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Yin Ye
A Free Education Centre in
Education is a good ground of development in every family in every society. As we know that, in 1992, we established a monastic school in our village, Yin Ye Village,
Our objectives are:
To promote the basic education of our children who are underprivileged, and
To introduce the Teachings of the Buddha to them.
We provide the students from the village and neighboring villages to learn how to read, write, and calculate exactly as taught in government primary schools; additionally we introduce the Teachings of the Buddha to the children.
The school is meant to rely on public support. Until now the only supporters of the school are the villagers. Some of them (especially parents of the students) can offer only some small amount of donations, so-called monthly fee, which is not more 500 to 1000 Myanmar Kyats (less than 1
We believe that surplus of the rich and sufficient may be a compliment to the poor and the needy. You might have heard the following story. Once a young student removed the door curtain in his house and gave it to a poor person telling his good mother "The door does not feel the cold but the poor certainly do." Such a kind-heart is highly commendable, as you believe.
If you are willing to help the underprivileged children learning at the school, please contact our representatives in your region, or you may get in touch with the school's supporting groups. And you may come to us directly for either offering aids or ideas for the betterment of the school. Any amount of your donation and any form of your suggestion will have great impact on those children in need, and surely will change their life to be better.
Thank you.
Venerable Acara
Founder of the School
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1. A Brief History of the School
3. Special Events for the Students
3: 1 Meditation and Education for the Students
4: 1 Yin Ye Monastic School Supporting Association
4: 2 Yin Ye Monastic School Volunteers' Committee
5. Future Plan
6. Photo Section
7. Contacts
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1. A Brief History of the School
Traditionally
Until 1973, before
And eventually, in 1992, he and his pupil Ashin Acara jointly founded the present school offering formal education which meets the nation's educational projects. The founders are willingly struggling to modernize their school's education system.
Now, at the school, three paid volunteer teachers (from the village) and one visiting drawing instructor (from a neighboring standard village, Sai-byin-gyi) are educating 102 students (from the village and neighboring villages).
For 15 years the school has provided the villagers not only curriculum education but also strong religious foundation, social development and unity which are essential supports to the nation's progress in general.
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Born : He was born in Yin Ye Villave,
Education : Primary Education_ Monastic
He was educated at Yin Ye Monastery (1940 –1948).
: Basic Buddhist Education_ Pathamagyi
He was educated at
: He jointly founded the school, Yin Ye Monastic School with Ashin Acara, his pupil (1992).
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Born : He was born in Yin Ye Villave,
Education : Primary Education_ Secular and Monastic
He was educated at Yin Ye Monastery (1977 – 1980 and 1983 – 1986 again),
at Tha Beik Le Primary School in a neighboring village (1980 – 1983);
: Basic Buddhist Education_ Pathamagyi
at
at Ma-soe-yein Monastic Institution in
: Higher Buddhist Education_ B.A., Buddhism and M. A., Buddhism
at
: Higher Secular Education_ B.A., English
: He's paying service to
: He's paying occasional visits to his school in the village, at least once a month (1992 – until now).
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3. Special Events for the Students
3: 1 Meditation and Education for the Students
YYMS provided its first annual event of "Meditation and Education for the Students", for its students from the 22nd to
Ashin Acara and four native monks of the village gave meditation instructions, lessons on Buddhism and Dhamma talks to the students. U Aung Min (Head Master of the school), U Win Min Htay (assistant teacher of the school), U Zaw Myo Khaing (assistant teacher of the school), and U Thar Aung (Head master of a neighboring village) lead the other sections of the event.
The sections included in the event were as mentioned in the following time table.
Time Table for the Event
5: 00 am - Morning Chant
7: 30 am - Happy Learning: Educational Games
9: 00 am - Personal Hygiene
Time interval of each section is 5 to 10 minutes.
During the event three sections, "Meditation" "Educational Games" and "Creative Talk," were significant.
Meditation Section: The students vividly and incredibly revealed their acceptance, interest and respect to the subject which might generally be called "unfamiliar to them", "too sacred to them" and "extremely high for their reach."
Educational Games: Three sub-sections were included in it namely "Mentally Repetition and Verbally Recitation", "Looking and List" and "Quick Reply". The students had to listen to a teacher telling names and numbers, they had to memorize and repeat what was told; they had to look things gathered on a table and the had to make a list of what had been looked and memorized; they had to give verbal quick replies to questions set up basing on animate and inanimate things in their environment and on the subjects they had learned.
Creative Talk: It was a section of argumentative and creative talks of the students forming two groups, male and female. Two opposite groups had to argue over given topics such as "Which is better, well or lake?" They argued about each and every topic understandingly and creatively.
And in the other sections too, the students proved their united and harmonious abilities and enthusiasm.
This event was, in fact, beneficial to the students who have been willingly waiting for their chance to participate in a similar one again.
Organizers of the event are also willing to manage a similar event during coming summer holidays. The organizers hope to extend the period of the event, five-days event to seven-days event; and they hope to collect sufficient donation fund for the longer period of the event in coming years.
For the event, donations of alms food, water supply and electricity (engine) are essentially needed. Daily costs for them are as follows.
Electricity costs 10, 000 Kyats.
Water supply costs 5, 000 Kyats.
Three meals cost 200, 000 Kyats (1, 000 Kyats for each student).
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YYMS held "Myanmar Culture" drawing competition, an annual creative competition, for its students on
Three competition sections were provided for three groups of the students learning at Second, Third and Forth Standards. 2 students from the Second Standard, 12 students from the Third Standard and 5 students from the Forth Standard participated in the competition.
In the competition of the Forth Standard, Zaw Myo Tun won the first prize for his drawing "Water Festival", Win Moe Kyaw won the second prize for his drawing "Tha-ma-ne Festival" and Htar Htar Win won the third prize for her drawing "Water Festival."
