Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma
Websites/Multiple Documents
Source/publisher:
Various sources via "BurmaNet News"
Date of entry/update:
2012-04-18
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Education in refugee camps in Thailand, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Education in Burma/Myanmar - general
Language:
English
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Description:
"With over 100,000 Burmese migrants living in Thailand, the educational needs of the community are significant. Since 2000, Planet Care/GHAP has supported Hsa Thoo Lei, a school and orphanage based in Mae Sot, Thailand. Hsa Thoo Lei began modestly in a small building with few resources and no salary for its teachers. Today, the facility includes a two-story school house and boarding home where 450 students from primary grades through high school receive their education. The boarding house cares for more than 150 migrant and orphaned children. In addition to teaching the prerequisites of the Thai educational system and Thai and English languages, Has Thoo Lei works to preserve the children?s Burmese heritage by teaching traditional languages, arts and culture."
Source/publisher:
GHAP (Global Health Access Program)
Date of entry/update:
2008-12-20
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Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
"This site was developed by a group of people who would like to see more Burmese students
obtain quality education abroad. This site was launched in March 2001 and this is free service.
You are welcome to copy our information and share with as many people as you can.
Whether you are currently in Burma/Myanmar or living abroad, we hope you will find this
website useful."
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
"The Burma Volunteer Program (BVP) was founded in Thailand in January 2001 to bridge the gap between pro-democratic Burmese organizations looking for assistance and volunteers wishing to donate time and skills toward the creation of a democratic and just Burma.
Since then, BVP has placed more than 400 volunteers whose duties have ranged from teaching English communication and social sciences to report writing and human rights documentation. BVP consistently has volunteer requests from various civil society groups along the Thailand-Burma border. The minimum commitment for volunteers is 3 months, and volunteers are required to attend a 3-day orientation in Mae Sot before starting their placement.
Volunteer positions are non-remunerated. However, accommodation, 2-3 meals per day and local transport (where applicable) are provided throughout the placement. Volunteers are responsible for their own airfare, health insurance, personal costs and incurred travel expenses."
Source/publisher:
Burma Volunteer Program
Date of entry/update:
2011-02-03
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Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
"BMWEC is an umbrella organisation of 45 schools; 35 schools are located in Thailand for migrant children and 10 are in the IDP (Internally Displaced People) area inside Karen State. For the 2007-2008 school year we were able to provide 6221 children with schooling, from nursery to post ten programs. BMWEC is a Community Based Organisation working on the issue of Education for migrants children in the Northern Province of Tak in Thailand and in the IDP area (Internally Displaced People) within Burma.
We work to help the communities of migrants fleeing from the dictatorship in Burma and its consequences. They flee political opression, economical disaster and more recently the devastation of cyclone Nargys and the deadly lack of reaction from the ruling military junta.
They come from various groups, the Arakan, Karen, Shan, Mon and others from different states within the Union of Burma. These Burmese communities in Thailand are stateless, often unrecognised even as refugees. Like the people it tries to help, to date BMWEC itself remains an unregistered organisation, and so we ourselves are in a precarious situation in Thailand..."
Source/publisher:
Burmese Migrant Workers Education Committee (BMWEC)
Date of entry/update:
2008-12-20
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Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
Colabora Birmania is made up of a group of Spanish people who previously worked as volunteers in Mae Sot, Thailand. During our time over there, we witnessed the injustices and suffering of the Burmese refugees and exiles. We decided to stay on a permanent basis and establish Colabora Birmania to aid these unfortunate people
Source/publisher:
Colabora Birmania
Date of entry/update:
2009-12-10
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
Espanol, Spanish, català, English
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Description:
A well-organised website. Substantial content.....
CONTENTS:
Teacher Training...
RWCT Workshops...
RWCT Guidebooks...
Migrants Learning Center...
Children Learning Center...
Year Report 2007...
Education Papers...
Edu and Demo – Eng...
Edu and Demo - Bur...
Presentation (video Eng)...
Presentation (video Bur)...
Funding...
Who We Are...
Photo Gallery.
Dr. Thein Lwin
Source/publisher:
Education Burma
Date of entry/update:
2010-09-27
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English, Burmese
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Description:
"Help without frontiers is a voluntary association. The objectives of the organization are to help the Burmese refugees. It was founded by some young and enthusiastic people who want to help, without geographic and also without mental frontiers.
The primary objective of the organization is to alleviate the suffering of the Burmese refugees who have had to flee their homeland because of brutality and inhuman treatment carried out by the Burmese government.
We are currently helping the refugees, mainly from the ethnic minority of the Karen, on the Thai-Burmese border near the city of Mae Sot which is located about 500km North West of Bangkok..."
Source/publisher:
Help Without Frontiers
Date of entry/update:
2008-03-25
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Burmese refugees in Thailand - education
Language:
English, Deutsch, German, Italian, Italiano
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Description:
"Kick-Start Art is a non-profit community organization that provides art classes and creative platforms to migrant children along the Thai-Burmese (Myanmar) border. We also offer sustainable employment to local artists. Kids. Art. Jobs. There?s a lot to love about Kick-Start ART. Check out the menu tabs for a summary of our activities and visit us on Facebook for more pictures and updates. - Happy Creating!..."
