Basic Education High School No. 3, Bago is a government high school in

Bago Bago may refer to: Places Myanmar * Bago, Myanmar, a city and the capital of the Bago Region * Bago District, a district of the Bago Region * Bago Region an administrative region * Bago River, a river * Bago Yoma or Pegu Range, a mountain range ...

under the Department of Basic Education, Ministry of Education, Myanmar. It was formerly known as # State High School No. 3, Pegu .H.S (3) Pegu(1965 - 1983) # National High School, Pegu (1921 - 1965) # Y.M.B.A Middle School (1912 - 1921)

Location

It is in Bago, regional capital of

Bago Region Bago Region ( my, ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Pegu Division and Bago Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the southern central part of the country. It is bordered by Magway Region ...

, Myanmar. Its GPS coordinate is N 17.334087, E 96.482849.

History

It was established as Young Men's Buddhist Association (YMBA) Middle school at the same place and in the same edifice in 1912 and financed by townspeople of Bago (known as Pegu previously). When national education system was started by nationalist volunteer teachers to go against British's colonial education system, townspeople of Bago held mass meeting at Shwemawdaw Pagoda and decided to upgrade YMBA middle school of Bago to National High School on 27 December 1920. YMBA school building is well maintained as national heritage, which is called YMBA building till now. It was closed and badly damaged during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. Badly damaged school was rebuilt and reopened on 2 June 1947 with the effort of former headmaster Sayargyi U Than and townspeople. It was managed by school committee as non-governmental organization (NGO). It became State High School No. 3, Pegu (S.H.S 3, Pegu) on 1 April 1965 when all the scha well known Government High Schools in Myanmar (Bruma) were nationalized by Union Revolutionary Council, led by General

Ne Win Ne Win ( my, နေဝင်း ; 10 July 1910, or 14 or 24 May 1911 – 5 December 2002) was a Burmese politician and military commander who served as Prime Minister of Burma from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1974, and also President of Burma ...

. The name was changed to Basic Education High School No. 3, Bago when basic education system was restructured. Part of YMBA building seen in 2012

Teachers who founded the school

# U Thet Tin # U Thar Din # U Than # U Ba Kyi

Headmasters or headmistress since 1923

# U Thar Din # U Than # U Ba Kyi # U Myint oo # U Win Maung # U Kyin Thein # Daw Tin New Oo # Dr Zin The Oo The centenary of the school was celebrated on 8 December 2012, in conjunction with 92nd National day of Myanmar. U Tun Nyunt; One School with Triple Name; p 156-157; Yar Pyayt Magazine of No (3) basic Education High School, Bago; 2012

References

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