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Distribution of interviewees by position
University student
or graduate
3%
Other
4%
School staff
12%
Village
leadership
8%
Parents
13%
Children who
dropped out from
school
60%
Figure 2: Distribution of interviewees by position (WCRP Interview Data).
The majority of interviews were conducted in the Mon language, with a small portion of
interviews in Ye Township carried out in Burmese. Interviews were semi-structured, with a
standard list of questions used to structure discussions. For interviews with children,
questions focussed on the level at which the child had dropped out from school, their reasons
for doing so and their current situation. In other interviews, notably interviews with village
and school leadership, a broader set of questions was constructed, covering questions about
the village’s education profile, questions specific to dropout and questions regarding resource
challenges in the village’s school. Interviews were recorded and audio files sent back to
WCRP’s Thailand office for transcription, translation into English and data analysis.
During the data analysis process, interviews were coded by theme to draw out notable trends.
Field research and data analysis were then supplemented by online research into education
law, policy and experiences, throughout Burma and in Mon regions; in particular, through
reports by Burma’s Comprehensive Education Sector Review (CESR), the United Nations
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