Studer School Helps During Crisis
Schools in Myanmar close for the summer holidays from the months of March, April and May. This year, that time also coincided with travel lockdowns and quarantine requirements for anyone returning to Myanmar. For many communities, both larger cities and smaller, the quarantine requirements posed a challenge. Proper quarantine facilities in most areas did not yet exist. One of the great things about Myanmar is its citizens’ generosity. Across the country, hotels, stadiums, med
Training Against the Odds
As one summer approaches, the time comes for the Studer Trust Teacher Training Center (TTC) in Mandalay to conduct its usual summer workshops with invited trainers for its active alumni. The workshop categories vary from arts and crafts, consumerism, non-violence communication, first-aid training, and more. Each workshop delivers the skills and knowledge they could apply in real-life classroom scenarios to expand the students' interest. But for the year 2020, unlike the previ
Teacher Profile: War War Khaing
A native of the Bago region, Ma War War has dreamed of becoming a teacher since she was young. After obtaining her degree and exploring a few different career trajectories, she became a part of the Studer Trust family in 2012 when she joined the Sandarama Monastic Eduction School. Ma War War Khaing is one of the many teachers who successfully participated in the 2020 Summer Online Course offered by the Studer Trust Teacher Training Center (TTC). Having already completed sever
How COVID-19 Changed Studer Trust’s Site Visits
Building schools in economically disadvantaged communities in Myanmar has always been Studer Trust’s core mandate. Every year we undergo the process of selecting 5 to 8 new project sites throughout the country. As part of our careful selection process, Studer Trust conducts a thorough site visit, typically between 8 and 12 per year, to determine which projects will be constructed that year. This year, Studer had lined up 15 total locations to evaluate. That was at the end of
Teacher Profile: Than Than Khaing
Than Than Khaing, a lantern of Shwe Bone Thar Monastic Education School, completed her Cohort training and joined the Studer Trust Teacher Training Center (TTC) in 2015. Being a mother and a teacher has its perks and shortcomings. She can learn more about the behavior of kids from her son, but she can't join long term trainings, such as Studer Trust's English Teacher Training or Advanced Teacher Training, as she needs to give time for her baby son. But she loves to learn new
