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Basic Education High School No. 9 Mandalay

Basic Education High School No. 9 Mandalay (Burmese: အခြေခံ ပညာအထက်တန်းကျောင်း အမှတ် (၉) မန္တလေး; formerly, St. Peter's High School and State High School No. 9 Mandalay, commonly known as St. Peter's, SHS 9 Mandalay and BEHS 9 Mandalay (အထက (၉) မန္တလေး), is a public high school in downtown Mandalay, Myanmar.

Basic Education High School No. 9 Mandalay
အမှတ် (၉) အခြေခံပညာအထက်တန်းကျောင်း မန္တလေး
Address
24th st. × 86th st.

Mandalay
,
Mandalay Region

Myanmar
Information
Former nameSt. Peter's High School
TypePublic
FounderDe La Salle Brothers
PrincipalOhnmar Kyi (since 2017)
Staffover 35 (2019-2020)
GradesK-10
GenderBoth male and female
Age range5-17
Enrollmentover 550 (2019-2020)
LanguageBurmese
Campus size6.3 acres

Known during the British colonial days and parliamentary days of Burma as St. Peter's English High School, the Roman Catholic parochial school was the top school of choice for the children of the elite from Mandalay and Upper Burma.[1] Many of the country's who's who in those days were alumni of St. Peter's.[2] Many professionals and top-level leaders of Aung San Suu Kyi's government from Mandalay are also alumni of St. Peter's.

History

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St. Peter's High School (1897–1965)

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The school was founded as St. Peter's High School by the De La Salle Brothers,[3] a Roman Catholic order on 1 May 1897.[4] It was the first La Sallian high school founded in Upper Burma, and the third in the whole Burma after St. Patrick's in Mawlamyine and St. Paul's in Rangoon.

St. Peter's High School was started teaching over 80 students. In 1924, there were 11 teachers and 350 students, including 130 resident students.

Brother Director John managed the school for 18 years until he moved to St. Paul's in 1915. The swimming pool was constructed during his administration. Brother Clementian served as Brother Director from 1933 to 1948 for the first time, and from 1950 to 1956 for the second time. In 1952, Primary School was opened at the two-storey hall (now Nyana Hall) on the left side of the east gate. In 1955, a new Chapel and Study Hall were extended at the three-storey building. In 1957, during the administration of Brother Director Peter, a single-storeyed Kindergarten Hall was built on the southern campus of the school. It was reconstructed as a two-storey building (now Thiha Hall) in 1962–1963.

Since it was opened, the school accepted boys only for some time. The all-boys school was among the few early schools that educated the children of the country's British officers, the Anglo-Burmese, the Anglo-Indians and the wealthy Burmese.[5] The language of instruction was mainly English in the early days, and bi-lingual for some classes in the later days. There were also some Hebrew classes for the Jewish.[6]

State High School No. 9 Mandalay (1965-1983)

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General Ne Win's military government nationalized the school in April 1965, and changed the name to State High School No. 9 Mandalay (SHS 9 Mandalay). The primary language of instruction became Burmese. The school, which used to have a "Roll of Honour" for its outstanding students, steadily lost significance, partly due to the new requirement to attend nearby schools as much as possible.

Campus

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BEHS 9 is one of the few high schools in Mandalay with a sizable campus, covering perhaps 75% of the entire city square block. The compound of St. Michael's Church Mandalay, west of the school, takes up the other 25% of the block. (The school is bounded by 86th Shwetachaung road to the east and 87th street to the west.) Shwe Kyee Myin Pagoda, Basic Education High School No. 10 Mandalay (formerly, Diocesan High School), Basic Education High School No. 8 Mandalay (formerly, St. Joseph's Convent School), Basic Education High School No. 11 Mandalay, Basic Education High School No. 4 Mandalay, and Basic Education High School No. 1 Mandalay are located in the vicinity of the school.[7]

During the World War II, when the school was transformed into a hospital, St. Peter's High School was reopened at the Norman school campus (now BEHS 4 Mandalay). Its campus moved to its original and current place in 1952.

The current school, BEHS 9, is open in the gated southern campus since the northern campus, inclusive of three-storey building, is donated to the Department of Basic Education, Ministry of Education in Myanmar.

The gated campus consists of:

  • Nyana Hall (Wisdom Hall), two-storey red building, for ceremonial hall and principal's office (1st floor); examination hall (2nd floor)

(It is the Main Hall)

  • Nawarat Hall, two-storey building, for KG, Grade 1 and library (1st floor); devotional shrine room and language lab (2nd floor)
  • Assembly field at the frontage of Nawarat Hall
  • New Hall, L-shape one-storey building, for staff office, laboratory rooms and locker room (frontage); hostel for the principal (back side)
  • Thiha Hall, two-storey building, for all classes from Grade 2 to Grade 11
  • Badminton and table-tennis courts
  • Basketball court
  • Regulation size football pitch
  • Smaller practice football pitch; also used as outdoor volleyball and cricket courts
  • Chinlone court
  • Cafeteria.