Source/publisher:
Kick-Start ART
Date of entry/update:
2014-09-21
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
School project for Burmese refugee kids in Thailand...Videos and several hundred photos of the Light School
Source/publisher:
Light School -- Mae Sot
Date of entry/update:
2009-01-16
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English, Deutsch, German
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Description:
Link to the OBL Migrant section
Source/publisher:
Online Burma/Myanmar Library
Date of entry/update:
2012-04-23
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Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
Nathaniel and Susan Tileston worked as professional photographers in Chicago and New York for 20 + years before moving to Nova Scotia in 1982. There they ran a bed and breakfast for 16 years while Susan worked as the director of the Annapolis Region Community Arts Council and Nathaniel continued doing assignments for several clients, including Parks Canada.
If you?d like to read about the further adventures of Nathaniel and Susan, please click on the Brief History of the Tilestons? page.
Source/publisher:
My Story Photo Project
Date of entry/update:
2014-09-21
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
Includes details of the Light School -- Alternative Education (School for Children) and Community Development for Displaced Children and Migrants? Workers? Children along the Thai - Burma border in Mae Sot, Thailand, as well as an emerging project for an Alternative School for Children in China-Burma Border
Source/publisher:
Peoples Partner for Development and Democracy
Date of entry/update:
2010-09-17
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Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
AUNG SAN SUU KYI APPEALS FOR PROSPECT BURMA:
"The future of my country lies in the hands of the younger generation.
Under the present military government the whole educational system is neglected and higher education is virtually non-existent with the frequent closure and repressive control of the universities.
Prospect Burma is a non-political charity which does its best to fill the gap.
It funds scholarships for young Burmese, most of whom have been forced to look for their education abroad. It arranges training and educational courses in Thailand and elsewhere.
I warmly commend it?s work to you, and hope that you might be able to offer it financial help." -
Aung San Suu Kyi
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
"The Puzzlebox Art Studio is a social enterprise created by Youth Connect. We are a mentorship program providing training and income generation for talented young adults in Mae Sot, Thailand, on the Thai-Burma border.
Our mission is to encourage community integration through art whilst helping our young artists get on the path to independent employment..."
Source/publisher:
Puzzlebox Art Studio/Youth Connect
Date of entry/update:
2015-01-13
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Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
"...To support the needs of Shan State youth and children and to operate as a communication center, Shan students and other Shan youth who were working in Thailand founded Shan Youth Power (SYP) in August 5, 2002. Owing to systematic human rights abuses, including mass killings, rape, forced labor, and forced relocation committed by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) in Burma, many Shan people in Shan State have been fleeing to Thailand and along Thai-Burma border. No refugee camp is provided for Shan as a shelter. They have to live in different places throughout Thailand and work in low-paying jobs due to their lack of legal status and education. For this reason, SYP undertook to help these Shan migrants and IDPs. For the first three years of SYP’s existence, all of the members worked as volunteers for the empowerment of Shan youths..."
Shan Youth Power
Source/publisher:
Shan Youth Power Website
Date of publication:
00-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2020-01-11
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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Description:
Support to Health, Information, Education, and leadership in Policy Dialogue
...World Education Thailand works to support access to quality education for Burmese migrants, refugees, and displaced persons. Under the SHIELD project World Education Thailand works to develop capacity, provide resource support, and empower communities and their education systems. To carry out this strategy World Education Thailand:
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Develops curricula and teaching materials.
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Gives monetary and material support through emergency aid and sub-grants.
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Trains teachers, school directors, community based organization staffs, and parents of school children.
World Education Thailand works in the following provinces:
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Mae Hong Son
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Chiang Mai
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Chiang Rai
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Tak
Source/publisher:
World Education, Thailand
Date of entry/update:
2010-09-17
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Education in refugee camps in Thailand
Language:
English
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Description:
"The idea for Youth Connect was sparked in late 2007 after Patrick Kearns and a team of researchers investigated youth employment in Mae Sot. After conducting more than 380 interviews with employers, students, parents, school and government officials over the course of three months, the team came back with the following conclusions:
* Businesses in Mae Sot needed more reliable, trained employees.
* Youths in Mae Sot needed more opportunities for quality employment.
* Youth did not have the skills or qualifications to access higher-quality jobs – especially basic math, Thai language and life skills.
* There was a lack of decent jobs for youth in Mae Sot without these skill sets...
Five months later, Patrick founded Youth Connect with funding from Child?s Dream.
Using the findings from the research, Youth Connect moved forward with a mission to tackle each of these problems with a comprehensive new program. Transitions addresses all of these issues by serving as a bridge between the employers and youths, offering educational and vocational training opportunities. The Transitions program is a four-pronged approach, offering in-school training in math, Thai and life skills, 9-week intensive trainings leading up to 3-month apprenticeships, a career center and job opportunities. For more information about the program, visit our Transitions Program page...
Since its inception, Youth Connect has seen remarkable growth in staff and clients served. In its first year, Youth Connect served 53 students; in its third, it served about 300. Youth Connect?s initial staff of 5 has quadrupled to 20 in three years, as well. Meet Youth Connect?s students and staff...
Volunteers also serve Youth Connect?s students by offering administrative support, short courses and English classes. Join our team today!"
