a 6 hour-drive from Chin State’s capital, Hakha, depending on prevailing weather and road conditions, which is often at its worst during the rainy season. Thus, in fact, there were no public universities in Chin State in 2012. The first public university, Hakha University, came to Hakha only in November 2016. Why is that a problem? An average Chin family would probably have to sell a pig or two to get to Kalay. Living expenses would cost even more. Getting a university degree is expensive for marginalized Chin youth, given that they would have to travel far away from home. Access to higher education is also a problem elsewhere in Myanmar, but Chin State’s situation is particularly dire, due to Chin State’s remote geography and the government’s failure to establish sufficient HEIs there. Non-profit HEIs in Chin State As of 2021, Chin State has 6 public HEIs; namely Hakha University, Hakha Education College, Government Technical Institute, Hakha Midwife Training School, Falam Nursing Training School and Lungpi Agriculture High School. However, only one of these is a university. So, even today in Chin State, community-run non-profit HEIs are the oldest, most well-established, and most prevalent type of higher education. Most of them are Bible Schools run by the church community. Six public HEIs and about 13 non-profit HEIs currently exist in Chin State. Among them are Chin Christian University, Chin Christian Institute of Theology, Victoria Academy and Chin Initiative for Sustainable Society, to name a few. None of them are registered as HEIs under the MoE. There may be more than thirteen as I could have missed an institution or two in the counting. No official list of these non-profit HEIs exists. The community provision of higher education in Chin State dates back to 1953, when the first Bible school opened in Falam. The main purpose of non-profit HEIs has always been to make higher education accessible to local youth who cannot afford a university education in bigger cities. Through higher education, these community HEIs also allow Chin students to maintain their ethnic identity, culture and history amidst a Bamar-dominated education system. As primarily self-funding institutions, these HEIs are faced with financial shortages from time to time. Hence they often struggle with poor physical infrastructure and scarcity of resources. Not having enough qualified teachers, poor resource management, and inadequate tracking of students’ progress are also some challenges that exist within these HEIs. Many of their students undertake Distance Education in public HEIs on the side in order to obtain a formal degree that is recognized by the Myanmar state. This means that non-profit HEIs have to adjust their schedules based on public HEIs. Another challenge that non-profit HEIs face is the dilemma of which language of instruction to teach in. Language may seem like the last problem faced by local HEIs; however, there are at least 50 Chin dialects spoken in Chin State. So, Chin HEIs are also faced with very diverse classroom in terms of languages. Often, Burmese language, which is everyone’s second or third language, is used in class. Even so, the advantages of community-run HEIs outweigh these challenges. For one, students consider the quality of education provided by them better than that provided in state-run HEIs. Teaching methods are different and so is the curriculum. For instance, private HEIs use more participatory teaching methods compared to public HEIs, so students learn more effectively. The root cause of these advantages is that private HEIs have institutional autonomy, unlike public HEIs. My study sought to show why institutional autonomy is important, and how private HEIs can take better advantage of this situation. The importance of institutional autonomy So, what exactly is institutional autonomy? There are four internationally recognized aspects of institutional autonomy discussed in the 2018 CHINLONE report: organizational, academic, staffing and financial. To give a better understanding of this concept, I will paraphrase the CHINLONE’s explanation in the next paragraphs. Organizational autonomy refers to an institution’s capacity to determine its internal organization and decision-making process. This includes the election and dismissal of its leaders and its ability to change its academic structures. Academic autonomy is an institution’s freedom to manage their academic affairs. These affairs include academic programs and contents, student selection and evaluation criteria, the number of students to be admitted, the curriculum, and teaching methods. Having institutional autonomy in staffing gives non-profit private HEIs the right to recruit and manage their human resources. For example, a HEI with institutional autonomy could hire an English professor from England to teach, visa issues aside. Or it could ask a local businessman to teach marketing. None of these teacher appointments would require approval from the Ministry of Education. Financial autonomy gives non-profit HEIs the ability to manage their funds and allocate their budget. However, financial autonomy can push a lot of responsibilities and duties onto HEIs, as they will need to generate their own funds without a stable source of income. These are the four aspects of institutional autonomy that the private HEIs enjoyed compared to public HEIs, despite not being able to issue formal degrees that are recognized in Myanmar, at least until the coup on 1 February 2021. How their institutional autonomy will be affected by the coup is uncertain. How can non-profit HEIs sustain their work? In my research about this topic (which will be published later this year), I argue that non-profit HEIs should take better advantage of their institutional autonomy. This will not only improve their quality but also raise their competitiveness in the eyes of funders, and thereby sustain their work. How? Since this is not a full research report, I will only focus on one specific area which I think is essential and doable for non-profit HEIs. In particular, I recommend that non-profit HEIs enhance their networks and pursue collaborations with others, whether with local or international institutions. The aforementioned non-profit HEIs in Chin State already have partnerships and collaborations with both domestic and foreign organizations or HEIs. Through international partnerships, students and staff have opportunities to pursue further studies at partner institutions abroad and participate in study exchange programs. Surprisingly, these non-profit HEIs have more connections with other institutions abroad than between themselves. While international connections are important, domestic connections should not be overlooked as these non-profit HEIs can help each other grow in many ways through collaborations. In fact, some education leaders have mentioned the need for more domestic partnerships during my interviews but none of them had proactive plans to take the initiative. One principal remarked, ‘we (Chin HEIs leaders) always wait for a third party to initiate things like this, this is our weakness’. In my opinion, networking between similar HEIs within the whole country, especially within Chin State, is crucial for the sustainability of non-profit private HEIs for the following reasons. First, it might give the non-profit sector a better chance of impacting the national higher education policy as a stronger and more consolidated network. In the long run, this could allow non-profit HEIs to gain legal status and accreditation, so that students will no longer have to pursue parallel degrees at public universities. Second, resource sharing might be possible through networking as well, which will increase the quality of education in HEIs. Last but not least, networking will contribute to the organizational development of each institution by allowing them to learn from each other. It is through being with others that we become our better selves..."
