Basic Education Level Waste Awareness Teachers Handbook

This waste management curriculum is supported by the Gulf of Mottama Project (GoMP). Our goal was to understand the waste management situation in schools in Gulf of Mottama region and produce a toolkit to help teachers educate the youth on waste management issues and solutions. We would like to acknowledge the Gulf of Mottama Project (GoMP) for financial support to do research about waste and to create book. Many individuals and groups actively participated in the research for the waste management book. We would like to acknowledge the support of the people who had been actively involved for this waste management book, which more specifically were Assistant of Education Minister who give permission to do research about waste from Chaungzon. Wide Horizons student organizers conducted interviews with the headmaster/ headmistress of each school focusing on the strengths and weakness of the current waste management system in their school. Also, there were interviews with the school committee members about the situation of the community and school in July and August 2020. We would like to thank those headmaster/ headmistress, teachers and students who were from Muritkalay High school, Kwan Lar Middle school and Se Pa La primary school for giving chance to do research in their school and participating for interview, focus group discussion. Thant Myanmar Organization advised the writers and designed supplementary activities with the support of ToT training. WH students would like to thank those people who were participated during two days training. On the first day, 14 teachers (2 Male and 12 Female) from Kwan Lar secondary school were participated over Zoom. On the second day, 8 participants from Se Pa La primary school and 10 participants from Muritkalay high school attended the training. The ToT training demonstrated inclusive community campaign/lesson activity, discussions, and question answer sessions. In 2021, WH students did a pilot training to develop waste management book to gather participant’s feedback from Darah Learning Center. We also acknowledge the participation of the Darah Learning center’s Headmaster, Teachers and students. Besides, Thant Naing who is a curriculum development trainer, Andrea Jones, Grey Tyrosvoutis and teachers from Wide Horizons for providing feedback to help develop this toolkit book.

Published By: 

Gulf of Mottama Project

Published Date: 

January 2021
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