Source/publisher:
Youth Connect
Date of entry/update:
2011-09-08
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Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Individual Documents
Description:
"... The MAP foundation works to bridge the gap between education policy and pratice in Thai-land. Here are the stories of some of the migrant children that Map supports. Their families face, the obstacles they have had to overcome and their dreams for the future. There are 7 stories of migrant students who received scholarship from MAP foundation..."
Source/publisher:
MAP Foundation
Date of publication:
2019-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2020-03-14
Grouping:
Individual Documents
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Format :
http://www.mapfoundationcm.org/eng/index.php/works-wrapper/publications/creating-a-better-future
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31.1 MB
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"In 2020, UNICEF will enter a major new phase for education of Rohingya refugee children living in camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, together with other humanitarian actors. Following a landmark decision by the Government of Bangladesh, UNICEF will further expand access to education by introducing the Myanmar curriculum on a pilot basis in the first half of the year.
The pilot will initially target 10,000 Rohingya students from grades six to nine. It will then be expanded to other grades in a phased manner. The pilot targets older children, who currently have less access to education compared with their younger counterparts.
“Education takes people from the darkness and brings them into the light. “What drives me is the students’ ambition to learn,” said Rozina Aktar, a teacher for level 4 students.
Rohingya community’s desire for new curriculum
The introduction of the pilot follows the wishes of the Rohingya refugees and builds hope for their future by giving then access to education based on the Myanmar curriculum.
It will also help Rohingya children reintegrate into the Myanmar education system and society when conditions become conducive for them to return to Myanmar in a voluntary, safe and dignified way.
315,000 children and adolescents study at over 3,200 learning centres
UNICEF currently provides informal education opportunities to 220,000 Rohingya children aged 4 to14 years based on a tailor-made curriculum called the Learning Competency Framework and Approach (LCFA).
However, the majority of children (over 90 per cent) are learning LCFA levels 1 and 2, the equivalent of preprimary level up to grade 2 in a formal school system. Few Rohingya students have enough learning to study at the higher levels (LCFA levels 3 and 4), equivalent of grades 3 to 8, due to the poor status of their education in Rakhine State in Myanmar..."
Source/publisher:
UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Myanmar) via Reliefweb (New York)
Date of publication:
2020-02-10
Date of entry/update:
2020-03-01
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first)
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Change of heart by Bangladesh government is greeted enthusiastically by refugee advocates
Description:
"Rohingya children living in Bangladesh refugee camps will be allowed to receive a formal education after a change of heart by Dhaka, in a move welcomed by rights activists.
Nearly one million Rohingya, including more than half a million children, live in the squalid and crowded camps near the southeastern border with Myanmar, whence many had fled in 2017 after a brutal military crackdown.
The children were previously barred from studying the curriculua used in Bangladesh and Myanmar, and instead received primary education in temporary learning centers set up by the UN children’s agency UNICEF. “We don’t want a lost generation of Rohingya. We want them to have education. They will follow Myanmar curricula,” Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen told AFP on Tuesday.
The decision came after a meeting of a national task force set up by the government.
Local media reported that a pilot program involving more than 10,000 students would be launched soon, with UNICEF and Dhaka jointly designing the curriculum. The refugee children will be schooled in Myanmar history and culture up to age 14, and will also receive skills training so they can take up jobs back in Myanmar when they return home, the foreign ministry said..."
Source/publisher:
"Asia Times" (Hong Kong)
Date of publication:
2020-01-29
Date of entry/update:
2020-02-08
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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Sub-title:
Refugees in Cox’s Bazar complain the international aid community does not utilise their experience and say the lack of education risks creating a ‘lost generation’
Description:
"In a tea room just outside Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps, a group of young activists fiddle with their phones, which have suddenly started pinging in chorus now they are finally reconnected to the internet.
To circumvent a government internet blackout around the camps in Cox’s Bazar, they have to break a ban on travelling to nearby Bangladeshi towns, from where they can communicate and coordinate messages for the international community.
With simple smartphones the activists have been able to build some kind of Rohingya voice, speaking to the world through WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter. But their efforts have often been frustrated, mostly for a more fundamental reason than the technological barrier in place since August: they believe the aid community sent to help them is not listening.
“The Rohingya community are not weak, but the situation makes us weak,” says Mohammad Arfaat, an activist who was part of a Rohingya team that made a short film about how violence had forced them from Myanmar in 2017. He has been calling for more help for Rohingya to launch their own initiatives, for everything from education to arts, but complains there has been no support. “The Rohingya youth are very talented … but nobody sits, nobody talks with them, so their voices have stopped,” says Arfaat..."
Source/publisher:
"The Guardian" (UK)
Date of publication:
2020-02-05
Date of entry/update:
2020-02-08
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Discrimination against the Rohingya, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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Topic:
Rohingya, refugees, children, education, Bangladesh, UNICEF
Topic:
Rohingya, refugees, children, education, Bangladesh, UNICEF
Description:
" Rohingya children living in Bangladesh refugee camps will be allowed to receive a formal education after a change of heart by Dhaka in a move welcomed by right activists.
Nearly one million Rohingya, including more than half a million children, live in the squalid and crowded camps near the southeastern border with Myanmar, where many had fled from in 2017 after a brutal military crackdown.
