Greetings From Our Founders

Zin Maung Maung

I would like to extend a warm welcome to all Hi Burma visitors. I believe that education indeed impacts the quality of an individual’s life. I want to be instrumental in reforming the areas of Myanmar education that are often neglected. Despite recent efforts through the National Education Strategic Plan 2016-2021, rote learning, through chanting and repetition, still dominates. For all subjects, many Myanmar students learn textbooks by heart, without actually understanding the material, from kindergarten to university. I am aiming to provide alternative learning and teaching strategies, influenced by the cognitive science which is informing the latest developments in modern education. Becoming an independent, life-long learner is so important in this age of rapid technological and societal change. This can be achieved by engaging in our interactive lessons and participating in a large range of activities that focus on academic and community activities. I am responsible for recruiting staff for all Hi Burma education programs, including local and international volunteers. I facilitate their professional and personal development to ensure successful outcomes for Hi Burma. I lead and grow our young staff team to equip them with the knowledge and skills they need to explore and understand our modern world. The Hi Burma team objective is to create young educated citizens – the most certain way out of poverty and towards peace in Myanmar.

Karen Taylor Burge

May I add my welcome to our Hi Burma website. It has been a whirlwind adventure moving from in-person teacher training and English language lessons in Mandalay and beyond to online teaching. Establishing Homeschooling programmes with our team of wonderful volunteer teachers across Myanmar has been an additional major undertaking. Hope Institute Burma constitutes the effort of our staff team to remain dedicated to the design and delivery of free education to the disadvantaged. Sadly, ‘disadvantaged’ now describes many more people living in Myanmar, not only refugees. This is because the prevailing violence is now widespread and has disrupted or even deprived young people and children of education in any form. We cannot tolerate this situation, because the future of this generation has been stolen. This explains the reasons for founding Hi Burma – to combat the lack of a quality education for those who are fighting for democracy. My role in the organisation is to ensure that the learner- centred approach and effective teaching methods that we have been promoting since 2016 continue to be practised and developed through Hi Burma. Evidence from international research shows that the best way to raise education standards is to have well-qualified, experienced teachers, which is why Hi Burma focuses on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) as well as Initial Teacher Training (ITT), alongside English language learning and teaching. If you agree that education is the prime means to alleviate poverty, I invite you to support us in this valuable work.

Who We Are

Hope Institute Burma (Hi Burma) aims to provide free education for CDM active Myanmar youth and students from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds, in addition to training and professional development for CDM teachers. Hi Burma offers a variety of learning opportunities for children to continue their education during the political crisis. Most Hi Burma education programs are conducted online and delivered by local and international volunteers. Students are able to pursue a quality education through interactive communication skills through stimulating presentations, questioning and discussions. discussions.
Hi Burma conducts a series of Teacher Training sessions for CDM teachers and other individuals who are passionate about teaching. Teacher Training sessions aim to upgrade teaching in respect to: lesson planning; use of online teaching platforms; and the application of our ‘Golden Teacher Standards’. As an improved education system is fundamental to Myanmar’s social and economic development, Hi Burma aims to provide high-quality educational experiences for children, youth and teachers. In addition, we endeavour to support education programs, both technically and financially, in refugee camps and other places where internally displaced people seek safety.

Vision

Hope Institute Burma exists to provide free education through online classes, homeschooling programs and teacher training sessions for CDM students and teachers, that will enable them to flourish as citizens of a fair, democratic society and make a significant contribution to the education of present and future generations.

Mission

Our mission is to promote and upgrade learning and teaching in 21st century Myanmar, so that current and future generations can thrive physically and intellectually in a society committed to the restoration of democracy.

Our Impact

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