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Source/publisher: Tea Circle (Myanmar)
2021-08-25
Date of entry/update: 2021-08-25
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Sub-title: Pa-O children in southern Shan State have to travel far from the highlands they call home if they want a better education.
Description: "THEY WERE like children anywhere on their first day at a new school; there were smiles, apprehension and a few tears. However, for these children, the comfort of home was far away. They were ethnic Pa-O who had travelled hundreds of kilometres from southern Shan State to live and study at a Yangon monastery where they would receive a better education than in their villages. Pa-O children who come to Yangon for a better education face many challenges. One of the biggest is learning Burmese. Nan Nge Yan, 12, from Khanwae village, Pinlaung Township, said she had a difficult time when she first attended school in Yangon two years ago. Support independent journalism in Myanmar. Sign up to be a Frontier member. “We can’t speak Burmese and at first we didn’t have textbooks. When the teacher asked questions, we had no idea what the answer was. It took two months for the teacher to realise we didn’t have any books,” Nge Yan said. She learned Burmese from other Pa-O children at the Shan Gyi Taw Ya monastery in Yangon’s outer eastern Thanlyin Township. For the past 20 years, the monastery has been helping to give children from minority groups, mainly Pa-O, a better education than they could receive in their villages. They are given a basic education and only return home during the summer holidays. The parents of most of the children donate up to K100,000 a year for their education, but some from poor families do not have to pay. The monastery accepted 45 children this year, down from 80 in 2017, when some absconded because of the language barrier..."
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Source/publisher: "Frontier Myanmar" (Myanmar)
2018-07-06
Date of entry/update: 2020-06-06
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Description: "I remember arriving in Yangon in January 2017, fresh-faced and full of excitement about what would lie ahead. I know that starting a new venture in Myanmar (ranked #165 in the World Bank’s “Ease of Doing Business” survey) would not be easy. Like many graduates from Hong Kong, I have always taught English as a part-time job since my university days, so quite naturally education was the first choice for our business. But after many late nights and power cuts, early mornings and tea salads, our dream of creating a vibrant international English center came to fruition. Hysan Education was born. I realised that the so-called “quality” English schools in Yangon were all rather expensive. As our brand was born in a local café, where my business partner Moe Thitsa and I first considered our options, we decided to offer courses that were still quality – but more affordable. By looking at ways to minimise costs, we came up with a school model that allowed for quality and interactive classes, all the while charging fees that most aspiring young Myanmar students could afford. We started by renting a venue in an international school and offering free lessons, which soon turned into actual paid classes..."
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Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
2020-04-27
Date of entry/update: 2020-04-27
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Source/publisher: Shan Women's Action Network (SWAN)
00-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-03-29
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00-00-00
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Description: "... This booklet is about menopause in Shan. Book contents include what is Menstruation, Menopause, Symptoms and health problems, health care, Nutrition, Excercise, Mential Health, Hormone Replacement therapy, how to solve urinary tract infection..."
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Source/publisher: Shan Women's Action Network (SWAN)
2002-08-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-03-29
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Description: "...The first resolution on Women, Peace and Security, Security Council Resolution 1325 (SCR1325), was unanimously adopted by United Nations Security Council on 31 October 2000. SCR1325 marked the first time the Security Council addressed the disproportionate and unique impact of armed conflict on women; recognized the under-valued and under-utilized contributions women make to conflict prevention, peacekeeping, conflict resolution, and peace-building. It also stressed the importance of women’s equal and full participation as active agents in peace and security.."
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Source/publisher: Shan Women's Action Network (SWAN)
00-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-03-29
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Description: "...This leaflet is for awareness about violence against women, what is violence? Defining violence, Typology of violence, Measuring violence and its impact..."
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Source/publisher: Shan Women's Action Network (SWAN)
00-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-03-28
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Description: "...Book contents: how to use ARM, ten steps of automatic response mechanism, step 1 victim talks to first contact, step 2 first contact accompanies victim to Women's Organization (WO) or NGO, step 3 support person accompanies victim to health centre or hospital, step 4 NGO/WO provides support to victim, step 5 report to sympathetic bodies, step 6 report to police, step 7 follow up with police, step 8 awaiting the court case, step 9 at the court, step 10 court issues judgment, Criminal Code, as amended B.E. 2550 (2007), Title IX, offences relating to sexuality, section 276-277, domestic violence victim projection Act, B.E. 2550 (2007)..."