The children were previously barred from studying the curriculums used in Bangladesh and Myanmar, and instead received primary education in temporary learning centres set up by the UN children's agency UNICEF.
"We don't want a lost generation of Rohingya. We want them to have education. They will follow Myanmar curricula," Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen told AFP on Tuesday.
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The decision came after a meeting of a national taskforce set up by the government. Local media reported that a pilot programme involving more than 10,000 students would be launched soon, with UNICEF and Dhaka jointly designing the curriculum.
The refugee children will be schooled in Myanmar history and culture up to age 14, and will also receive skills training so they can take up jobs back in Myanmar when they return home, the foreign ministry said.
"I can't express my joy with words ... generations of Rohingya hardly had any education in their homeland in Myanmar as they were discriminated there and were robbed of their citizenship," Rohingya youth leader and human rights activist Rafique bin Habib said..."
Source/publisher:
Agence France-Presse (AFP) (France) via "Frontier Myanmar" (Myanmar)
Date of publication:
2020-01-28
Date of entry/update:
2020-02-04
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first)
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Sub-title:
Children aged 11-13 will be first to benefit as government eases long-standing restrictions in effort to avoid ‘lost generation’
Description:
"Bangladesh has confirmed it will lift restrictions on education for young Rohingya refugees, easing bans in place since the existing camps were established 30 years ago.
The government’s move to allow schooling for children aged 11-13 has been widely welcomed by activists and teachers.
“We don’t want a lost generation of Rohingya. We want them to have education. They will follow Myanmar curricula,” the country’s foreign minister, AK Abdul Momen, told reporters on Tuesday.
A statement put out by the UN on behalf of “the UN and humanitarian community” praised the decision. “We believe this is a positive step and a clear indication of the commitment by the government of Bangladesh to ensure access to learning for Rohingya children and adolescents, as well as to equip them with the right skills and capacities for their future and return to Myanmar when the conditions allow,” it read. “In line with the government’s decision, the education sector for the humanitarian response in Cox’s Bazar now plans to pilot the introduction of the Myanmar curriculum in the Rohingya refugee camps starting in April, initially targeting 10,000 Rohingya students in grades six to nine. The use of the Myanmar curriculum will be expanded to other grades in a phased manner.”
More than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya fled to Bangladesh in 2017 after Myanmar’s military carried out a series of operations that the UN described as having “genocidal intent” against the minority, taking the total refugee population in Bangladesh to almost a million..."
Source/publisher:
"The Guardian" (UK)
Date of publication:
2020-01-29
Date of entry/update:
2020-02-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Discrimination against the Rohingya, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma
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Description:
"Children have a right to learn and a right to an education that will support their development, growth and ability to build their future. This right to an education does not end in times of emergency. In fact, it is even more essential that children who have escaped conflict and witnessed atrocities should have access to the safe haven of schools and learning opportunities.
Such children need a space to be with peers, play and learn, a space where their parents know they are safe. The impact of this space, and the stability and routine it offers, where children can grow, learn and simply be children cannot be overstated.
Many Rohingya children had their lives interrupted, the ground beneath their feet ripped from under them, as they fled horrific violence in their home country more than two years ago. Education can counter this chaos, providing at least some stable ground where these children can plant their feet – ground on which they can begin to recover and rebuild. This is why a recent announcement by the Bangladeshi government is immeasurably important. This week it announced that it will provide Rohingya refugee children with access to expanded education opportunities including skills training, based on the Myanmar curriculum. Not only is this an essential first step toward giving Rohingya children back some of the stability they have lost since being forced to flee to Bangladesh, it also prepares them to reintegrate back into Myanmar society when they are able to return in a safe, voluntary and dignified manner..."
Source/publisher:
"Asia Times" (Hong Kong)
Date of publication:
2020-02-01
Date of entry/update:
2020-02-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first)
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Description:
"The Bangladesh government has announced it will offer schooling and skills training opportunities to Rohingya refugee children, two and a half years after they were forced to flee crimes against humanity in Myanmar.
Amnesty International and other human rights organizations have been campaigning for the nearly half a million Rohingya children in Bangladesh’s refugee camps to be allowed to enjoy their right to quality education, warning of the costs of a ‘lost generation’.
“This is an important and very positive commitment by the Bangladeshi government, allowing children to access schooling and chase their dreams for the future. They have lost two academic years already and cannot afford to lose any more time outside a classroom,” said Saad Hammadi, South Asia Campaigner at Amnesty International.
“It is important that access to appropriate, accredited and quality education be extended to all children in the Cox’s Bazar area, including Rohingya refugees and the host community. The international community has a key role to play here in ensuring the Bangladesh government has the resources it needs to realize this goal.”
Up to now, the Bangladesh government had resisted calls to grant Rohingya refugee children access to education, limiting learning opportunities to a few provisional learning centres that offer playtime and early primary school lessons scattered across the refugee camps in the Cox’s Bazar district. A few children who managed to gain access to local secondary schools were expelled on the government’s instructions..."
Source/publisher:
"Amnesty International" (UK)
Date of publication:
2020-01-28
Date of entry/update:
2020-02-02
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Children, Education in Burma/Myanmar - general, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma
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Description:
"...MAP Multi-Media supports all projects at MAP to produce communication materials in migrant languages to disseminate information to migrant communities on issues of policies, laws, rights, and health. The media formats used include MAP’s two community radio stations at Chiang Mai and Mae Sot, printed materials, audio and video, websites and social media.... This magazine contents are Thai policy "Education for All", other important policy for education, student experience, funding for migrant education..."
