• 1. BEP Works in Burmese migrant and refugee communities dispaced by war and poverty
  • 52.We develolp the English materials for 10,000 primary children in migrant schools and 8,000 migrant children.Often teachers have limited training.
  • 3.To make sure teachers can deliver the materials we provide professional teacher training
  • 4.We provide mobile units of trainers for migrant and some Thai schools ....
  • ...and in very difficult conditions in the refugee camps
  • 6.By developing professional partnerships in the classroom....
  • 7..we plan,demo and team-teach lessons...
  • 8...tailoring training to the needs of the teacher ..
  • 9...and the pupils ..
  • 10...so delivering focused professional development at grassroots level
  • 11.We deliver Cambridge University Board EL courses to our partner teachers
  • 12. Exams are delivered by examiners from Harrow International School,Bangkok.
  • 13...and lead to the award of internationally accredited certificates
  • 14.In the UK we are supported by a network of educationalists.Durham University School of Education is helping with research into the effects of the war on education in Karen State
  • The Burma Education partnership works in Burmese migrant and refugee communities displaced by war and poverty.
  • We develolp the English materials for 10,000 primary children in refugee schools and 8,000 migrant children. Often teachers have limited training.
  • To make sure teachers can deliver the materials we provide professional teacher training.
  • We provide mobile units of trainers for migrant and some Thai schools
  • ...and in very difficult conditions in the refugee camps.
  • By developing professional partnerships in the classroom....
  • we plan, demo and team-teach lessons...
  • tailoring training to the needs of the teacher ..
  • and the pupils ..
  • so delivering focused professional development at grassroots level.
  • We deliver Cambridge University Board EL courses to our partner teachers.
  • The exams are delivered by examiners from Harrow International School,Bangkok
  • and lead to the award of internationally accredited certificates.
  • We are based in Durham,England and are supported in the UK by a network of educationalists including members of Durham and Newcastle University Schools of Education, former British Council Senior English Language Advisor and Sandbox Enterprise a web development and education social enterprise company based in West Yorkshire.

The Burma Education Partnership

  • THE PEOPLE OF BURMA ARE INVOLVED IN A LONG AND DIFFICULT STRUGGLE TO CREATE A DEMOCRATIC FUTURE. EDUCATION IS A VITAL PART OF THAT STRUGGLE.

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MOBILE TEACHING PROGRAMME UPDATE

 

October 2011

In September two separate teams arrived to work with the Burmese refugees. Each team of four has a team leader, each one a volunteer who has decided to stay on to work with the programme.

 

The refugee camp team works in the large refugee camp situated about an hour's drive outside of Mae Sot. The migrant team works with schools scattered around the town and its outskirts. This year we are also working in two Thai schools since the migrant and Thai schools are working more closely together and a few thousand Burmese pupils are being taught in Thai schools. Our teacher/trainers travel between the schools by bicycle.

 

Last year, a cohort of teachers from the migrant schools passed the Cambridge KET (Key English Test) and PET (Preliminary English Test) examinations. This exam course is being extended this year. It will take about 5 - 6 months, taught in our new office, to the migrant teachers alongside goodwill participants from the NGOs with whom we work in partnership, the Thai schools and the local Thai Ministry of Education. The possibility of acquiring an internationally recognised qualification has been proving very popular. As happened last year, examiners from Harrow International School in Bangkok agreed to act as examiners for this year's March exams.

On the 17th March 14 teachers sat the Cambridge KET exam and 9 sat the PET exam. We are looking forward to their results.



 

We are now looking for volunteers to join our team for the next phase of September 2012 to March 2013.