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Source/publisher: MAP Foundation
2008-12-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-02-02
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Description: "...MAP Multi-Media supports all projects at MAP to produce communication materials in migrant languages to disseminate information to migrant communities on issues of policies, laws, rights, and health. The media formats used include MAP’s two community radio stations at Chiang Mai and Mae Sot, printed materials, audio and video, websites and social media.... This magazine contents are what is natural disaster, natural disaster occurred in 12 months, Storm, Cyclonic Storm Nargis, environment conservation...."
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Source/publisher: MAP Foundation
2008-10-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-02-02
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Description: "...MAP Multi-Media supports all projects at MAP to produce communication materials in migrant languages to disseminate information to migrant communities on issues of policies, laws, rights, and health. The media formats used include MAP’s two community radio stations at Chiang Mai and Mae Sot, printed materials, audio and video, websites and social media.... This magazine contents are what is reproductive health, adolescence health, reproductive system; organ and function, family planning, abortion, sexual transmitted disease...."
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Source/publisher: MAP Foundation
2008-12-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-02-02
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Description: "...MAP Multi-Media supports all projects at MAP to produce communication materials in migrant languages to disseminate information to migrant communities on issues of policies, laws, rights, and health. The media formats used include MAP’s two community radio stations at Chiang Mai and Mae Sot, printed materials, audio and video, websites and social media.... This magazine contents are how to check machine hazards, chemical in the workplace, use protection while working, about fire and fire escape plan...."
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Source/publisher: MAP Foundation
2007-12-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-02-02
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Description: "Border and boundaries may separate people by countries, but they can’t diminish their desire for exchanges. In an elementary school in the southwestern Chinese city of Ruili, which shares a long border with Myanmar, children from both countries study together and receive equal treatment. As the school’s mission goes: education has no borders, and love shortens distances. Join CGTN’s Yang Jinghao to explore this special school near the border..."
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Source/publisher: "China Global Television Network (CGTN)" (China)
2019-04-27
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-03
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Description: "Thoo Mwe Khee School, a popular migrant school on the Thai-Burma border, is having difficulties coping with almost 1,000 student’s packed classrooms and an overcrowded boarding house. “We would like to limit the number of students we admit to the school. But it’s hard to reject students who want to come here to study. If we reject their admission, it will be difficult for them, as they will have to find another school. We take into consideration the students’ opportunities, enthusiasm and their wishes to study at our school in admitting them...”
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Source/publisher: Karen News
2019-11-04
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-18
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Sub-title: Tourists visit monastic schools to donate stationery
Description: "Some tourists take time out of their busy schedule to visit a monastic school, even if the visit is not a part of the itinerary. They ask us to take them there,” U Tun Myat, a tour guide who has been working in the tourism industry for more than 20 years, said. Monastic schools are a symbol of ancient education in Myanmar. It’s been an age-old tradition. As a Buddhist country, and as an expression of how children of Buddha work for the betterment of society in the country, some tour agents put visiting monastic schools on their schedules as a tourist activity. “The tourists donate stationery for the children. They spend time with them,” he said. Before modern schooling education in Myanmar often took place in monastic settings, dating back to the ancient kings. One notable student was king Thibaw himself, the last vestige of royalty from the Kongbaung dynasty. He studied at a monastic school in Mandalay. Decades passed. The age-old tradition is still alive across the country, mostly for impoverished people. Monastic schools run by monks and nuns have been of vital importance in educating disadvantaged children. In Sagaing and Nyaung U, where many old monastic schools have survived, sites are frequently visited by tourists. Some monastic schools educate ethnic children coming from unstable states such as Shan and Kachin. Their parents think monasteries and convents are safer places to send their children, said U Tun Myat. Some girls and boys come from one-parent families. They were sent there when a father or mother died, and the surviving parent cannot take care of them..."
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Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
2019-08-16
Date of entry/update: 2019-10-27
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Sub-title: Improvements in education since 2011 are bringing positive change for children in the remote hills of the Naga Self-Administered Zone.
Description: GROWING UP in the remote Naga hills shortly after Burma gained independence from the British, there was almost no access to education for people such as Eno Jüvsügmiu Makury. However, Jüvsügmiu Makury had more opportunities than most of his fellow Naga to attend school. His parents passionately believed in education’s ability to change lives for the better, so they sent him to study until Grade 3 at a school in Htamanthi. The town on the Chindwin River is nearly 700 kilometres by road northwest of Mandalay and on the edge of what is today the Naga Self-Administered Zone. The SAZ borders India and is comprised of three townships – Lahe, Leshi and Namyun – in Sagaing Region. For Naga of Jüvsügmiu Makury’s generation, there were few opportunities to continue studying beyond Grade 3. But he had a stroke of luck. In 1953, he benefitted from an initiative by then-Prime Minister U Nu to bring people from remote areas of the country to Rangoon to continue their education. Jüvsügmiu Makury studied at the Central High School in the capital’s downtown Latha Township, today known as Basic Education High School 1 Latha. Coming from one of the country’s most isolated areas, Jüvsügmiu Makury said he expected to be impressed by the country’s capital. Instead he found a city that had been devastated by World War II and was also being affected by the fighting against the Communist Party of Burma and the Karen National Defence Organisation, the forerunner of the Karen National Liberation Army..."