Source/publisher:
MAP Foundation
Date of publication:
2007-06-00
Date of entry/update:
2020-02-02
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Migrant workers from Shan State
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PDF
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3.43 MB
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"...Fifteen years ago, a widespread scorched earth campaign set Shan State on fire. In the late 1990s, Burma‘s military regime systematically destroyed the landscape and livelihoods of their country‘s largest and most ethnically diverse state uprooting over three hundred thousand people. The children born into these ―Hell Years,‖ as one of our students calls them, grew up in a political inferno, encountering war and suffering human rights violations during their most formative years. Surviving these circumstances fueled their motivation to join the struggle for democracy in their homeland, but also left them unsure of their role in a mature movement. While they are too young to remember the student uprisings of 1988, these students are of an age in which they have experienced the aftermath of government-sponsored terror and oppression. They are old enough realize that for their country to change, the citizens must be empowered through education. That was the inspiration for this collection of stories.This book is evidence of these students‘ transformations from victims of government abuse to activists for change. The 10th SJEP graduates are joining the hundreds of other SSSNY alumni already working in communities in Shan State and on the ThaiBurma border, bringing hope to the people they represent. While security requirements necessitate that identities be kept secret, their photos and stories explain how this group would like to be seen—as plants that sprouted from a scorched land, as eager students who are developing into powerful champions of justice, freedom, and peace..."
Source/publisher:
School for Shan State Nationalities Youth (SSSNY)
Date of publication:
2011-10-00
Date of entry/update:
2020-01-12
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Childrens's rights in Shan State - reports of violations, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma
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PDF
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3.4 MB
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Sub-title:
The world needs to stop viewing us as victims and help us gain the tools we need to forge a new path for Myanmar
Description:
"In the summer of 2012, when a particularly gruesome episode of anti-Rohingya violence erupted in the capital city of Myanmar's Rakhine state, Sittwe, I was a second-year physics student at the town's university.
Sittwe's Buddhist residents were attacking Rohingya homes and businesses with makeshift weapons. Soldiers, who had allegedly been sent to the town to help bring an end to the violence, were shooting at the Rohingya with live ammunition.
As a young Rohingya Muslim, I knew that if I went outside I would be tortured and killed either by angry Buddhist mobs or military troops. So, I hid inside my dormitory room. After spending a week in hiding without any food or other supplies, I was informed by the immigration authority that I was no longer a student - I was banned from Sittwe University and denied an education as a result of the racial segregation plan Myanmar authorities imposed in the name of "keeping the peace".
A few days later, I was forcibly sent back to my hometown, Maungdaw, which is situated in Rakhine state, near Myanmar's border with Bangladesh. But I did not find safety there either. Security forces were regularly raiding Rohingya homes and dragging away anyone they found inside. They were specifically targeting the young and the educated who they viewed as a threat to their authority. We later found the dead bodies of some of the abducted, while others are missing to this day..."
Source/publisher:
"Al Jazeera" (Qatar)
Date of publication:
2019-12-31
Date of entry/update:
2020-01-04
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Children, Children's Rights - studies, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma
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Description:
"Both Bangladesh and the international community must share the responsibility of educating all the children of both the host community and the Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar, Amnesty International has said.
The Global Refugee Forum, which is being hosted by the UN’s refugee agency in Geneva and takes place from December 16-18, has made education one of its six key themes.
More than half a million children have yet to see the inside of a classroom since they arrived in the refugee camps for more than two years ago, Amnesty International said issuing a press release on Friday, ahead of the first Global Refugee Forum.
“The Rohingya children in the camps in Cox’s Bazar must not become a lost generation. The international community must accept that they will not be able to return home to Myanmar any time soon. And they cannot continue to see their futures slowly stolen from them in conditions where they are being denied their right to education,” said Saad Hammadi, South Asia campaigner at Amnesty International..."
Source/publisher:
"Dhaka Tribune" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication:
2019-12-14
Date of entry/update:
2019-12-15
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first)
Language:
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Sub-title:
Voices of children playing resonate in the courtyard of a Thai monastery. The children are not outside, but their voices emanate from the window in the main building on the second floor.
Description:
"The building is a classroom, and the children are wearing school uniforms – green pants, white shirts.
Some of the students clasp their hands together with the traditional “wai”, and say “Sah-Wah-Dee Khrap” as one.
Many of the children are fluent in Thai, but none of their parents were born in Thailand. They are all kids from Myanmar parents working in the Mahar Chai district, which is home to the biggest fish market in the country.
There are just under 1.5 million Myanmar workers living in Thailand, according to the official 2014 census. Some work in retail and hospitality in areas like Phuket and Bangkok, whilst others make a living in factories or doing fisheries work, such as those in Mahar Chai. Some have been living in Thailand for over 2 decades.
Before the Thaksin Shinawatra government in the late 2000s, migrant parents had a hard time finding schools for their kids. Options were limited, without a Thai identity card, until NGOs started offering schools and tuition around 10 years ago.