Programs

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The school offers classes from KG to Grade 11 in accordance with the syllabus and curriculums prescribed by the Department of Basic Education under the Ministry of Education in Myanmar.

School library

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The school library is open during one-hour lunch break. Librarian and members of school library committee (teachers) manage and maintain the library systematically in line with the instructions of the principal. Member cards for students are free of charge. There are hundreds of books, inclusive of encyclopedias, written in both English and Burmese.

Labs

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Both language and experimental science labs are available. Chemistry, physics and biology labs have enough teaching and learning aids for highschool students. Students have to join science labs when necessary for their studies, maybe once or twice a month.

Co-curriculum activities

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Co-curriculum activities such as morals, life skills, arts, music and physical training are available for all levels of students.

Sports

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Having sufficient facilities and good training, BEHS 9 Mandalay is well known for its students winning medals in basic education level tournaments every year.

Clubs and activities

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BEHS 9 Mandalay has both academic and extra-curricular clubs and activities according to each year's academic calendar.

School council

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See also: School Council

As all public schools in Myanmar are required to form School Council, BEHS 9 Mandalay forms its one with five houses— Anawratha, Kyansittha, Bayintnaung, Alaungpaya and Bandula— every year. The school council consists of the head (principal), five leading students from the 9th Standard, five leading teachers from each team, six representatives of six standards (Grade 6 to Grade 11) and one secretary from 10th standard. Each team has to do some chores, for the cleanliness of its class and the school, in group each day before the school begins its classes. In the last period of each week on Friday, all five teams work in pairs for the maintenance of the green environment in their respective areas. All of their work mark as scores for each team. According to the sequence of the sores, in the first day of a school week, order in column of their teams are shown. The greater the higher.

The four stars in the badge of BEHS 9 Mandalay represents the houses of school council which were originally four houses.

Fife and drum corps

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St. Peter's boys band once was the most popular in Mandalay. Many awards were achieved. However the band was dissolved for some reasons.

In July 2019, school alumni co-ordinated with the principal, and formed new fife and drum corps with the current students. From August 2019 onwards, music lessons were started for BEHS 9 Mandalay's band.

Waso ceremony

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On the full moon day of Waso each year, BEHS 9 Mandalay offers Waso flowers at nearby Shwe Kyee Myin pagoda, and Waso robes are offered.

Uniform

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See also: School uniforms in Myanmar

Like all public schools in Myanmar, students of BEHS 9 Mandalay have to wear the school uniform at all times. There are two sets of uniform— one from KG to 4th Standard, and another more traditional one from the 5th Standard to 10th Standard. But all uniforms are of the same colour— a white shirt or blouse, with a green garment for the torso.

Principals

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BEHS 9 Mandalay

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  1. Hla
  2. Nyan Tun
  3. May May Tin
  4. Than Hnit
  5. Khin Nyunt Yee
  6. Yi Yi May
  7. San Yu Mar (2009–2014)
  8. Mya Mya Than (2014–2017)
  9. Ohnmar Kyi (2017–present)

Notable alumni

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Civil and military politicians

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Name Notability
Zaw Myint Maung Chief minister of Mandalay regional government[8]
Ye Lwin Mandalay mayor; Mandalay regional minister of city development affairs; chairman of Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC)
Than Win Member of Amyotha Hluttaw;[9] former rector of University of Medicine Mandalay[10][11]
Khin Maung Htay Deputy speaker of Mandalay regional Hluttaw[12]
Maw Than Union Auditor General
Lieutenant-general Soe Htut Union minister of home affairs; former commander of central military region
Brigadier-general Aung Zaw Oo Tatmadaw member of Amyotha Hluttaw[13]
Colonel Aung Kyaw Myo Tatmadaw member of Pyithu Hluttaw[14]
Lieutenant-colonel Aye Shwe Tatmadaw member of Pyithu Hluttaw[15]
Kyaw Myint (physician) Former member of Pyithu Hluttaw; former minister of health; former rector of University of Medicine 1, Yangon
Kar Former minister of education; former rector of University of Yangon[16]
Major Phoe Kun Former minister of education and health during pre-independent days; former Burma ambassador to Thailand (1963) and to Soviet (1968)

