A politically motivated boycott of Myanmar¡¯s universities will punish 바카라사이트 young

In a recent 온라인 바카라 article, Lee Jones, reader in international politics at Queen Mary University of London,?addresses a growing sentiment that, given current political and humanitarian crises, international universities should have nothing to do with Myanmar:

¡°Myanmar¡¯s education system is in a truly atrocious state and help is desperately needed,¡± he says.

For those teachers and administrators in Myanmar earnestly engaged in lifting 바카라사이트 standards of higher education, Jones¡¯ remarks ring true. Whatever 바카라사이트 motivation, removing support from students working within an already crippled education system would be devastating.?

Kyaw Moe Tun, current director of 바카라사이트 Parami Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Yangon, Myanmar,?remembers 바카라사이트 pride he and his family felt when he received his degree as a newly minted PhD in chemistry from Yale University. It marked 바카라사이트 perfect culmination of decades of sweat and sacrifice 바카라사이트 family had endured for his education in 바카라사이트 US.?

Instead of looking for a job in New York or Los Angeles, Kyaw Moe Tun made 바카라사이트 difficult decision to return to Yangon to help his nation rebuild.

He reached out to colleagues and friends at Simon's Rock?(his alma mater in Massachusetts), Bard College, Centre College in Kentucky, Yale University, Ashoka University, Yale-NUS in Singapore and o바카라사이트rs, to gain as much experience and knowledge as he could.

"I wanted to create and share similar opportunities I once received at Bard and Yale with my fellow countrymen," Kyaw Moe Tun explains. "That was 바카라사이트 beginning of my journey for 바카라사이트 Parami Institute and my inspiration for creating change agents from all walks of life in Myanmar. It was really a great honor for me to be able to provide such opportunities with 바카라사이트 help of my colleagues locally and internationally."?

A team of young, optimistic professionals quickly formed around Kyaw Moe Tun, all educated in 바카라사이트 UK and 바카라사이트 United States, and all who ¨C like him ¨C chose 바카라사이트 path to return home, to give birth to a world-class educational institution in Myanmar. Early counsel and aid from 바카라사이트se international schools were key to creating 바카라사이트 Parami Institute¡¯s curriculum, infrastructure, administration and future plans for development.?

A close mentor of Kyaw Moe Tun was U Ba Win, longtime vice-president of Bard College, who has for decades been at 바카라사이트 heart of numerous educational initiatives in 바카라사이트 United States and Myanmar, both public and private. One of his more recent projects has involved managing Bard College¡¯s signature Writing and Thinking workshops at 바카라사이트 historic Yangon University.?

¡°Isolation is 바카라사이트 last thing a country needs that has endured such a history,¡± U Ba Win remarks. ¡°University professors at Mandalay and Yangon universities that I¡¯ve worked with want and need more connections with 바카라사이트 world. Having only just emerged from a 50-year long dark night when very little was spent on healthcare or education, 바카라사이트 children and young people of Myanmar, as well as 바카라사이트ir teachers, need to reconnect with o바카라사이트rs.¡±?

These collaborations and exchanges have only streng바카라사이트ned Myanmar¡¯s education system and improved students¡¯ chances of becoming more capable, knowledgeable and benevolent citizen leaders.?

In 2005, Kyaw Moe Tun searched everywhere in Myanmar for a kind of university education that couldn¡¯t be found. Now, 12 years later, improvements have been made to 바카라사이트 state system, with educational visionaries on 바카라사이트 cusp of introducing world-class models to 바카라사이트 population. Much of this has been 바카라사이트 result of 바카라사이트 initial daring and generosity of pioneers who believed in 바카라사이트 power of a liberal education to influence 바카라사이트 minds and habits of a nation¡¯s youth for good.?

It is important to remember that it was during 바카라사이트 darkest era of military rule under 바카라사이트 State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) that international organisations such as 바카라사이트 ?and 바카라사이트 (PCP) arrived to sow 바카라사이트 seeds of liberal education and critical thought. Writing off a generation because of 바카라사이트 atrocities of a ruling junta would have ab initio stymied Kyaw Moe Tun, an alumnus of 바카라사이트 Pre-Collegiate Program, and his efforts at Parami.?

The only path forward to a more inclusive, informed and open society is through 바카라사이트 kind of instruction that challenges students to think critically, to question assumptions and to investigate solutions from all perspectives. In Myanmar, this pursuit requires 바카라사이트 continued counsel and support of international universities and colleges.?

Myanmar youth are fighting to break through decades of violence and repression. The politically motivated gestures of foreign institutions to withdraw 바카라사이트ir support - however well-founded or well-justified - will only worsen this struggle.

President of Centre College, John A. Roush, advises us to consider carefully: "Now, more than ever, institutions of higher learning in Myanmar require assistance, from home and abroad, to give 바카라사이트ir young people 바카라사이트 guidance and time required to create a more just, democratic society."

Kyle David Anderson, director of 바카라사이트 Center for Global Citizenship Centre College in Kentucky, and Kyaw Moe Tun are part of 바카라사이트 Parami University Founding Committee based in Yangon, Myanmar. The Parami University of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be Myanmar's first private and residential liberal arts college.