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U Yin Lay Post-Primary Monastic School I.	Introduction of Myanmar  Education The Union of Myanmar which locates in South East Asia by comprising Seven States and eight Divisions and hundreds of ethnic people are settling in the golden land call Myanmar. The population rate is about 60 million and one of developing countries in the world. The education systems, politics, economic system are growing day by day in Myanmar. There have two sorts of education systems which are Government education and Monastic Education call old education system is ranging from king period. Monastic Education is an old education system with long history; dated back to 11 century, King Anawrahta density. It was thriving in history times at Myanmar and until now. The schools were provided with important education throughout the history form royal families to unskillful workers. Hence, it played vital role for every citizen from Myanmar to become educated person. The monastic school education was helping us to increase Burma literacy rate in Myanmar without discriminating every citizen in a country, considerably above those of other East Asian countries in the early 1900s. In 1931, 56% of ales over the age of five and 16.5% of females were literate — approximately four times as high as those reported for India at the same time. Nowadays, the monastic schools play as important role by providing basic needs education to everyone however, they particularly provides to children who are unable to study, orphans, and children from poor families. Especially, the primary students are attending to monastic schools which are providing acquires literacy, numeracy skills, and knowledge of the Lord’s Buddha’s teaching. The monastic schools are supporting curriculum education as well as ethics and moral foundation for children. However, the monastic schools started since period of King Density, the contributions of it are still significant in 21st century. The government schools are also providing basic needs education by using same curriculum. Normally, most of children from monastic schools are from poor families, not capable to go to government schools, and orphans. Many of them who are attending in Yangon and Mandalay monastic schools are from remote areas, rural areas and they have been sent by their relatives, monks, and friends. Some of them are studying in days schools based on their situation and circumstances of their families. The monastic school systems are operates over 1,700 schools and food preparation is over 300,000 children. The monastic schools are running with donations from public, parents, and donors. Those monastic students’ needs are covering with those donations. The monastic schools are organizing with donations until now. Although the government has recently begun to support the salaries for teachers in monastic schools, resources remain limited with many teachers working voluntarily. There is a lack of basic facilities, teaching and learning materials, and inadequate sanitation and hygiene facilities in many schools. The monastic schools necessities to register in ministry of religious affairs. Monastic schools are an integral part of the Myanmar National Action Plan and overseen by the Ministry of Religious affairs. 	Education system in Monastic schools In the past, monastic schools played vital role in our societies by providing ethics, morality education, promoting to raise literacy rate in Burma. They used parrot education in every single schools and lack of education system for a long time. They used TCA (teacher center approach) which is favoring to teacher development, mainly focus to the teachers, and student’s actions were lacked. When the times are passing, the monastic schools education system is developing and they are changing from TCA teaching methods to CCA (child centre approach) which is focusing students’ activities in class. TCA to CCA in Monastic schools Teachers from monastic schools are getting chance to learn CCA methods by attending training which is from one of biggest monastic school call Phaung Daw Oo in Aungmayetharzan Township, Mandalay. The CCA teaching training started at 2005 and they usually give on summer holidays about three months by providing teaching methods, teaching skills, teaching materials to trainees from respective monastic schools. The CCA training is aiming to give to all of teachers from monastic schools. The training is providing – •	Learning needs and learning styles •	Teaching and learning strategies •	Classroom management •	Teaching and learning aids •	Assessment •	Lesson planning •	Professional development and the reflective practitioner •	Working with parents and the community. The CCA method is providing critical thinking skills, problems solving skills, team work, presentation skills, and active participation, confidence, and creation skills, to not only teachers but also new generation. All of monastic schools are trying to use the CCA methods whilst they are teaching in their classroom. “U Yin Lay” Monastic school is one of them. In the school, teachers got CCA methods in their classroom. II. The Principal of U Yin Lay Name – U Markainda Birth- 1956 Education- Graduated from number (2) high school •	2015 – Dhaghanikayavidh •	2009 – Mahathadhammazotikadhaza •	2005 – Vinayavidu, •	2005 – Thadhammazotikadhaza Quotation - “Education is a keystone to open the unlock door and to acquire development and successful”. The Principal A super hero who is U Markainda is a principal of U Yin Lay Monastic School. He was born in Kyatswae village, Sagaing Division and his parents were U Sat Wint and Daw Yie. He has been graduated from number (2) high school at Sagaing Division. He got two seculars degrees from Buddhist Education which are. His aim is that to help students who are not able to study, who are poor, and who are orphan. After he got secular degrees, he came to U Yin Lay Monastic School and he looked around the village called U Yin Lay village and other villages. He noticed that villagers from these villages are lack of education and they own poor economic systems because villages located in remote area and they are also farmers. Most of villagers are surviving their lives with daily income which are a few certain amount of money for them. Even there has a high school but most of students are incapable to go to school. He decided that he wants to support students who are incapable to study at Government High School. U Yin Lay Monastic School was started since 1993. It is also supporting basic education for not only local children but also children who are orphan, poor, and minority of ethnic group such as Pap Oo, Shan, Pa laung. He has been running the school about 20 years and there has changes such as the literacy rates of villages are