Even then, when kids were able to study in Thailand, very few were able to pursue their education when they returned to Myanmar, having missed out on the local curriculum.
Source/publisher:
"Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
Date of publication:
2019-10-18
Date of entry/update:
2019-10-18
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Education of migrants from Burma
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Description:
"Almost one million Rohingya refugees are living in camps in Bangladesh.
For years, government-run schools have quietly welcomed Rohingya refugee children. But recently, scores of children have been expelled..."
Source/publisher:
"Al Jazeera" (Qatar)
Date of publication:
2019-05-22
Date of entry/update:
2019-10-10
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma
Language:
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Sub-title:
Questions raised over efforts to give Rohingya children and youth formal education under Myanmar curriculum.
Description:
"On May 13, a group of Rohingya refugee education leaders had the rare chance to ask some of the questions that had been weighing on their minds for more than two years.
For the first time, they were meeting representatives from the United Nations and international NGOs tasked with providing education to about half a million Rohingya refugee children living in camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
Minutes of the meeting obtained by Al Jazeera, show how the community leaders questioned the officials about the slow effort to give refugees formal education, the absence of a Myanmar curriculum in the camps, and the lack of consultation with the community.
"Two years we have been living in the camp with no access to education, why is this?" said Khin Maung, a Rohingya youth activist who was at the meeting..."
Source/publisher:
"Al Jazeera" (Qatar)
Date of publication:
2019-10-08
Date of entry/update:
2019-10-09
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
Language:
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Sub-title:
Rahima Akter has become the face of the struggle of Rohingya refugees who want, but are not allowed to pursue education.
Description:
"Rahima Akter hid her Rohingya identity to enrol at a private university in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar, but her dreams of pursuing higher education were dashed after she was suspended by her university earlier this month.
The 20-year-old from Kutupalong refugee camp has become the face of the struggle of Rohingya refugees who want to study, as Bangladesh does not allow Rohingya to enrol in schools or colleges.
Last October, she was featured in a video story by the Associated Press in which she talked about being a Rohingya and her dream to study human rights so she could raise her voice for her persecuted community.
Nearly a year after it was published, the video went viral after which she was expelled from Cox's Bazar International University where she was studying law.
"I was in college when the video started showing up on people's phones. Suddenly, everyone was asking me, 'Are you Rohingya?' Some people started a negative campaign, saying I should be sent back," said Akter, over the phone.
"I was hiding my identity only so I could study. I feel guilty but I did not have an option. Is getting an education a crime? she asked..."
Source/publisher:
"Al Jazeera English"
Date of publication:
2019-09-17
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-17
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
Language:
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Sub-title:
Formal education in Bangladesh is forbidden for refugees
Description:
"Bangladesh university has suspended a student for being Rohingya, officials said Sunday, as impatience with the refugees grows following a second failed attempt to repatriate them to Myanmar.
Some 740,000 of the Muslim minority fled to southeast Bangladesh after a military crackdown in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in August 2017, joining 200,000 Rohingya already there.
Formal education in Bangladesh is forbidden for refugees.
Cox’s Bazar International University said it had suspended Rahima Akter Khushi, 20, and would investigate her case after local media said she hid her Rohingya identity to enrol. “Rohingya can’t be admitted to our university, because they are refugees,” the institution’s head Abul Kashem said.
“Foreigners can study here, but they must follow a procedure.”
He said the young woman had supplied documents showing she completed high-school studies in Bangladesh’s port city of Chittagong.
Khushi, who was studying law, told AFP the private university’s decision had “mentally shattered” her..."
Source/publisher:
"Asia Times"
Date of publication:
2019-09-09
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-09
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma
Language:
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Description:
"For children and young people, the protracted
state of limbo has awoken an intense desire
for learning opportunities that prepare them
for the future.
When the huge infl ux of refugees began
in 2017, UNICEF and partners responded
by setting up large numbers of Learning
Centres in the camps. For children unable
to fi nd space in the Centres, other options
have emerged: religious schools (madrasas)
provide free lessons in Koranic studies, Arabic
and other subjects; and private and group
tutors offer classes for those who can afford
them.
By June 2019, the overall education sector
had provided non-formal education to
280,000 children aged 4 to 14. UNICEF
and its partners have ensured access to
learning for 192,000 of those children,
enrolled in 2,167 Learning Centres.
At the same time, this leaves a gap of over
25,000 children not attending any learning
programmes, while an additional 640 learning
centres are needed.
Furthermore, an estimated 97 per cent of
adolescents and youth aged 15 to 18 years
are not enrolled in any type of learning facility.
Parents are concerned that the longer their
children are deprived of education, the
greater the risk that they will be exposed to
exploitation and abuse.
“Educated people have a value wherever they
are,” said Mohamed Hussein, who sends two
of his children to a Learning Centre in Camp
18. “Whether my son goes back to Myanmar
or to Malaysia or anywhere else, the same is
true.”..."
Source/publisher:
UNICEF
Date of publication:
2019-08-00
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-17
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Statelessness
Language:
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Description:
"After fleeing Myanmar, Shahed is studying hard at a camp in Bangladesh and wants to become an engineer or a doctor. Every child has a right to learn, no matter where they are or where they come from..."