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Source/publisher: "Frontier Myanmar" (Myanmar)
2019-07-02
Date of entry/update: 2019-10-07
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Topic: Development project, Food Security/Right to livelihood, Indiscriminate firing of mortars / small arms, Injury, Internally Displaced Persons, Land Confiscation, Refugees, Right to education, Right to health
Topic: Development project, Food Security/Right to livelihood, Indiscriminate firing of mortars / small arms, Injury, Internally Displaced Persons, Land Confiscation, Refugees, Right to education, Right to health
Description: ""In the camp, food rations were reduced, and we no longer received bamboo or wood to fix our homes. We faced challenges for our family livelihoods and we had to sneak out of the camp to go collect wood and bamboo. This is why I decided to return to Myanmar.” Naw Y---, a recently repatriated refugee Between February 20th and 23rd 2019, more than 500 men, women and children from five refugee camps, including Karenni refugee camps, in Thailand, returned to Myanmar.[1] This third refugee repatriation process was facilitated by the Thai and Myanmar governments, the UNHCR, and other humanitarian aid organisations. To shed light on this process and understand how resettled refugees are adjusting to their new lives, KHRG conducted interviews with 13 repatriated refugees in Mae La Way Ler Moo (Mae La Hta)[2] and Lay Hpa Htaw[3] resettlement sites in March and April 2019. These refugees – six men and seven women – came from Nu Poe, Ban Don Yang (Thaw Pa) and Mae La (Beh Klaw) refugee camps. KHRG also interviewed three local leaders responsible for the resettlement sites from the Karen National Union (KNU) and the KNU/KNLA Peace Council (KNU/KNLA-PC). The testimonies of the recently repatriated refugees reveal a stark reality. The journey to their new homes was spent cramped in the back of dusty trucks, without enough food or water. A lack of basic social services, agricultural lands and income-generating opportunities awaited them on their arrival to resettlement sites. Resettled refugees are also concerned by the close proximity of Tatmadaw army camps to their new homes, and by the fact that the land surrounding resettlement sites is contaminated by unexploded ordnances (UXOs)..."
Source/publisher: Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
2019-06-20
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-21
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Description: "၀့ၢ်တကူၣ်ကီၢ်ခီဒိၣ် (TA)ကၠိသရၣ်ႇ မုၣ်လၢအသိၣ်လိကညီလံာ်အိၣ် (၆၁ဂၤ)အံၤ ထီၣ်ဘၣ် တီၤဖုၣ်ကၠိသရၣ်တၢ်သိၣ်လိလီၤႉ ၦၤကိးဆိလၢၦၤဖျိထီၣ်ဖၠၣ်စိမိၤတဖၣ်ႇ ထီၣ်တၢ်သိၣ်လိမ့ၢ်၀ံၤန့ၣ် သိၣ်လိတီၤဖုၣ်န့ၢ်လံႉ လၢလံာ်တၢ်ဒုးသ့ၣ်ညါအပူၤ တၢ်ပာ်ဂၢၢ်ပာ်ကျၢၤအီၤကန့ၢ်အဂီၢ် ကဘၣ်ထီၣ်တၢ်သိၣ်လိအံၤန့ၣ်လီၤႉ” အဂ့ၢ် မါသါ၀့အူသ့ၣ်ညါဘၣ်လီၤ..."
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Source/publisher: KIC (Karen Information Center)
2019-02-24
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-15
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Description: " A Sgaw Karen - English Dictionary with examples in Karen. Digitized versions of some of Rev. Jonathan Wade's English - Sgaw Karen language materials which were first published in the mid-19th century have recently become available..."
