B roadening Htee Like Pay Post Primary School – A ccess to Building Construction S ustainable E ducation

Facts Description Name Htee Like Pay Htee Like Pay Post Primary School is located in Htee Like Pay, Pin Sone, Township, , . Shan State is largely rural, with only three cities of significant size: , , and the Type of facility School Building capital . Htee Like Pay village is about a two-hour drive from either Taunggyi or Loikaw. The 60- No. of students 130 (57 boys and 73 girls) year-old village has a population of 598 residents and is home to 109 households. They mostly rely on No. of teachers 6 women subsistence farming for their livelihoods. Water is of concern due to the village’s location, and the villagers store rain water as a result. They have plans to get electricity from the central government. The school was No. of buildings 1 new building with 5 classrooms, a teacher’s established around 1960, based in the monastery. The school was then upgraded to post primary level in room and 2 toilets 2015. Students from the nearby four villages study here for middle school level education since their villages only have primary schools. Currently, the school serves 130 students (57 boys and 73 girls), ranging from No. of classrooms 5 fully furnished classrooms 5-13 years old and employs six female teachers. Htee Like Pay Post Primary School consists of three buildings (334 m2) currently: a wooden building with three classrooms and two monastic buildings with a classroom each. To Budget USD 56,203 address this situation, we have decided to support Htee Like Pay Post Primary school with the construction Construction period March - November 2020 of one concrete school building with five fully furnished classrooms along with two additional toilets. The new building will replace the two monastic buildings, which must be returned to the monastery. The new Project manager Law Eh (That Lwin Oo) school building will emphasize the importance of education and provide an incentive for the students to Location Htee Like Pay Village continue and complete middle school level education. After implementation, the school will consist of eight Pin Sone Village Track classrooms (three in the wooden and five in the new building). This will cater to the expected growing Hsi Hseng Township student numbers in the coming academic years. The additional two toilets will also help improve the Shan State sanitation standards at the school, especially since the existing toilets are of poor quality. Myanmar Implementation Map Htee Like Pay Post Primary School is a government registered school. The government will support the teachers’ training and salaries, provide the curriculum and materials for teaching and learning. Our approach is to always involve the community in the project to encourage ownership and community development. For this project the villagers have agreed to excavate, fill, and level the land, as well as provide unskilled labour and bamboo for scaffolding. For the actual construction, we will collaborate with a local contractor to coordinate all phases of construction and to purchase standard construction materials locally, as well as to arrange for the required furniture. The community will manage transfers for payment and oversee the construction in general. Our local team will follow-up on the construction progress on a regular basis to ensure our high quality standards are being met. The community will be responsible for the maintenance of the school after construction is completed. Htee Like Pay Post Primary School can be reached by all vehicles in any season. In the dry season it is easy accessible but during the wet season the road to the village becomes muddy but it is not far from a main road. Construction is due to commence in March 2020 and is targeted to be completed in November 2020. We consider this a low risk project based

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Budget FX USD/MMK 1,450 Item MMK USD In % Construction materials 51,270,000 35,361 62 Labour costs 16,200,000 11,172 20 Transportation & Rental 1,500,000 1,033 2 Interior Equipment & Furniture 3,030,000 2,090 4 Project Implementation & monitoring costs 3,789,474 2,613 5

Sink-in Fund 5,704,584 3,934 7

Total Budget 81,494,058 56,203 100 The wooden building (three classrooms)

Classrooms within the school – no partition and very noisy The existing, rotten toilets