Scholarship Winner Gets Trained to Help Bring Electricity to his Community
Studer Trust has given more than 50 scholarships to students of all ages, stages and disciplines of education. This year for the first time, Studer Trust worked with another non-profit organization, the Center for Vocation Training (CVT) to offer vocation training to three awardees. CVT uses a model of vocational education inspired by the Swiss. Whilst they train in multiple disciplines, from Business Administration to Hospitality, Studer Trust awarded all scholarships to the
Before and After: Studer Trust Helps Improve One of Our Oldest Schools
Towards the end of the summer, COVID-19 cases in Myanmar had slowed, and many parts of the country began to open back up. Larger gatherings and domestic travel were once again allowed, and schools were beginning to reopen. One Studer Trust school found itself in serious need of updates in order to properly serve its students for this school year, and we enthusiastically came in to support. Sin Yaw Gyi monastic primary school is located 40 minutes by car from Mandalay, Myanmar
Studer Trust’s Alumni Training Course
In our last newsletter, we shared how Studer Trust and our teachers overcame COVID-19 restrictions by conducting and participating in an online training course, in place of the standard Teacher Training Center training. This year however, despite everyone’s best hopes, Myanmar was still dealing with COVID-19 and Studer Trust was required to find an online solution for our Fundamental Teacher Training. Luckily, with the success of the first Summer Online Course, we were confid
Teacher Profile: U Kawvida
U Kawvida and his two sisters were born and raised in Khat Lan Kan village near the famous city of Bagan, known for its over 2,000 historic pagodas. He has been involved in religion from a very early age and has spent most of his life as a monk and studying or teaching in a monastery. In 1993 the Myanmar government allowed monastic schools to reopen, after having previously been shut due to the 1988 uprising. Along with his old abbot, he decided to return to Khat Lan Kan to r
