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Condolence Messages and Book of Condolence for Dr Nay Win Maung
On 30 December 2011, at 15.16 p.m. Myanmar Time, Dr Nay Win Refugees International - 22 Decemmber 2011
There are children all over Burma (displaced and not) who want to learn and develop their skills. But fixing the country’s education deficit will take creative solutions, considerable time, and real resources. There will be many hurdles and setbacks, so the NGOs and aid agencies working in this sector must take full advantage of the opportunities presented to them, and capitalize on the Burmese people’s desire to to use education as a tool for social reform. World Teachers Day 2011 The New Light of Myanmar - 6 October 2011 Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham speaks of the tasks and obligations facing the country in the educational sector Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham visits educational establishments in Mandalay International Schools in Myanmar 1. International School of Yangon
International School Yangon is a private co-educational day school, providing an American curriculum from pre-school through Grade 12. The school is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The student body consists of 455 students from 30 countries:
High School currently has 147 students, Middle School with 104 students and Elementary School has 204 students. ISY offers a college preparatory program, leading to a U.S. diploma. All faculty members are certified in their respective countries. Seventy-one percent of the faculty have earned at least a Masters Degree. ISY is now an International Baccalaureate Diploma school with the first cohort of about 40 students starting in August of 2009.. 2. Horizon Internantional School
Horizon has grown since 2000 and now operates in four centers in two cities. Horizon Po Sein Campus in Yangon houses our headquarters and the Primary, Secondary and High School for grades from 1 to 12. It is beautifully situated on a sizable campus with several up-to-date facilities. Horizon Kindergarten (KG) Po Sein was opened in 2005, and is located near the main campus on Po Sein Road. Horizon KG Shwe Hinthar was newly opened in 2008 and is located on Pyay Road near 6 ½ mile. This new campus was opened to provide easier transportation for families who are living outside the city center. With a growing demand from parents in Mandalay and Upper Myanmar, Horizon extended its educational activities to Mandalay, the ancient capital and second largest city in Myanmar, in 2004. Within the first year of opening, the school gained phenomenal success thanks to the widespread support of parents. The campus boasts abundant facilities to ensure maximum opportunities for our students to grow and develop. Horizon Mandalay offers Kindergarten, Primary, Secondary and High School programs in coordination with Horizon Yangon. The Yangon International School is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. In 2009 we were awarded a 6 year accreditation certificate. Yangon International School is fully supported as a member of the International Schools Services network based in Princeton, New Jersey. ISS provides management, hiring, and classroom supplies procurement assistance.
5. Network International School Yangon This website in Myanmar is a social networking educational site run by the British Council in Yangon. The similarity of names with Network Myanmar is purely coincidental. The website is partly in Burmese and a Burmese font (which may be downloaded from the site) needs to be installed for the Burmese text on the website to be read. The website is for the benefit of readers of Burmese wishing to develop their English language skills and achieve qualifications.
Helmut Buske Verlag, Hamburg - 6. Mai 2011
Nach mehr als 26 Jahren Arbeit wird das erste Wörterbuch Deutsch - Myanma im Juni 2011 beim Helmut Buske Verlag erscheinen. Die Autoren arbeiteten ab 1986 vollzeitlich an ihrem Lebenswerk, und verbrachten zwischen 1993 und 2008 jedes Jahr ca. fünf Monate in Yangon, um mit Linguisten und Spezialisten verschiedener Fachgebiete den Wortbestand zu erweitern und zu sichern. Es enthält rund 70.000 Eintragungen auf 1040 Seiten.
