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The economics of a Burmese education

March 8th, 2008 by Nicholas Farrelly · 1 Comment

Venerable Kusala, the abbot of Natmauk Monastic School in Thaketa township [in the southern part of Yangon], said his school had improved in both teaching and students’ learning since it was founded in 1992 but has faced funding problems…A total of 486 students are enrolled at his monastery – 250 of them stay there as [...]

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