Professionals, artists and businessmen

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Name Notability
S.N.Goenka Burmese-Indian Vipassanā training teacher[17]
Nyi Pu Lay Author (famous art work: A Light Sweet Honey Dew on the Sharpened Edge of a Blade)[18]
Maung Moe Thu Author[19]
Khine Htoo Singer[20]
Kyaw Win First Burmese actor who won Myanmar Academy Award for Best Male Artiste in 1952
Edward Michael Law-Yone Journalist; author
Maung Maung Ta Actor
Inzali Mg Mg Singer
U Thaung Journalist
U Bhone (Chemistry) Writer
Than Myat Soe Singer
Ah Yee Taung Laphet Burmese laphet product company

References

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  1. ^ Ṅve tā rī maggajaṅʻʺ (in Burmese). Ūʺ Ēi Moṅʻ. April 1966.
  2. ^ Who's who in Health and Medicine in Myanmar: A Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women who Have Contributed to the Development of Health and Medicine in Myanmar Since Independence (1948). Ministry of Health, Union of Myanmar. 2005.
  3. ^ "အတိတ်၏ စာသင်ခန်းများထဲက စည်းကမ်းကောင်းသော ဘရာသာများ". The Myanmar Times. 18 March 2020.
  4. ^ According to the District of Rangoon, Brothers' houses 1860-1960, published in Rangoon Gazette Limited, St Peter's High School, Mandalay, Burma was founded on 1 May 1897.
  5. ^ Myaing, Wai Wai (2005). A Journey in Time: Family Memoirs: (Burma, 1914-1948). iUniverse. ISBN 978-0-595-35651-5.
  6. ^ "St. Peter's English High School, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | Archive | Diarna.org". archive.diarna.org.
  7. ^ ""မ န္တ လေးကို ဖြတ် သန်း ခဲ့ သော ငှက် နှစ် ကောင်" ( ဦး မာ ဃ နဲ ကို ပေါက် ( မန္တလေး) ပူး တွ ဲ တင် ဆက် ခြင်း )". Myanmar Gazette News Media Forum Network. 31 December 2013.
  8. ^ "နှစ် (၂၀) နီးပါးထောင်ကျခဲ့တဲ့ မန္တလေးတိုင်း ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်ရဲ့ နိုင်ငံရေး ဘဝခရီးကြမ်း". Blacker. 2 July 2020. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  9. ^ "ပါမောက္ခဒေါက်တာသန်းဝင်း | အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်". www.amyotha.hluttaw.mm. Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  10. ^ ""အပြောင်းအလဲလိုပြီ"လို့ မန္တလေး ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် ပါမောက္ခချုပ်ဆို". Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight.
  11. ^ "ပါမောက္ခ ဦးသန်း၀င်း". ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် မန္တလေး ကျောင်းသားဟောင်းများအသင်း (in Burmese).
  12. ^ "Home". mandalayregionhluttaw.gov.mm. Archived from the original on 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  13. ^ "အောင်ဇော်ဦး | အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်". www.amyotha.hluttaw.mm.
  14. ^ "ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီးအောင်ကျော်မျိုး (တပ်မတော်သားပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်) | Pyithu Hluttaw". pyithuhluttaw.gov.mm.[permanent dead link‍]
  15. ^ "ဒုတိယဗိုလ်မှူးကြီးအေးရွှေ (တပ်မတော်သား ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်) | Pyithu Hluttaw". pyithu.hluttaw.mm. Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  16. ^ Former Education Minister U Kar
  17. ^ "ဝိပဿနာဆရာကြီး ဦးဂိုအင်ကာ ကွယ်လွန်". VOA (in Burmese).
  18. ^ "အတိတ်နှင့်ပစ္စုပ္ပန်ကို ချိန်ထိုးကြည့်ခြင်း". Real Power Online Media (Myanmar). 15 October 2020.
  19. ^ "Save The Library in Myanmar | Author. မောင်မိုးသူ". savethelibrarymyanmar.org.
  20. ^ "ဂန္တဝင် ရွှေလည်တိုင်သို့ တမ်းချင်း". WE. Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
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  1. De La Salle Christian Brothers [1]
  2. De La Salle Christian Brothers, Province of Great Britain [2] Archived 2021-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Brief history of the Lasallian Institute [3]
  4. Catholic Encyclopedia article [4] Mentioned about the school in Mandalay in this article, Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools under the heading Schools of Europe and the East.
  5. Works by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools [5] at Project Gutenberg
  6. Old and recent pictures of Brother Director Felix of St. Peter’s and St. Paul, Burma / Myanmar
  7. St. Peter’s High School or No. (9) S H S (now BEHS) Mandalay
  8. St.Peter’s High School Mandalay Homage invitation, list of teachers and students 2011
  9. Face Book of No 9 SHS (BEHS) St. Peter's Mandalay

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