Creator/author: Rev. Jonathan Wade
Source/publisher: Drum Publication Group
2008-04-08
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-17
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Language: Sgaw Karen, English
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Description: "ဒီးကညီ လုၢ်လၢ်အတၢ်ဒုၣ်တၢ်ထုဒီးတၢ်စူၢ်တၢ်နၥ်တဖၣ်အသိးခဲအံၤပရဲၣ်ကျဲၤဒီးထုးထီၣ်လံၥ်တဘ့ၣ် အံၤန့ၣ်လီၤ.လံၥ်တဘ့ၣ်အံၤတၢ်ထၢဖှိၣ်အီၤလၢကညီသူၣ်က့သးပှၢ်တဖၣ်အတၢ်လဲၤခီဖျိ,နီၢ် ကစၢ်အတၢ်သ့ၣ်ညါဒီးတနီၤဘၣ်တၢ်ထၢဖှိၣ်ဟံးန့ၢ်အီၤလၢလံၥ်စဲကျံးအသးတဖၣ်အပူၤဒီး ဟ့ၣ်န့ၢ်အမံၤလၢကညီအတၢ်ဒုၣ်တၢ်ထုဒီးတၢ်စူၢ်တၢ်နၥ်တဖၣ်လီၤ. လံၥ်တဘ့ၣ်အံၤအတၢ်ပညိၣ်မ့ၢ်လၢကထၢဖှိၣ်ကဒါက့ၤကညီလုၢ်လၢ်အတၢ်ဒုၣ်တၢ်ထုဒီးတၢ် စူၢ်တၢ်နၥ်တဖၣ်လၢဘူးကလီၤမၢ်လံလၢကညီဖိတဖၣ်အကျါ,မ့ၢ်လၢမုၢ်မဆါတနံၤအံၤကညီ ဖိအါဒံအါဂၤအတၢ်အိၣ်မူဆီတလဲကွံၥ်အသးဒ်စိၤခ့ခါခဲအံၤအတၢ်လဲၤထီၣ်လဲၤထီတဖၣ်လံ န့ၣ်လီၤ.တၢ်ဂ့ၢ်လၢလံၥ်အံၤအပူၤတဖၣ်မ့ၢ်ဝဲကညီတၢ်ဒုၣ်တၢ်ထုဒီးတၢ်စူၢ်တၢ်နၥ်ဘၣ်ဃးတၢ် ပၢၤဃၥ်န့ဆၢၣ်ခိၣ်ဃၢၤ,ကညီအတၢ်လုၢ်အီၣ်သးသမူ,ကညီအတၢ်ဒုၣ်တၢ်ထုလၢဟံၣ်ပူၤဃီ ပူၤဒီးတၢ်သိၣ်ဖိသိၣ်လံၤ,တၢ်ပနီၣ်ဘျီဆိလၢအဂ့ၤဒီးအတဂ့ၤတဖၣ်,တၢ်ကွၢ်မူခိၣ်ကလံၤ သီၣ်ဂီၤတၢ်ဆီတလဲဒီးတၢ်ကွၢ်နီၣ်တၢ်ဆၢကတီၢ်,ပှၤကလုၥ်ဂၤဒီးအတၢ်စူၢ်တၢ်နၥ်တဖၣ်ဒီးက ညီတၢ်စူၢ်တၢ်နၥ်ဘၣ်ဃးတၢ်သူတၢ်ပှိၤတဖၣ်န့ၣ်လီၤ.တၢ်ဂ့ၢ်တဖၣ်ဖဲတၢ်ထၢဖှိၣ်အီၤဝံၤအလီၢ်ခံ ဘၣ်တၢ်ကွဲးဖျါထီၣ်တၢ်ထံၣ်တနီၤလၢအဘၣ်ထွဲလိၥ်အသးဒီးစဲအ့ၣ်အတၢ်ကူၣ်ဘၣ်ကူၣ်သ့ လၢမုၢ်မဆါတနံၤအံၤတဖၣ်စ့ၢ်ကီးလီၤ. လံၥ်တဘ့ၣ်အံၤဂ့ၤလၢတၢ်ကပၥ်အီၤလၢလံၥ်ရိဒၢးအပူၤလီၤ.ပစံးဘျုးဘၣ်စ့ၢ်ကီးကညီသူၣ် က့သးပှၢ်ဒီးကညီဖိတဖၣ်လၢအဟ့ၣ်ထီၣ်အတၢ်သ့ၣ်ညါဒီးအတၢ်လဲၤခီဖျိတဖၣ်လၢပကထုး ထီၣ်ဘၣ်လံၥ်တဘ့ၣ်အံၤအဂီၢ်လီၤ.လံၥ်အံၤပနၥ်လၢကကဲထီၣ်တၢ်ဘျုးတၢ်ဖှိၣ်လၢကၠိဖိဒီးပှၤ ဃုသ့ၣ်ညါပှၤထူလံၤဖိအလုၢ်လၢ်ထူသနူတၢ်ဒုၣ်တၢ်ထုဒီးတၢ်စူၢ်တၢ်နၥ်တဖၣ်လီ..."
Creator/author: Drum Publication Group
Source/publisher: Drum Publication Group
2008-03-31
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-17
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Sgaw Karen
Font: Unicode
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Description: " KED open GED program ..."
Creator/author: ked.ktl
Source/publisher: Karen Education and Culture Department
2019-03-21
Date of entry/update: 2019-05-20
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Sgaw Karen
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Description: "PEDU facebook page" This page is announce the village news around Karen state in western Poe Karen and teaching western Poe Karen literate in summer course ..."
Creator/author: PEDU
Source/publisher: PEDU
2019-03-29
Date of entry/update: 2019-03-29
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Pwo-Karen
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Description: "Video from PEDU Karen Education - The Village News..."
