The Karen Teacher Training College (KTTC) is a place for Karen youth from internally displaced communities throughout war torn Karen State, Burma to become teachers for their communities. KTTC itself is located inside Karen State.
This week second year students who are one month from graduation did an intensive week of training in Indigenous participatory action research theory and methods. These new teachers, once they return to their communities, will be expected not only to teach in schools but also play vital roles in community leadership. Indigenous participatory action reaserch is a process embedded in community knowledge and values which seeks to maximize villagers involvement with an explicit call to action to solve problems within the community.
Saw XXXX said, "Before, the word 'research' seemed above me, something I could never catch. But now I understand that we can all do research for the benefit of our people."
KTTC is organized by the Karen Teacher Working Group (http://ktwg.org) which is itself an IKAP member. KTWG is a local Karen education organisation providing teacher training and educaion assistance throughout Karen State, Burma. KTWG places special focuses on developing teacher's interest and capacity to intergrate Indigenous knowledge and local resources into the classroom practices.