Basic Education High School No. 2 Dagon Explained

Myoma National High School
Motto Translation:Excellence for all[1]
Established:Founded in (built in 1929)
Type:Public
Founder:Pho Latt
Principal:Sai Ko Lay
Faculty:100
Students:4200
City:Yangon
State:Yangon Region
Country:Myanmar
Grades:K–10
Address:353 Myoma Kyaung Lane, Dagon[2]
Schoolnumber:2

Basic Education High School No. 2 Dagon (Burmese: အခြေခံ ပညာ အထက်တန်း ကျောင်း အမှတ် (၂) ဒဂုံ; formerly, Myoma National High School, မြို့မကျောင်း) is a public high school located a few miles north of downtown Yangon, Myanmar. The former nationalist high school founded for the children of the common folk, now educates mostly the children of well-to-do Burmese families from Dagon and vicinity. It was one of the first "nationalist schools" opened after the First National Strike against the British rule in Burma.

History

The Myoma school was founded in Bahan township in December 1920. The school is regarded as the first nationalist school opened in Burma as it was established in 1920. The school was founded as the Myoma National High School by Ba Lwin after Pho Latt[3] [4] and Ngwe Zin. The current building was built in 1929 as part of a nationwide movement by the nationalist Burmese to counter what they perceived as drawbacks of the British colonial education system: lack of access, and a heavily biased curriculum.[5]

The colonial education system relied heavily on a small number of private (mostly parochial) schools like St. Paul's English High School that were out of reach for most Burmese. Even the wealthy Burmese who could afford the schools were unsatisfied with the heavy Anglo-centric nature of the curriculum. (This led to the First Yangon University Strike in December 1920. The event is still celebrated annually as National Day.) Throughout the 1920s, the nationalist Burmese set up a parallel education system of national schools throughout the country. In 1929, Ba Lwin founded the school in Yangon. He would go on to guide the school until 1953.

The school was nationalized in April 1965, and eventually renamed as Basic Education High School No. 2 Dagon. Today, commonly known as Dagon 2, it is still a nationally prominent school due to its heritage. Ironically, the very access touted in the school's founding has dissipated. Dagon 2 today draws its student body overwhelmingly from well-to-do families who can pay a large "donation" every year.

The school is listed on the Yangon City Heritage List. The Blue Plaque has been installed on the structure by the Yangon Heritage Trust in November 2018.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.shambles.net/schoolnet/countryreports/myanmar/historical_background.html Historical background
  2. http://www.shambles.net/schoolnet/countryreports/myanmar/index.html Country reports
  3. Web site: Myanmarbookshop . ၁၉၂၀ ကောလိပ်သပိတ်ခေါင်းဆောင် ရှေးဟောင်းသုတေသီ မြန်မာစကားပညာရှင် ဦးဖိုးလတ် (၃ ဒီဇင်ဘာ ၁၈၉၆ - ၃၀ သြဂုတ် ၁၉၆၅) . www.myanmarbookshop.com . “မြို့မတိုင်းရင်းသား အထက်တန်းကျောင်း”၏ ပထမဆုံးသော ကျောင်းအုပ် . my.
  4. Web site: ချမ်းငြိမ်း . တကောင်းရွှေပြည် စည်းခုံစေတီ စိတ်ကရည်၍.... . Latest News . ၁၉၂၀ တက္ကသိုလ်ကျောင်းသားသပိတ် ကြီး၏ သပိတ်မှောက်ကောင်စီ ဒုဥက္ကဋ္ဌဖြစ်ပြီး အမျိုးသားကျောင်း များစတင်တည်ထောင်သူလေးဦး တွင် အပါအဝင်ဖြစ်ကာ ပထမဦး ဆုံးအမျိုးသားကျောင်း၏ ပထမ ဆုံးကျောင်းအုပ်လည်းဖြစ်ပေ သည်။ . my . 27 April 2018 . 4 August 2020 . 20 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201020002731/https://news.ydnp.net/141410/ . dead .
  5. http://www.burmalibrary.org/NLM/archives/2001-12/msg00012.html
  6. News: School becomes 23rd building on heritage list . 21 November 2018 . Myanmar Times . To mark its heritage value, the Blue Plaque has been installed on the structure by the Yangon Heritage Trust. Among its most distinguished alumni are famous writers Hsu Shin and Ma Sandar, historian Myoma Myint Kywe; and Maung Maung Kha, Myanmar’s first physicist. . 12 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190412021748/https://www.mmtimes.com/news/school-becomes-23rd-building-heritage-list.html . dead .
  7. Web site: Soshiki Karate 組織 空手 (松濤館) ကရာေတး: Biography Myint Kywe 先生 (Myoma Myint Kywe) / อาจารย์ Myint kywe / Myint Kywe 師範 / ၿမိဳ ႔မ ျမင့္ၾကြယ္ / သမိုင္းပညာရွင္ ဦးျမင့္ၾကြယ္ / (ကရာေတး နည္းျပခ်ဳပ္ ဦး ျမင့္ၾကြယ္).
  8. Web site: Myanmar–India Merchants' Association . 10 March 2013 . 24 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130524022756/http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs3/BPS95-12.pdf . dead .
  9. Web site: Biography of Sayadaw A Shin Vinaya. 12 May 2023.
  10. Chancellor of University of Rangoon (1964-1977)
  11. Book: The Voice of Young Burma. 9780877271291. Kyaw Ēi (U. }

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