Basic Education High School No. 2 Mandalay Explained

Mandalay 2 High School အ.ထ.က. (၂) မန္တလေး
Type:	Public
City:	Mandalay
State:	Mandalay Region
Country:	Myanmar
Grades:	K-10
Schoolnumber:	2

Basic Education High School (BEHS) No. 2 Mandalay (Burmese: အခြေခံ ပညာ အထက်တန်း ကျောင်း အမှတ် (၂) မန္တလေး; formerly, Mandalay National High School) is a public high school in Mandalay, Myanmar. It was formerly called Mandalay National High School.

Notable alumni and faculty

• U Razak, headmaster of Mandalay National High School
• Ludu Daw Amar
• Kyar Ba Nyein
• Vice-Senior General Maung Aye. Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), the ruling military junta of Burma.
• M.A. Ma Ohn matriculated in 1930 from the Central National High School Mandalay, Professor of Pali in Mandalay University ^[1]
• Dr Kaung Zan (Chief Agricultural research Officer of Burma later International Rice Research Institute of Philippines) ^[2]
• Colonel Khin Nyo (Ne Win's Caretaker Government in 1957 and Revolution Council Member in 1962) ^[3]
• Saw Hla. President of the Students’ Union of this school during the all Burma General Strike in 1938. Patron of the old student association of this school.^[4]
• Thakin Chan Tun. Revolutionist, awarded First Prize of Nainggan Gonyi.^[5]
• Thuriya Than Maung, President of the Rangoon University Student Union and All Burma Student Union. Journalist.^[6]
• Maung Maung Mya, President of the Malun Rice Cherity Association Mandalay ^[7]
• Theikpan Hmu Tin Ret. Major, journalist. Award from WHO for his writing against smoking.^[8]

External links

• Dr Nyi Nyi, BSC (Hons) Ph D (London) D.I.C. 1st. Edition July 2007. OS Printing House Co Ltd. Bangkok, "U Razak of Burma, a Teacher, a Leader, a Martyr", Although the book is about U Razak, most of the facts are about Mandalay National High School, as he was the Head Master and all the short articles were written by his former students.

Notes and References

1. U Razak of Burma, a Teacher, a Leader, a Martyr by Dr Nyi Nyi, BSC (Hons) Ph D (London) D.I.C. 1st. Edition July 2007, . OS Printing House Co Ltd. Bangkok.Line 3,4&5, paragraph 5 page 9. Author is the Former Prof of Geology, Director of Universities, Permanent Secretary of Education, Deputy Minister of Education, Minister of Mines, Ambassador to Australia and New Zealand, Later UNICEF as Director of Programmes. After retirement, Clinical Prof of Public Health in Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and member of Board of Directors of several international non-profit organizations.
2. Dr Nyi Nyi p. 10 last paragraph
3. Dr Nyi Nyi p 35
4. Dr Nyi Nyi p 41
5. Dr Nyi Nyi p 51
6. Dr Nyi Nyi p 64
7. Dr Nyi Nyi p 68
8. Dr Nyi Nyi p 79