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Description: "•The UN Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator a.i., and heads of UNICEF, OCHA, and UNFPA visited Rakhine State from 19 to 21 August 2019 looking at both older, predominantly Rohingya IDP camps and camps for newly displaced. • UNICEF has carried out 14 humanitarian assistance missions in Rathedaung and Buthidaung Townships in Rakhine State, reaching a total of 5,569 displaced and host community members, including an estimated 2,200 children. • Distribution of Essential Learning Packages (ELP) and School Kits for crisis-affected children and schools started on 13 August, reaching nearly 9,500 children in central and northern Rakhine State. • In Kayin and Mon States, UNICEF supported the Government of Myanmar to support more than 16,000 people affected by floods and landslides in August through provision of emergency hygiene supplies including kits and bleaching powder..."
Source/publisher: "Reliefweb" via UNICEF (USA)
2019-09-18
Date of entry/update: 2019-09-18
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Description: "Decades of armed conflict, military dictatorship and economic hardship have driven Burma’s health and education services into the ground. Struggling against successive military regimes in Burma, ethnic communities worked together to give their people education services that the Burma government failed to deliver. As part of its education program Mobile Teacher Trainers (MTT) trek deep into conflict affected areas to provide critical frontline education services to communities. Several ethnic groups including Karen, Kayan, Kayah, Karenni, Mon, Shan, Kachin, Naga, Wa, Zomi, Lahu, Pa’ O and Ta’ang, shared the MTT’s model aims to educate Burma’s future generations and provide hope to the people. Following Burma’s tentative steps towards democratic the opport-unity to combine what has become two separate education systems– one for ethnic people and one controlled by the central Burmese government – is now possible. However, concerns over language and cultural identity have to be resolved if the education system is to become one..."
Creator/author: Saw Eh Doh Wah
Source/publisher: Karen Teacher Network Group (KTWG)
2014-12-18
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-07
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Sgaw Karen, English, (Burmese မန်မာဘာသာ), (English sub-titles)
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Description: "This study details the role and operations of non-state education providers in ethnic areas, specifically Mon, Shan and Karen States, and the interface with state education. This paper terms education providers connected to ethnic armed groups, and other community-based providers, as ethnic basic education providers (EBEPs), which have been providing vital pre-tertiary education services to conflict-affected communities. Given the political grievances arising out of the Burmanization of government education in the past, as well as the inaccessibility of state services in some of these areas, EBEPs have filled a significant gap and have been educating youths that live daily with conflicts and are at risk of hindered educational development. Valuing a diverse education sector and recognizing existing providers as important partners, will not only contribute to universal education goals and ensure access for all, but is a durable component of a successful peace process. We hope that this report will contribute to ongoing discussions of critical governance and reform issues that are cornerstone to Myanmar?s transition and peace process... Related topics: Peace & Conflict in Myanmar
Creator/author: Kim Jolliffe, Emily Speers Mears
Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2016-10-11
Date of entry/update: 2016-11-25
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: "Education and language policies and practices are at the heart of ethnic conflicts in Myanmar. For decades, the state has emphasized a centralized, Myanmar language only education system that many ethnic groups felt provided no place for their own languages to be practiced which by extension, threatened their cultures and ethnic identities. The country?s democratic transition of the past few years, however, has enabled issues of mother tongue-based education (MTB) to be discussed more openly, and growing acceptance of decentralization within the government at all levels and among the wider public is providing an opening for consideration of how MTB education can be productively integrated into the education system. In this context, The Foundation is pleased to present this research report on the state of MTB education in contested areas in Myanmar, specifically in the Kachin, Mon and Karen context, by Ashley South and Marie Lall who have long been engaged in researching this important topic."
Creator/author: Ashley South, Marie Lall
Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2016-02-22
Date of entry/update: 2016-03-06
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Size: 3.11 MB
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Description: "Education and language policies and practices are at the heart of ethnic conflicts in Myanmar. For decades, the state has emphasized a centralized, Myanmar language only education system that many ethnic groups felt provided no place for their own languages to be practiced which by extension, threatened their cultures and ethnic identities. The country?s democratic transition of the past few years, however, has enabled issues of mother tongue-based education (MTB) to be discussed more openly, and growing acceptance of decentralization within the government at all levels and among the wider public is providing an opening for consideration of how MTB education can be productively integrated into the education system. In this context, The Foundation is pleased to present this research report on the state of MTB education in contested areas in Myanmar, specifically in the Kachin, Mon and Karen context, by Ashley South and Marie Lall who have long been engaged in researching this important topic."
Creator/author: Ashley South, Marie Lall
Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2016-02-22
Date of entry/update: 2016-03-06
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 1.84 MB
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