Creator/author: PEDU
Source/publisher: PEDU
2019-03-29
Date of entry/update: 2019-03-29
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Pwo-Karen
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Description: "ဒ်သိးကလုာ်ဒူၣ်ပိာ်မုၣ်ဖိသ့ၣ်တဖၣ် အတၢ်အိၣ်မူကလဲၤထီၣ်လဲၤထီအဂီၢ် တၢ်ပညိၣ်အီၤဒီး မအူၣ်ပ့ၣ်ကီၢ်ဆၣ်ႇ ကညီလံာ်လဲၢ်ဒီးတၢ်ဆဲးတၢ်လၤ ကမံးတံာ်တီခိၣ်ရိၣ်မဲ၀ဲဒီးကအိးထီၣ်န့ၢ်၀ဲ တၢ်ဆးစဲးတၢ်မၤလိလၢအယံာ်၀ဲ(၃)လါလၢတဘၣ်ဟ့ၣ်အလုၢ်အၦ့ၤဘၣ်န့ၣ်လီၤႉ တၢ်မၤလိအံၤ တၢ်ကအိးထီၣ်အီၤ ဖဲဧရၣ်၀တံၣ်ကီၢ်ခီဒိၣ်၊ မအူၣ်ပ့ၣ်ကီၢ်ဆၣ်၊ မဲၣ်ပ့ၣ် ပရံၣ်ယတံၣ် သီခါဖၠၣ်တၢ်သိၣ်လိလီၢ်အပူၤ ဖဲလါမးရှး (၆)သီအနံၤ တုၤလါယူၤ(၆)သီအနံၤလၢတၢ်ဟ့ၣ်လီၤသိၣ်လိအီၤလၢလံာ်ဒီးစုသ့ခီၣ်ဘၣ်န့ၣ်လီၤႉ..."
Creator/author: နၣ်ဖီမွံၤရှ
Source/publisher: KIC (Karen Information Center)
2019-02-27
Date of entry/update: 2019-03-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Sgaw Karen
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Description: "ဖိသၣ်နီၢ်ဆံးသးစၢ်ခဲအံၤတဖၣ်ဒိၣ်ထီၣ်ဘၣ်၀ဲလၢစိၤတၢ်လဲၤထီၣ်လဲၤထီခ့ခါဆၢကတီၢ်အဃိတၢ်ဆၢကတီၢ်မ့ၢ်ချုးဒီးတၢ်မ့ၢ်ကၢၣ်အသးန့ၣ်သူလၢာ်ကွံာ်၀ဲအတၢ်ဆၢကတီၢ်တဖၣ်လၢတၢ်ကွၢ်ကွဲၤဟူဖျါတၢ်ရဲၣ်တၢ်ကျဲၤကွၢ်တၢ်ဂီၤမူလၢနီၢ်ကစၢ်ဟံၣ်ပူၤဂဲၤလိာ်ကွဲခီၣ်ဖၠူထၢၣ်တၢ်လိာ်ကွဲ( TV Game )န့ၣ်လီၤႉမ့တမ့ၢ်ဘၣ်တခီမိပါဟးလိာ်ကွဲက့ၤအ၀ဲသ့ၣ်ဆူတၢ်ဟးကသုၣ်အလီၢ်လၢအမ့ၢ်၀ဲဆၣ်ဖိကီၢ်ဖိကရၢၢ် ကမျၢၢ်တၢ်အိၣ်ကသုၣ်ဖိကရၢၢ်ဖိသၣ်တၢ်လိာ်ကွဲကရၢၢ်ဒီးဆူတၢ်လီၢ်ဒ်န့ၣ်တဖၣ်လီၤႉ တၢ်န့ၣ်မ့ၢ်တၢ်ဂ့ၤဒိၣ်မးလၢဖိသၣ်နီၢ်ဆံးတဖၣ်ကမၤအါထီၣ်ဘၣ်အတၢ်သ့ၣ်ညါနၢ်ပၢၢ်ဒီးခိၣ်နူာ်အတၢ်ဂုၤထီၣ်ပသီထီၣ်အဂီၢ်န့ၣ်လီၤႉဘၣ်ဆၣ် ဒ်န့ဆၢၣ်တၢ်ဘၣ်ထွဲအဖီခိၣ်တၢ်ဂ့ၤအိၣ်ဒီးတၢ်အၢအိၣ်၀ဲအသိးတၢ်လဲၤထီၣ်လဲၤထီအိၣ်ဒီးတၢ်ဆံးလီၤစှၤလီၤအိၣ်၀ဲစ့ၢ်ကိးလီၤႉဒ်စိၤခ့ခါစဲးဖီကဟၣ်တၢ်လဲၤထီၣ်လဲၤထီအတၢ်ပီးတၢ်လီဒီးစဲအ့ၣ်ပတီၢ်ထီတၢ်ကူၣ်သ့တၢ်မၤလိတဖၣ်မၤလဲၤထီၣ်လဲၤထီတဖၣ်အံၤမၤဆံးလီၤစှၤလီၤမၤဟါမၢ်ကွံာ်၀ဲၦၤတကလုာ်အတၢ်ဆဲးတၢ်လၤ အထူသနူလီၢ်လံၤဃံလၤတဖၣ်အိၣ်အါမးလၢဖံဖုမိၢ်ပၢ်လၢညါတစိၤဟ့ၣ်သါတ့ၢ်ၦၤန့ၣ်လီၤႉ..."