increasing years by years. He is also still facing with challenges such as lack of donors, lack of qualify teachers, lack of teaching materials, and lack of classrooms for students which are difficulties throughout the academic years. However, he said that “he never give up” and it is one way to go to a develop country. His quotation is that “Education is a keystone to open the unlock door and to acquire development and successful”. III. The location of school U Yin Lay post-primary monastic school is located behind the channel of Myaungsone. It is in Mandalay Division, Kyauksee District, Sintkaing Township, Myaungsone Group, Uyinnge Village. And also it is Southern part of Phalanpho Village. In the village, most of the villagers are poor farmers & workers who are not educated. Besides, there are many different religions live together at the same place. In each of seasons, the weather is fine that not too hot in the summer, not too wet in the rainy, and not too cold in the winter. Therefore, any season we can go and visit there. As the transportation, there we will have to use some of vehicle such as truck car, pony cart, and motorcycle taxi (bike) for 20 minutes from the High- Way road to the school directly. IV. School Vision and Mission Vision and Mission Every school including monastic schools has own vision and mission to achieve their goals. Consequently, U Yin Lay Monastic School has valuable vision and mission tried to fulfill the goal. The only goal of U Yin Lay Monastic School is to become a high school during coming years. It is hanging a vision which is to study cheerfully without charging any fee and without discrimination within different races. A mission, a set of tasks that can fulfill the goal of U Yin Lay is ‘trying’ to receive enough experiential teachers for high-school students and budget. In present time, the principal could only created middle-school in 2012. The reason why he desires to create a high-school is he aspires more educated persons more than before in order to enhance situations of his school but also U Yin Lay village. In 2015, he started one of his steps to achieve his goal that he could create Standard-8 class, high school. Number of students and teacher In 2015, about 15 teachers including vulnerable monks participate in teaching roles. Although the school is a monastic school, not only Buddhists and Burma but also other races such as Pao, Palaung, Muslim are studying in the school without humbling on each other. Totally about 320 students are studying under the systematic methods of U Yin Lay School. Indeed, one of the problems the school is facing is no enough teachers to accomplish the principal’s goal. Extra activities Since founded time of school until now, the school is running by the help of Child Dream Organization and the government. U Yin Lay Monastic School has extra activities such as award (anniversary), and training for both teachers and students. The teachers from U Yin Lay Monastic School have to attend trainings which are ethic, culture, CCA (Child Centre Approach), TCA (Teacher Centre Approach), and Citizen from Phaung Daw Oo Monastic Education High School, one of the cooperated schools of U Yin Lay School. The teachers put computer training for their students in their lesson plan as an extra activity. It also makes award ceremony annually intending for giving a session when the parents can admit the situations of their children frankly. Achievement The achievement of U Yin Lay School that people can measure is number of educated persons from alumni of the school. As a consequence, after finishing U Yin Lay Monastic Middle-School, they need to change high school. By the time those alumni became educated, this can be pointed out the achievement that U Yin Lay School could train the valuable education foundation for them. Although the school couldn’t accomplish the high school absolutely, it could begin the Standard-8 class, one of the high-standard in 2015. This is one of the achievements the school had. School Holidays During the schooling year, the school closes couple days at the day before the Buddhist Sabbath day and Sabbath day. Although the school has summer holidays, it doesn’t close both for the students and teachers by attending Dhamma School for culture learning. The school focuses on the students to be more polite and good in communication with any societies. Then the students will become good citizens for the country. School Curriculum Today, the school is very familiar used to apply the new method with CCA, Child Centre Approach in teaching. When we visit to the school, we will see the children development, their happiness, and good communication skills. Since 2005, the school started to work with Phaung Daw Oo (P.D.O) which encouraged not only teaching methodology but also build up the capacities of its teachers’ abilities. Therefore, the school had developed more than before such as in teaching, official, in part of the school cleaning. The school has a water-pure machine and enough toilets, those are very important for health. Salary Payment System The principle is far-sighted and he considers to pay the salary according to experience and takes the leave system as same as government official system. However, the teachers have not much opportunities form the school because of school is lack of financial resource (budget). Moreover, the students’ population is increased year by year. Therefore, the school has not enough for class-rooms and dormitories both of the resident students and resident teacher such as girls, boys, novices, and nuns. And also he wants to give an extra class as institution of vocational training such as tailoring for girls, motorbike workshop for boys because if they have enough livelihoods at the basic education school, they can provide themselves when they need to apply in practically because their futures are not sure to be complicated that after their primary level, they will apply or not. Strength, Need, Opportunities In the school where we will not see the garbage in the school compound because the school keeps for good health in Top-one. Some of the donors support for teaching materials with the computers. At the computer-room that we call Multi-media room, there is teaching materials are around about 10 computers. So, the children can study for the courses of Basic Computer at the computer-room and they can search the general knowledge in the school library themselves. A happy childhood is learning by playing is to be strong, team spirit in group works, skillful, mature, sympathy, leadership, etc. Thus, the school has enough school features because there is football field for the children who can play in it happily. Even though there is football field but it has not basic essentials those are methodology of sport and sport material.