By KLN
Published on July 10, 2013
Opening ceremony of a boarding school was held at Hpung Mai hall in
Laiza on July 9 at 9 am. The combined boarding school which accommodates
1725 middle and high school students is located at Alen Bum, the former
KIA’s military headquarter, in Laiza. 107 teachers and school staffs
are currently serving at the boarding school. The school is administered
by KIO’s education department and funded by KIO, NGOs and the parents.
Sara Kaba Sumlut Gam, head of KIO’s education department, urged
teachers and school staffs to serve as positive role models for the
students during the ceremony. The school’s headmaster Sara Maru Hkawng
Lum chaired the opening ceremony and Sara Kaba Lasang Tu San led a
prayer of dedication for the school and the students.
Sara Hkawng Lum said, “there are a lot of needs for the students such
as clothes, food, and books as most parents cannot provide for their
children because they themselves are displaced”. He said KIO plans to
provide free education and boarding for IDP children and assistance from
other organizations will be helpful.
Another boarding school, Htoi Ningshawng School, which is located at
Wung Gau hill and administered by KIO Youth Committee was opened on May
18, 2013. Htoi Ningshawng School currently accommodates 100 students
from 3
rd-10
th grades.
There are about 40,000 war-affected children out of over 100,000 IDPs
currently living in about two dozen camps along China-Burma border. The
education of those 40,000 school-age children has been disrupted by
renewed conflict between Kachin Independence Army and Burmese Army in
Kachin and northern Shan State.
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