Burma: Schools:
Htee Kay
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Location:
Doo Pla Ya District, Karen State
Established: 1986 (funded
by CAI since 2008)
Teachers: 3
Students: 63
Cost for 2008 – 2009:
£1480 |
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Htee
Kay village is in Kyat Aye Township, Doo Pla Ya District. The
school was formed by the villagers in 1986 and ran successfully
for 11 years. In 1997, however, the school had to stop running
because of the activities of the SPDC in the area. In 2000,
the school briefly reopened but the parents did not have sufficient
income to support it financially. Then, in 2004, the school
restarted and has functioned successfully since then. The Epiphany
Trust started funding his school in 2008.
The Karen Education Department’s District
Educational Officer is working with the School Committee to
guide its development and to monitor the standard of teaching.
The school is now using a Karen curriculum, which goes someway
to giving Karen children an understanding of who they are as
a people group.
As with many of our schools in Burma, the parents
have constructed the school’s buildings and take part
in many school activities.
The
students are very keen to learn even though they have grown
up in very difficult circumstances and have often had to flee
situations that we can barely imagine. However, they know the
value of education and try their best in their study. The education
of children on the border is developing positively. Some students
were being sent to Nu Po refugee camp to continue their studies
after finishing primary school, however, there is now a middle
school nearby that students can now attend.
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