Final-Edition

1. Analysis of Resource Problems
1.1 School buildings and facilities
18 interviews expressed concerns about school buildings and facilities. In Phae Kapoe village,
Kyainnseikyi Township, it was reported that the village Mon National Primary School did not
have a permanent school building. A teacher from the school detailed, “We are teaching in a
tent beside the monastery. When there is a celebration in the monastery we have to close the
school”. 114 Meanwhile, in Koh Ann Htaw and Wae Thar Lee (West) villages, both in
Kyainnseikyi Township, existing MNS buildings were reported to be old and dilapidated. A
teacher from Koh Ann Htaw’s school described their school building as “almost falling
down”. 115
By far the most common concern expressed about school buildings or facilities was that school
buildings were too small; this concern was expressed regarding Mon National Schools in Koh
Ann Htaw, Leik Pyaw, Wae Thar Lee (West) and Mi Htaw Hlar Gyi villages, in addition to Mixed
Schools in Lae Gyi and Sin Swe villages, and in Kyon Laung (Old) village’s government school.
In addition, interviewees in Mi Htaw Hlar (MNS), Lae Gyi (Mixed School) and Alae Sakhan
(Mixed School) noted that a lack of private teaching rooms posed a challenge to teachers. Daw
Sandar Myint, a teacher in Alae Sakhan Mixed Post-Primary School, Yebyu Township,
commented:
“There are no classrooms
in the school. The school
is a big hall room. Each
class can hear the other
classes’ teaching. It is
very tiring for the
teachers to shout so that
the students can hear.”
116
Other concerns about
school facilities included
shortages of chairs and
desks in Mi Htaw Hlar Lay
114
WCRP Interview No. 1, Phae Kapoe village, Kyainnseikyi Township, 03/11/14.
115
WCRP Interview No.4, Koh Ann Htaw village, Kyainnseikyi Township, 02/11/14.
116
WCRP Interview No. 82, Alae Sakhan village, Yebyu Township, 12/11/14.
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