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Karen Education & Culture Department

ကညီကူၣ်သ့ဆဲးလၤဝဲၤကျိၤ

Karen Education & Culture Department

ကညီကူၣ်သ့ဆဲးလၤဝဲၤကျိၤ

Karen Education & Culture Department

ကညီကူၣ်သ့ဆဲးလၤဝဲၤကျိၤ

Karen Education & Culture Department

ကညီကူၣ်သ့ဆဲးလၤဝဲၤကျိၤ

Introduction

Founded in 1956, the Karen Education and Culture Department (KECD) provides education access to the Karen children and youth in Southeast Burma by working closely with the community teachers, leaders, parents and educational administrators at the district, township, and school levels. KECD administers schools in the seven districts under the administration of the Karen National Union (KNU): Doo Tha Htu, Taw Oo, Kler Lwee Htu, Mergui Tavoy, Mu Traw, Doo Pla Ya, and Hpa An.

Latest Updates

March 23, 2021     KECD Staff

No (2) Doo Pla Ya High School Graduation.

March 23, 2021     KECD Staff

No (2) Doo Pla Ya High School Graduation.

February 17, 2021     JORSHEE

The 72nd Karen Revolution Day, attended by nearly 20,000 people

February 17, 2021     KECD Staff

BBCD Activity of Htee Ther Lay Feb 2, 2021

February 17, 2021     KECD Staff

KECD Appeal

February 17, 2021     KECD Staff

Interview, Head of Karen Education and Culture Department, Hpa-An District (P’Doh Saw Pleh Htoo)

Our Beneficiaries

With the help from donors and community, in 2019-2020 academic year, KECD provided education services to:
1,495 Schools
11,444 Teachers
164,875 Students

2020-2021 School Statistics

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, KECD is not yet able to provide full statistics for the 2020-2021 academic year. This is because of various restrictions, including travel restrictions and delayed school openings. Although Burmese MoE-administered schools are currently closed, (903) community and mixed-administration schools are already operating in our areas.

Successes

Quality: with improving teacher competencies and learning outcomes through regular teacher training and mentoring, and continual curriculum development. Quantity: with 1,500 children successfully completing their high school education since 2013. Legitimacy: with wider and stronger networks with our communities, other ethnic nationalities of Burma, including the resettled diaspora, and international organizations and donors.

Challenges

Funding: with increasingly unsustainable funding. Recognition: with a continuing lack of official legitimacy from the Burmese government. This is despite the strong recognition and partnerships with our communities and other ethnic nationalities in Burma and abroad, as well as international organizations and donors. Capacity: with ongoing efforts to address needs in organizational development and our human resources.
Karen Education and Culture Department - The governing body that safeguards the educational rights of the Karen people.

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