Mon School teachers forced in building Burmese high school
Independent Mon News Agency
Burmese army has been forcing the villagers in
in building the government high
school on daily basis
to compete against
part of Ye township, Mon state.
“One person from each house has to go to work everyday
in school building and making brick
for the school
building,” according to villagers.
“We have to bake the brick and carrying to sand soil.
We have to bring our foods to the constructing field.
The soldier paid us nothing,” a villager told IMNA.
army to free from forced labor and
to not forcing
villagers in building to school,
according to a source
close to teacher said. But the
Burmese army, under the
command of Tactical Commander, Col-Nyi Nyi replied
they only give free of labor
contribution only to
their employees from forced labor.
“That’s why many of our school teachers are forced to
work in building their school,”
said a leader of Mon
National school in the area, who did not want to
identify his name for security
reason.
The government built only one school building, but
they forced villagers to build
another two more school
building, according to IMNA source
reported.
“Yes, one building was already built and we only left
one,” a community leader said when
IMNA conducted
interview with him.
According to community leader, the army also collected
wood for baking brick. “The
soldiers collected a
cow-cart amount of wood per
household by threating us
and fine on the people who do not
give the wood,” the
leader added.
Additionally, the person who run brick making factory
are also forced to sell 10 Kyat per
a brick (6”x 3”
size brick) to Burmese army when
the brick price in
the market is 25 per brick.
“They built their school to be the best. But, they do
not allow villager to repair Mon
National Middle
School in Khaw-zar.
The soldier frightened the
villager, they will arrest the
people who repair the
Mon school,” the leader added.
The SPDC built its primary school in seven Mon
villages near by Khaw-zar area southern part of Ye
township in 2004 where
running. Most SPDC schools are
built by forced labor
and money contribution.
In mid 2004, 63 of Mon National Schools in this area
were forced to close down and to
shift to Burmese
Schools by the Burmese army. This
event happened when
the New Mon State Party (NMSP) was
in the National
convention demanding for greater
racial rights
together with others ceased-fire
ethnic group.
Most Mon National Schools are running by under NMSP
Education Department management and has been running
for three decades ago.
Now the Burmese Army commanders said they are going to
force Mon school students to attend
new built
government school in eight villages
included Khaw-zar,
which are competing against the
the coming school time, 2005-2006.
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