Source/publisher:
"UNICEF"
Date of publication:
2019-08-09
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-17
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
Language:
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Description:
"A brilliant student without a real school, Rashed visits a UNICEF Learning Centre, an Islamic school and a private tutor to get the education he needs..."
Source/publisher:
UNICEF
Date of publication:
2018-09-12
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-08
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma
Language:
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Description:
"Myshara is 13 and a leader among her peers. But she and other Rohingya children struggle to hold on to their childhood inside the world’s largest refugee camp, Kutupalong, where hope and ambition clash with a harsher reality facing Rohingya refugees..."
Source/publisher:
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
Date of publication:
2019-04-29
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-08
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
Language:
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Description:
"UN aid agencies and NGO partners launched the 2019 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, and are seeking to raise USD920 million to meet the massive needs of more than 900,000 refugees from Myanmar and over 330,000 vulnerable Bangladeshis in host communities..."
Source/publisher:
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
Date of publication:
2019-02-15
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-08
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma
Language:
more
Description:
"More than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled a military crackdown in Myanmar two years ago. Most of them ended up in refugee camps in Bangladesh, without access to adequate shelter, basic supplies and health care. Now they're also being denied education. From the Bangladeshi government's perspective, setting up schools confers a state of permanence, one that would encourage Rohingyas to settle down..."
Source/publisher:
DW News
Date of publication:
2019-03-21
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-07
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
Language:
more
Description:
"Since arriving to Bangladesh after the August 2017 crisis that forced them to flee their native Myanmar, Rohingya refugees have attempted to rebuild a semblance of normalcy in the squalid camps of Cox’s Bazar District. By 2019, a measure of stability has been achieved, with humanitarian agencies meeting the minimum survival needs of the 700,000 new refugees for food, shelter, water, and basic health care services. In contrast to the improvements in these sectors, refugees’ education needs remain largely unmet. The Government of Bangladesh restricts formal schooling for refugee children and youth; the lack of education has become a major source of concern and despair for refugees. In response, numerous refugee-led networks of community teachers have formed in an attempt to fill the gap in formal education.
A mapping study consisting of survey and interview components was undertaken in March and April 2019 to identify these networks and learn about their role within the refugee community. The networks surveyed comprise 373 teachers educating 9,848 schoolchildren, mainly primary learners but spanning ages 3 to 23. These teachers, many of whom arrived in Bangladesh with significant prior teaching experience, represent a pool of human resources dedicated to improving camp education. They could be engaged by humanitarian agencies working in the education sector to benefit the overall education situation for refugees.
While agencies navigate a highly politicized and complex context throughout each step of camp education planning, community-led education networks operate informally within a comparatively relaxed environment at camp level. While none have formal permission to work, many have received verbal permission from camp government authorities and operate openly. Many utilize the Myanmar government curriculum and state that it is a high priority to continue doing so, viewing adherence to the Myanmar education system as a way to prepare for future repatriation. Few of these education networks have had contact with humanitarian agencies. They are however keen to build external relationships, particularly if doing so enables them to participate in camp education planning and to access resources such as teaching materials, financial support, and teacher training..."
Source/publisher:
Progressive Voice via "Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)"
Date of publication:
2019-07-09
Date of entry/update:
2019-07-20
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Children
Language:
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Description:
"More than half of all refugees living in the Rohingya settlements in Cox’s Bazar, south-eastern Bangladesh are children under the age of 18. Currently, approximately 36% of Rohingya children aged 3-14, and 91% of young people still lack access to any learning opportunities in the overcrowded refugee sites. Many Rohingya children also lacked schooling in Myanmar. They and their parents are eager to have more and better quality education opportunities which can give them the skills to help rebuild their communities in the future..."
Source/publisher:
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
Date of publication:
2019-06-04
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-08
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Internal displacement/forced migration of Rohingyas, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma
Language:
(English subtitles
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Source/publisher:
Drum Publication Group
Date of publication:
2009-06-30
Date of entry/update:
2019-02-18
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Books on Burma/Myanmar covering several topics, frequently with several contributors, Non-fiction in Burmese, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Documents in Pwo-Karen and S'Gaw Karen
Language:
Sgaw Karen
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Description:
Abstract: "This paper presents the findings of a research study that investigated the level of education that the children of labor migrants from Burma now living in Chiang Mai, Thailand can access to as well as looking at the possibility and different channels for their further education should their parents decide to return to Burma. The focus of the study concentrates on four different ethnic groups, Karen, Karenni, Palaung and Shan by looking at children from the age between 4-13 years old to identify factors that are involved when these migrant children move back to Burma. At the same time, for many children who spent most of their lives in Thailand, it is interesting to see the possibilities and challenges for them in relating to accessing to education since Burma is a new home for many of them. Therefore, it is also interesting to see how the Burma government as well as the Thai education system will respond to this issue of educational development in the changing economic and democratic processes of these countries.".....Paper delivered at the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-26 July 2015.
