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A Bright Future (2009)
Directed by Shin Daewe
Documentary · 15m
When the Paungdaw Oo monastic school was founded near Mandalay in 1993 the aim was to provide orphans and children from disadvantaged families with a decent education. Fifteen years later, the school has swelled to 7200 pupils and is a resounding success not least on account of its inspired, child-centred approach to teaching (known as CCA) as well as the integral role played by teachers, parents and income-generating vocational training programmes. In this lively portrait, the school's abbot and several of Paungdaw Oo's teachers – many of whom were once pupils there themselves – talk about the school's CCA concept, the astonishing benefits of encouraging children to think for themselves, and how these methods can be a model for schools across Myanmar.
Crew
- Director
- Shin Daewe
- Director of Photography
- Thu Thu Shein
- Editor
- Myo Min Khin
Details
- Release date
- 2009-12-27
- Runtime
- 15m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- MY
- Spoken languages
- Burmese
- Countries
- Myanmar