ISBN: 978-3-87548-609-4. Preis: 78 Euro
 Note by Network Myanmar: The publication of this in June 2011 marks the culmination of more than 26 years of work. The use of the word "Myanma" instead of "Myanmar" was decided in the context of the German language. People's Daily on Line - 18 April 2011 Some private schools in Myanmar's Yangon, which were on pilot run for the academic year 2010-11, will formally open in June this year for the forthcoming 2011-12 academic year along with state-run schools, local media reported on 18 April 2011. The curriculum to be taught in these private schools was set to be the same as that prescribed for the state schools and the costume for students are fixed uniformly also as that of state schools, said the Weekly Eleven News. According to the education circle, some private schools also provide teaching of English, English grammar and computer subjects during the summer holidays in addition to the regular syllabus. Private schools are allowed to open for high school classes from 5th standard to 9th standard in Myanmar. Education in Myanmar - A recent report In contrast to the rote learning methods employed in state schools, parents are enticed by the diversity and creativity on offer in the 20 or so summer schools in Yangon, educators say. “At summer schools, the classes are not as strict as normal because it is leisure time for them. Teaching methods are more entertaining and fun - we call this multi-purpose teaching,” U Nyan Zaw Tun, director of May International Education & Training Center in Tarmwe township, told The Myanmar Times last week. The freedom to design their own curriculum enables summer schools to employ novel teaching methods and focus on a variety of different subjects. The emphasis, the schools say, is on developing the physical and mental capacity of children through creative and cooperative learning techniques. “We include other entertaining activities such as excursions, computers, science, and sports activities. We cannot offer these activities in normal classes as normal classes are only three hours a day on weekends, while the summer classes are from 9am to midday on weekdays,” U Nyan Zaw Tun said. Originally set up to cater for English learning, summer schools have developed in response to demand from parents, who are keen to see teaching more in line with standards found at international schools, Daw Chaw Khin Khin, chief executive officer of Myanmar Computer Company (MCC) in Kyauktada, said at a press conference on February 9. The rise in demand is plan to see, with more than 20 summer schools now established in Yangon, and each attracting hundreds - sometimes thousands - of students. People's Daily Online - 31 May 2010
 Myanmar has been making progress in implementing a 30-year National Education Promotion Plan since 2001-02 academic year and it has now reached the fifth year of its second five-year plan. According to the education authorities, it has guaranteed that every school-age child can receive good access to education and every citizen complete basic education under the plan being implemented with the cooperation of regional authorities, social organizations and parents of the students. Official statistics show that the number of basic education schools in the country has increased to 40,679 where a total number of 8.07 million students are pursuing their education under the guidance of over 266,000 teachers. Teaching to a different tune Xinhua - 26 August 2009
The Japanese government will offer full scholarships to Myanmar students
in social and technological fields for the country's regional developments, the "Yangon Time
s" quoted the Japanese Embassy as saying on 26 August. The scholarships under the Asian Youth Fellowship Program cover those for pursuing master's degree and Ph.D in Humanities, Social Sciences, Engineering and Natural Science. Persons under 35 years of age, who have a bachelor's degree or master's degree in the country, can apply for scholarships for 2010. Successful students will first learn Japanese language for seven months in colleges in Osaka city.
American journalist and broadcaster Ed Murrow introduces Dr Kyaw Thet, former Professor of History at Yale University, lecturing at Rangoon University in 1957. Dr Kyaw Thet analyses the assets and liabilities of British colonialism, with particular reference to "three decades of intense misery" inflicted on the Burmese population at the time of the opening up of the Irrawaddy Delta.
UK Government outlines major overhaul of Student Visa System
(Press release from British Embassy Rangoon) 25 March 2011 - The UK has a worldwide reputation for providing quality education to overseas students. Britain is the destination of choice for many people wishing to study abroad. In December the UK Government launched a consultation on the reform of the student immigration system. Today the Home Secretary has announced to the UK Parliament the results of this extensive consultation process. They herald a new approach – one that not only minimises abuse of the student immigration system but also builds on the global reputation of the UK as a provider of high quality education. |
Established in June 2000 in Yangon, Horizon International School (HIS) is a private institution that offers a combined style, English-medium education to students of all nationalities. All parents desire the best possible education for their children in an in-depth and positive learning environment that will prepare them for future challenges in an increasingly borderless world.
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Teaching at the Khayay International Preschool is anything but ordinary. Visit a class on three different days during any given week and you’ll see something unusual taking place: Classes are taught to children in four different languages. It may sound like a marketing gimmick and the school’s founders and directors, Toru and Hitomi Iwasaki, freely admit children will not emerge from the preschool fluent in English, Myanmar, Japanese and Chinese. Luckily, that’s not the point. The aim is to best prepare children for learning languages in the future by exposing their growing minds - and ears - to as wide a range of sounds as possible.
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