Creator/author: KIC
Source/publisher: KIC (Karen Information Center)
2019-03-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-03-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Sgaw Karen
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Source/publisher: Drum Publication Group
1970-01-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-02-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English, Sgaw Karen
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Description: ''Introduction for the Fiscal Federalism in Myanmar curriculum. English, Myanmar, Kachin, Karen and Shan''
Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2018-11-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-16
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ), Kachin, Karen, Shan
Format : pdf pdf pdf pdf pdf
Size: 1.14 MB 2.56 MB 2.92 MB 2.36 MB 5.15 MB
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Description: ''This module covers fiscal federalism and equalization. English, Myanmar, Kachin, Karen and Shan''
Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2018-11-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-16
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ), Kachin, Karen, Shan
Format : pdf pdf pdf pdf pdf
Size: 874.94 KB 1.92 MB 2.25 MB 1.82 MB 4.42 MB
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Description: "This module covers fiscal federalism and natural resources. English, Myanmar, Kachin, Karen and Shan"
Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2018-11-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-16
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ), Kachin, Karen, Shan
Format : pdf pdf pdf pdf pdf
Size: 770.4 KB 2.1 MB 2.16 MB 1.98 MB 2.23 MB
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Description: ''This module covers fiscal federalism and Myanmar’s peace negotiations. English, Myanmar, Kachin, Karen and Shan''
Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2018-11-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-16
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ), Kachin, Karen, Shan
Format : pdf pdf pdf pdf pdf
Size: 744.51 KB 2.07 MB 2.21 MB 2.02 MB 2.25 MB
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Description: Download facilitator notes for the Fiscal Federalism in Myanmar curriculum. English, Myanmar, Kachin, Karen and Shan.
Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2018-11-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-15
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ), Kachin, Karen, Shan
Format : pdf pdf pdf pdf pdf
Size: 2.64 MB 3.21 MB 2.57 MB 2.81 MB 2.41 MB
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Description: ''Introduction for the Fiscal Federalism in Myanmar curriculum. English, Myanmar, Kachin, Karen and Shan...''
Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2018-11-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-15
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ), Kachin, Karen, Shan
Format : pdf pdf pdf pdf pdf
Size: 747.19 KB 916.63 KB 935.37 KB 985.04 KB 1.19 MB
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Description: This module covers decentralization, revenue transfers, and social development. English, Myanmar, Kachin, Karen and Shan.
Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2018-11-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-15
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ), Kachin, Karen, Shan
Format : pdf pdf pdf pdf pdf
Size: 949.4 KB 1.29 MB 1.28 MB 1.37 MB 1.4 MB
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Description: ''This module covers fiscal federalism and equalization. English, Myanmar, Kachin, Karen and Shan...''
Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2018-11-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-15
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ), Kachin, Karen, Shan
Format : pdf pdf pdf pdf pdf
Size: 671.6 KB 849.95 KB 846.45 KB 967.06 KB 970.39 KB
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Description: ''This module covers fiscal federalism and natural resources. English, Myanmar, Kachin, Karen and Shan''
Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2018-11-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-15
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ), Kachin, Karen, Shan
Format : pdf pdf pdf pdf pdf
Size: 698 KB 925.17 KB 967.01 KB 1018.47 KB 1.4 MB
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Description: ''This module covers fiscal federalism and Myanmar’s peace negotiations. English, Myanmar, Kachin, Karen and Shan...''
Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2018-11-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-15
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ), Kachin, Karen, Shan
Format : pdf pdf pdf pdf pdf
Size: 557.24 KB 656.92 KB 819.74 KB 868.47 KB 895.4 KB
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Description: ''The Fiscal Federalism modules include the following: 1.Fiscal Federalism Introduction 2.Decentralization, Revenue Transfers, and Social Development 3.Fiscal Federalism and Equalization 4.Fiscal Federalism and Natural Resources 5.Public Infrastructure, Public Services, and Human Capital 6.Fiscal Federalism and Myanmar’s Peace Negotiation...''
Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2018-11-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-14
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ), Kachin, Karan, Shan
Format : pdf pdf pdf pdf pdf
Size: 6.51 MB 15.19 MB 16.59 MB 14.64 MB 16.29 MB
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Description: " This book is written by Karen Teacher Network Group (KWAT). Their aim for this book is to benefit to teacher or who want to be a teacher. This book is showing about method of training, theory and child education..."
Creator/author: KTWG
Source/publisher: Karen Teacher Network Group (KTWG)
1970-01-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-07
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Sgaw Karen
Format : pdf
Size: 1.58 MB
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Description: "Interview with KRCEE Chairperson... talk about KRECC..."
