Mountain schools - Community Schools Program (CSP)

Schools profile in CSP

In 2001 the Community Schools’ Program (CSP) supported one school, Loe Khee Primary school, situated in Kler Lwee Htoo district, Saw Tee Township in Loe Khee village, in Karen State. Students attended from kinder garden to standard two, and there were had two teachers and 35 students. With the funding from CSP, Loe Khee Primary school was able to extend to standard 4.

Two more schools received funding in 2002 and by 2005 the “Enfants du Mékong” started to fund four new schools. In 2006 an increasing number of schools were being funded by the programme, deeming it necessary for the project to change its name. Originally called the “IDP school in Karen State”, the schools were now united under the banner of the ‘Community Schools’ Program’. Since then, the Community Schools’ Program donors have been established through word of mouth and through referrals.

Up until the CSP was founded, many children in the villages would have to travel very far to go to school and would often have to pay a lot of money to attend. Some schools were run in villages, but had to charge money for the children going to school.

All 33 schools supported by the CSP were pre-existing and run by parents and village members. However they lacked the basic necessities. CSP has ensured that all the basic necessities for each school are met and has strived to ensure that these schools become sustainable for the future. All 33 schools are situated in Kler Lwee Htoo district, Pa Pun district, Doo Tha Htoo district and Doo Pa Yar district,Kaw Ka Rit and Myawaddy township in Karen State in Burma/ Myanmar.

As acting Program Director of the CSP, Eh Thwa is responsible for liaising with donors and schools by collecting, translating and providing bi-annual reports for each donor. The Program Director facilitates the annual meeting for school representatives, and researches concrete ways in which to improve the Program work. Examples include increasing access to water and sanitation, building proper and suitable buildings, and establishing reliable financial support. Schools have also been able to employ more teachers and therefore enroll more students as a result of the funding.

Now a day, the Community Schools’ Program helped 27 primary schools (kinder garden to standard 4), 5 middle schools (kinder garden to Standard 8) and 1 high school(kinder garden to Standard 10).

In total, the program provides education to 3,093 students and funds 180 teachers across 33 schools.

Details information of schools in the CSP(May 2014 to April 2015 school year )

No	Name of schools	Boys	Girls	Total students	Total Teachers
1	Loe Khee primary school	25	27	52	4
2	Saw Bwe Dern middle school	68	82	150	11
3	Hee Poe Dern primary school	28	24	52	4
4	Ta Mai Khee primary school	15	25	40	3
5	Ka Wa Hta primary school	36	32	68	3
6	Su Khee primary school	15	15	30	2
7	Baw Nor War primary school	17	10	27	3
8	Doe Hai Dern middle school	54	39	93	10
9	Kwee Ta Mar middle school	124	121	255	14
10	Lay Nar Dern primary school	37	32	69	4
11	Wai Nor Dern primary school	18	12	30	4
12	Tha Thwee Dern primary school	20	20	40	2
13	Thoo Bee Dern primary school	25	15	40	2
14	Ta Nay Poe Klar primary school	20	25	45	3
15	Kyaw Nyunt Hta primary school	17	13	30	2
16	Paw Hta primary school	28	37	65	4
17	Kar Nar Dern (or) Kaw Mai Law Khee primary school	34	26	60	4
18	Paw Say Bu primary school	11	14	25	2
19	Mee Wah Dern primary school	15	13	28	2
20	Doi Loe primary school	15	15	30	3
21	Law Bo Dern primary school	11	19	30	3
22	Ler Wah Koe primary school	21	16	37	3
23	Kaw Lor Khee primary school	11	5	16	2
24	Plaw Khee primary school	26	22	48	2
25	Bu Baw Khee primary school	14	18	32	3
26	Gaw Khee middle school	32	46	78	9
27	Pay Gay Dern primary school	23	26	49	4
28	Ta Kaw Dern primary school	15	18	33	3
29	Thay Toe Law primary school	31	31	62	3
30	Myint Hta Ling Myaing middle school	335	366	701	18
31	Kawpan Lan Monastery Education Center	277	279	556	32
32	Chaw Sone primary school	59	58	117	5
33	Nadee primary school	55	60	115	7
	Total	1532	1561	3093	180

Remark:

The aged of the primary school level are from 4 to 11years
The middle school ages 12 to 15 years
The high school is between 15 to 19 years
No 29 to 33 are the schools reorganized by the Myanmar government