- HISTORY ATTRACTS MON
STUDENTS
- (IMNA: May
19, 2004)
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Summer Mon literacy classes will soon celebrate
their graduation ceremony, with over four hundred youths finishing a Mon
history exam sponsored by a well-respected monk Ajar Par Lita yesterday in
Mon State. According to Mon
community source, youth from two states and a division finished the “Mon
History” exam which aims to educate teenagers and young adults about Mon
literature and history.
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It was organized by the Summer Mon Class leader Ajar Par Lita at the Kyaik
Lador Sasana in Mawlamyine, capital city of Mon State. The
3 hour exam had four parts: history of the Muttama Dynasty, Suwunabhumi,
Hongsawatoi, and history of Mon Literature,” said Nai Nyan Sike, a Mon
teacher in Moulmein.
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“Results will be announced soon and the graduation ceremony will be held
in Thanpyu Zayart at the famous Public House,” Ajar Par Li Ta announced to
the enthusiastic students who had written the exam.
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This is the fifth exam started four
years ago by the well-respected Buddhist monk who specialized in Mon
History.
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“Noteworthy is that Mon youths from Karen State and Tenasserim Division
also joined in this year. Ajar Par Lita is quite happy that his work is
expanding,” said Nai Nyan Sike. Mon
History was also taught at the Summer Mon Literature Classes, Mawlamyaine,
Ye, and Thanpyu Zayart townships and last month, more than ten thousand
students finished their summer Mon literacy classes in Mudon Township.
According to the source, local
communities in Karen state will open Summer Mon Literature schools soon.
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