Creator/author: ked ktl
Source/publisher: Karen Education and Culture Department
2018-11-26
Date of entry/update: 2018-12-17
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Sgaw Karen
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Description: "For many ANU students, faculty, and members of the wider Asian Studies community, the Menzies Library is hallowed ground. The library is a dedicated space on campus for Asian studies research, with a spectacular array of collections. Canberra?s dry climate is a perfect condition for housing fragile sources that may struggle to survive in the humidity of their home environments. In the spirit of openness, many of the library?s resources are available to view directly from the stacks. In a time where our research is increasingly driven by the algorithms of search engines, with content arriving to us in a densely pre-curated manner, a leisurely stroll through the Menzies stacks never fails to bring up surprises. For anyone who has wandered through these aisles, with or without purpose, time spent in Menzies is a rite of passage and cause for nostalgia. In my own research experience, during a search for a particular book I stumbled upon a sixty-year old travel diary, which had nestled untouched for decades in the rolling shelves and in relative obscurity within the academic literature..."
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Source/publisher: Teacircleoxford
2018-03-19
Date of entry/update: 2018-03-20
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language:
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Description: "Using cheap, everyday household items could inspire Myanmar?s next generation of scientists. Graham Walker outlines how. Science education the world over faces a distinct challenge: despite being rooted in a discipline founded on curiosity, exploration and practical experimentation, too often science teaching relies on textbooks, dull lectures and rote learning. It?s a challenge for both developed and developing countries throughout the Asia-Pacific, including in Myanmar. But, recent interventions showing positive results in southern Africa may provide pathways for the Asia-Pacific. Rather than the ?chalk and talk? that dominates many science classrooms, instead imagine students actually experiencing science using cheap everyday items: rockets made from kitchen chemicals like vinegar and baking soda, huge fireballs fuelled by nothing but cornflour, or basketballs and eggs showing the fundamental physics of motion and energy. It sounds like fun and it is; and that?s why it?s such a powerful way to engage students in learning science..."
Creator/author: Graham Walker
Source/publisher: "New Mandala"
2017-04-26
Date of entry/update: 2017-12-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: Introduction and Overview: "The United Nations Global Compact is the world?s largest voluntary corporate sustainability initiative. Organisations join the Global Compact because they share the conviction that busi-ness practices rooted in universal principles contribute to more stable and inclusive economies, more prosperous and thriving societies, and a more educated citizenry. The Global Compact has been widely adopted by businesses, but until now the process for adoption by HEIs has not been clearly mapped. With the publication of this Guide, HEIs are encouraged to participate in the Global Compact as deeply and meaningfully as the thousands of traditional corporate and organisational participants that have adopted its principles for over a decade. Thousands of participating companies from nearly 140 countries, as well as many non- business participants report regularly on their progress. The Communication on Progress (COP) has become a hallmark of the Global Compact, since it provides organisations with a tangible reference point as they continue to improve processes and operations to create more optimal social conditions at home and in the world. A unique feature of the Global Compact is that participation not only commits the institu-tion as a whole, but specifically its leadership. Within education, the personal involvement of top administrators is an important signal to faculty, staff, students, alumni, and other stake-holders that the institution?s citizenship engagement is a strategic and operational priority. An institution-wide commitment can thus have tremendous influence o n the quality of Global Compact implementation..."
Source/publisher: UN Global Compact
2012-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2015-10-02
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 618.49 KB
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Description: 78 Reports... 18 Learning materials... 20 Data and statistics
Source/publisher: eTekkatho
Date of entry/update: 2015-09-23
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: 77 reports... 1 learning materials... 20 data and statistics
Source/publisher: eTekkatho
Date of entry/update: 2015-09-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: 17 Reports
Source/publisher: eTekkatho
Date of entry/update: 2015-09-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: Educational assessment... Educational policy... Educational technology... Educational theory... Teacher training... Teaching methods... Yaung Zin
Source/publisher: eTekkatho
Date of entry/update: 2015-09-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: 34 Learning materials
Source/publisher: Yaung Zin via eTekkatho
Date of entry/update: 2015-09-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: "...The four arguments Mander gives are: Argument 1 ? TV conditions us to accept someone else?s authority... Argument 2 ? TV facilitates consolidated power through the colonization of experience... Argument 3 ? TV physically conditions us for authoritative rule... Argument 4 ? The inherent biases of TV..... "...the unknown but negative effects of watching this mesmerising box of tricks in the corner of our living rooms.
Creator/author: Jerry Mander
Source/publisher: Harper Collins
1978-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2015-03-28
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: Need for translations into Burmese of key texts
Creator/author: David Steinberg
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy"
2012-03-12
Date of entry/update: 2012-03-31
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: Handbook on team-building, team work and conflict resolution... Themes: being a good listener, a good communicator - Refrain from doing anything that makes you feel that you arc manipulating someone; Lead by example; have humility; appreciate your co-workers; have a clear vision; avoid arguments, listen to others, create a positive atmosphere, Don?t take yourself too seriously..... Conflict Resolution: what is conflict? sources of conflict; factors effecting conflict - accommodation, compromise...collaboration...
Creator/author: Aye Aye Myint
Source/publisher: Community Capacity Building Committee
2010-01-01
Date of entry/update: 2011-10-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese
Format : pdf pdf
Size: 2.35 MB 8.52 MB
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