In the competition of the Third Standard, Hnin Hmone won first prize for her drawing "Time for Alms Gathering", Chit Min Thu won the second prize for his drawing "Kathina Festival" and Aye Myat Thu won the third prize for her drawing "Pagoda at the Head of Village."
In the competition of the Second Standard, Aung Kyi Swe and Moe Min Htet won the first and second prizes respectively for their drawings under the same title "Well."
And the rest 11 students received consoling prizes for their drawings.
Those students received exercise books, pens, pencils and drawing materials as prizes for their effort on the creative and attractive drawings representing Myanmar Culture. Any form of prizes from well-wishers will admiringly be presented to the students.
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Some other educational events, such as competition of essay writing and poem recitation, are also occasionally provided for the students. All the events at the school can effectively arouse the students' artistic creativity and social unity.
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4: 1 Yin Ye
It is called "Yin Ye Monastic School Supporting Association." It was organized in accordance with the country's bylaws, and it is running under the supervision of the founder Sayadaws.
It has 10 members, 5 from the village and 5 from Monywa,
Chairman - U Nyein Aung, Ledi Quarter, Monywa
Cice Chairman - U
Secretary 1 - U Aung Myit, Head of the Village, Yin Ye Village
Secretary 2 - U Ko Ko Aung, Mayangone Twonship,
Member 1 - U Hla Saung, Aung Thukha Quarter, Kyatpin, Mogok
Member 2 - Daw Swe Swe Win, Chan Aye Thar Zan,
Member 3 - U Win Naing, Pwekyo Quarter, Magway
Member 4 - U Myint Tun, Yin Ye Village
Member 5 - U Than Htay, Yin Ye Village
Member 6 - U Nyunt Shwe, Yin Ye Village
The sole objective of association is to support the school with collected donations.
The association manages to distribute accepted monetary donations and material supports to the school's construction fund and education fund. 40 % of the monetary donations are for construction fund for progressing school building and furniture. The rest 60 % are for educational fund used for educational costs such as salaries of the teachers_ three paid volunteer teachers and one visiting drawing instructor (10, 000 to 30. 000 Kyats per month to each of the three teachers and 5, 000 to 10, 000 Kyats per month to the drawing instructor depending on fanatical situations). The educational fund is also used for students' educational events, books, exercise books, pen, pencil and drawing materials. And the monetary donations are also to be used according to the will of donors.
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4: 2 Yin Ye Monastic School Volunteers' Committee
It is called "Yin Ye Monastic School Volunteers' Committee." It is a committee of old students of the school and the village monastery. It has 23 members giving voluntary services to the school's administrative activities. It was organized by the two founder Sayadaws, and it is running in accordance with the supervision of the organizer Sayadaws.
Members and their positions in the committee are as follows.
Chairman - U Kyaw Shwe, Yin Ye Village
Vice-Chairman - U Zaw Min, Yin Ye Village
Secretary - Ko Kyaw Thu, Yin Ye Village
Member 1 - Ma Hnin Aye Aye Hnin, Yin Ye Village
Member 2 - Ma Le Le Win, Yin Ye Village
Member 3 - Ma Khaing Khaing, Yin Ye Village
Member 4 - Ma Chaw Nu Win, Yin Ye Village
Member 5 - Ko Kyaw Nan Aung, Yin Ye Village
Member 6 - Ko Hlaning Win Tun, Yin Ye Village
Member 7 - Ma Khaing Mar Lar Win, Yin Ye Village
Member 8 - Ma Khaing Shwe Win, Yin Ye Village
Member 9 - Ma Aye Nandar, Yin Ye Village
Member 10 - Ma The Su Naing, Yin Ye Village
Member 11 - Ko Aung Ko Win, Yin Ye Village
Member 12 - Ko Aung Ko Min, Yin Ye Village
Member 13 - Ko Zaw Myo Win, Yin Ye Village
Member 14 - Ko Zaw Min, Yin Ye Village
Member 15 - Ko Thaung Hlaing, Yin Ye Village
Member 16 - Ko Than Zaw, Yin Ye Village
Member 17 - Ko Pwint Maung, Yin Ye Village
Member 18 - Ma Thidar Win, Yin Ye Village
Member 19 - Ma Mar Yee Shwe, Yin Ye Village
Member 20 - Ma Kyi Kyi Win, Yin Ye Village
The sole objective of the committee is "to participate in any activity of the school with possible effort and with sole and heart."
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The founders are willing to expand the present capacity of the school providing education just for the villagers. When conditions are favoured, the school will be developed into a Middle School, and moreover a High School which will offer free-education to students from neighboring 13 villages; and eventually, using precious space of the rural land, a Monastic Institution is to be established, providing Buddhist Abhidhamma and Pali Language to the nation's novices aged 11 to 15 and also to the world's students interesting in the subjects. But this plan still remains as a common dream of the founders and members of the supporting groups due to un-ripen conditions, especially due to insufficient fund.
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6. Contacts
- U Ko Ko Aung
51 (A),
Daw Swe Swe Win, Daw Aye Mi San
Say Nyein Su Store
32, 80 + 81 Streets; Ph: (02) 68554
Mon Ywa
U Nyein Aung
Nyein Chan Yay Textile Mill
Ledi Quarter; Ph: (071) 25283 and 23273
Ma San Thidar
ul. Hieronima 9/50
03-243 warszawa
e-mail:
Kyaw Thu
getkyaw@gmail.com
Kyaw Soe
kso94817@bigpond.net.au
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For more information you may also get in touch with Ashin Acara, the founder of the school, through following address.
Room (201), Men's Hostel (A)
Mayangone,
Ph: (01) 650719
E-mail: ven.acara@gmail.com
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