myME
MYANMAR MOBILE EDUCATION PROJECT &
myME BOX REMOTE LEARNING SYSTEM
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We believe that every child in Myanmar (Burma) has the right to access quality education, no matter their circumstance. Education is a critical step in alleviating poverty and the abuses associated with child labor. |
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WHAT IS myME?
Launched in January of 2014, the myME project is a unique, non-formal education and outreach program that provides school and assistance to children who have been compelled into servitude, by bringing the classroom to them--directly where they work (and live).
While we are not the first to use non-formal education, we are the first to bring it to child laborers. Approximately 20,000 working and out-of-school children have benefited from myME.
Launched in January of 2014, the myME project is a unique, non-formal education and outreach program that provides school and assistance to children who have been compelled into servitude, by bringing the classroom to them--directly where they work (and live).
While we are not the first to use non-formal education, we are the first to bring it to child laborers. Approximately 20,000 working and out-of-school children have benefited from myME.
CURRENT SITUATION, 2023
According to Save the Children, the number of children out of school in Myanmar has more than doubled in two years, with about half of the country’s children now missing out on a formal education due to COVID-19 school closures and escalating insecurity.
Enrollment in schools has dropped by up to 80% in two years in some parts of the country, the aid organisation said, with at least 7.8 million children out of school.
Enrollment in schools has dropped by up to 80% in two years in some parts of the country, the aid organisation said, with at least 7.8 million children out of school.
OUR RESPONSE: Introducing the myME Box
A digital learning platform providing access to education to the most remote regions in the most dire times.
An innovative solution to the current humanitarian crisis in Myanmar. myME's remote learning system works with or without internet access.
A digital learning platform providing access to education to the most remote regions in the most dire times.
An innovative solution to the current humanitarian crisis in Myanmar. myME's remote learning system works with or without internet access.
Given the tremendous increase in out of school children as indicated above, the conventional way of providing education, even the myME way, of face-to-face learning is less feasible to large numbers of children throughout the country. As a result, we have digitized our lesson plans and developed an online and offline non-formal learning platform (myME box). We developed this platform using a blended learning approach to reach more out-of-school children across the country. Included in the platform are basic language literacy, numeracy, and digital and life skill courses. All the courses are open-source, accessible by all, and have been converted from our own myME face-to-face curriculum in addition to content from other appropriate open source learning programs.
This myME box can be used for all 3 types of learning depending on the circumstances available to the students: blended learning (online and offline combined with a virtual or in-person teacher or facilitator), self-learning and face-to-face learning.
HOW myME IS MAKING A DIFFERENCEFor many families in Myanmar, sending children to work is an undesired necessity. We started the pilot run with 60 kids in 2 teashops in early 2014.
Less than four years later, in 2018, myME has already expanded to serve more than 3,000 students annually from various teashops, road-side restaurants, monastic schools, and underprivileged communities in Yangon, Mandalay, Mawlamying, Myingyan, Kyauk-Se, Dala, East Dagon, and Hlaing Thar Yar townships with over 60 staff and 5 mobile classroom buses. To date, myME has reached over 20,000 out of school children through our various programs. |
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COMPLETION CEREMONY, December 2018
Congratulations to Level 1 and Beginner Level myME students!
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On December 7, 2018, thirty-seven of our myME students graduated their respective levels. We had 20 students receiving their beginner level certificates, and 17 students receiving their Level 1 Certificates. It was a wonderful day full of songs, food and laughter. Though a very joyful event, some of the students did not eat the food, saving it for their families. A reminder to all present, that these young workers always have people back home in their villages, depending on them for their basic survival.
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We are proud and honored that Myanmar Minister of Education paid myME a visit
Union Minister Dr. Myo Thein Gyi visited myME Classes at Min Thiha Teashop Nay Pyi Taw, October 2018. Learn more |
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Championship Fighter Aung La N Sang (Burmese Python), a passionate humanitarian and supporter of Myanmar Mobile Education Project and Featherweight Champion Phoe Thaw visited myME mobile classroom bus and teashop classes to give inspirational talks to myME students. During his visit, he cheerfully interacted with myME students and demonstrated the martial art at Thein Phyu and Yadana Teashop classes. Aung La N Sang, we really appreciate for your generous contributions and for what you had done for our students. Watch video
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myME OUTREACH FOR STREET CHILDRENWhen the myME buses are not being used for our regular classes, we schedule days in which we invite children from the most underserved communities to climb into our mobile classroom for a full day of educational activities with our teachers, staff and volunteers. To date, we have served children in the poorest communities of Yangon, Mandalay, MyinChan, KyaukSe, MawLaMying, Dala, HlaingTharYar, and East Dagon.
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