Sutthida Keereepaibool
Source/publisher:
International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-26 July 2015
Date of publication:
2015-07-26
Date of entry/update:
2015-08-11
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Education in refugee camps in Thailand, Education in Burma/Myanmar - general, Education of migrants from Burma, Migration from Burma: mixed and general articles and reports, Migrant Worker Remittances to Burma, Migrant workers from Burma : general and mixed articles and reports, International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies (ICBMS) 23-26 July, 2015
Language:
English
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56.1 KB
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Description:
"The newsletter focusing on current issues of empowerment, community
participation, and advocacy for women and children from Burma."..... "Women narratives: the life of a refugee" - "The nine refugee camps along the Thai-Burmese border are home to
people displaced by war, economic hardship, and Burmese military
assaults on ethnic areas. Many refugee women are burdened by difficulties,
but still holding on to hope..." "Reports of child trafficking and abuse prompt
educational workshop on the border"..."Support Women?s Capacity and Listen to Their Voices"..."Donor cuts nearly shut down middle school in
refugee camp"..."Parents question strenuous student schedules"..."Mon language study only allowed on weekends in
government schools"..."Women IDPs and refugees continue to face
challenges to livelihood"..."First ever Women and Peace Workshop held in
Mon State"..."Shin Saw Puu Association represents important step in
women?s leadership and civil participation" - ?This Association really encourages women to participate in leadership roles,
and they inspire many women to get involved.”..."Young women leading community development projects"..."KWAT Demonstrates Persistent Abuses and
Impunity in Kachin State"..."Child sufferers of dengue fever pack Moulmein hospital"..."
Source/publisher:
Woman and Child Rights Project (WCRP)
Date of publication:
2012-08-00
Date of entry/update:
2012-08-21
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
"Voice Up", Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Education in Mon State
Language:
English
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Description:
Abstract:
"This literature-based study explores three main paradoxes underlying Higher Education
in Protracted Refugee Situations both theoretically as well as in relation to the
case of Burmese refugees in Thailand.
Firstly, the study will explore the paradox of basic relief for refugees on the one hand
and developmental efforts for higher education on the other. Secondly, the issue of
higher education and the nation-state will be addressed in relation to refugees? perceived
liminality in the national world order. The last paradox to resolve revolves
around ways refugees are commonly perceived as victims of war and conflict who
are unable to cope with the challenges of higher education.
Following a rights-based approach and adopting post-structural theories, this dissertation
demonstrates how dominant educational discourse emphasises externalities
and thereby neglects the individual?s right to higher education from permeating into
practice while powerful narratives of refugees as dependent victims have shaped reality
in justifying mechanisms for international protection and incapacitating refugees.
The study concludes that higher education could be both a means and an end to
refugee empowerment."
Barbara Zeus
Source/publisher:
Institute of Education University of London
Date of publication:
2009-09-01
Date of entry/update:
2011-07-31
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Burmese refugees in Thailand - education
Language:
English
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Description:
A teacher finds fulfillment at a school for young Shan refugees...
"Bernice Koehler Johnson discovered Burma and its problems late in life. The American teacher was nearly 70 when she applied for a job teaching Shan refugees in Thailand..."
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 18, No. 3
Date of publication:
2010-03-00
Date of entry/update:
2010-03-17
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Book Reviews and Announcements
Language:
English
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Description:
This paper will look at the concept of educational certificates for refugees, IDPs and
migrants, the background of education certificates along the Thai-Burmese border; the
political and social issues surrounding educational certification, and the strengths and
limitations of current (unrecognised) certificates, as reported by refugees and migrants.
Olloriak Sawade
Source/publisher:
ZOA Refugee Care Thailand - Issue Paper No. 2 -- Series editor: Su-Ann Oh
Date of publication:
2008-09-00
Date of entry/update:
2009-01-16
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Education in refugee camps in Thailand, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
259.18 KB
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Description:
"Over the past thirteen years, many Burmese exiles based in Thailand, India and other neighboring countries have received training in various fields. In most cases, trainers from Western countries have come to border areas to teach Burmese about political defiance, human rights, diplomacy, international law, health, women?s issues, environmental issues, and so on. Sometimes, exiles are sent abroad to receive training. Training is indeed helpful for Burmese who plan to one day return to their homeland and contribute their expertise to the development of a free and democratic Burma. It is a reasonable idea to encourage exiles, who are usually forced to remain within small, marginalized communities, to attend training programs where they can learn new ideas and share their views with others. As with all forms of assistance, however, it is worthwhile to occasionally examine the effectiveness of such programs, and to consider whether there have been any problems that need to be addressed..."
Editorial
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol 9. No. 6
Date of publication:
2001-07-00
Date of entry/update:
2008-05-04
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
The School for Shan State Nationalities Youth (SSSNY) was formed by a group of youth from Shan State in May 2001, and provides a social justice education program for youth to take an active role in the movement for social and political change.
Source/publisher:
SSSNY
Date of publication:
2014-09-21
Date of entry/update:
2008-04-30
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Shan (cultural, historical, political) articles
Language:
English
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Description:
"A school in southern Thailand is improving the lives of underprivileged Burmese children, and a family from Rangoon..."
Shawn L. Nance/
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 11, No. 8
Date of publication:
2003-10-00
Date of entry/update:
2003-12-06
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Education of migrants from Burma, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma
Language:
English
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Description:
"The benefits of education are self-evident, but can Western-led training for Burmese and ethnic students overcome decades of cross-cultural mistrust?..."The subjects that we learn are good, but the teachers are not from our country and we don?t learn much about Burma,"..."
Naw Seng
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 11, No. 3
Date of publication:
2003-04-00
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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