Kingswood High School, Kalaw
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Kingswood High School, in Kalaw, Burma, was a Methodist
Christian
mission school
. It was situated in the hill station
of Kalaw
, situated in Southern Shan State
of Burma. Some of its teachers and principals
were from the US, Europe
, and Australia
.
The school compound was big, each building built on a small hill separated by flat grassland, football, and indoor and outdoor basketball fields. The tennis court was in a small valley surrounded by low hills not far from the main buildings. Hostels for boarding students
were further away: Boys’ and girls’ hostels were on separate low hills within the walking distance from each other.
Kingswood High School Kalaw was nationalized by the revolutionary government of General Ne Win
in April 1966. The students and teachers were transferred to the Kalaw Government High School and the school building was later used to house the Kalaw GTI (Government Technology Institute). After the 1989, the SLORC military government transferred the Kalaw GTI to Taunggyi
, and the school building and its vast compound was used for the Defence Services Command and General Staff College - DSCGSC (Kalaw)
Methodism
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Christian
Christian
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mission school
Mission School
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. It was situated in the hill station
Hill station
A hill station is a town located at a higher elevation than the nearby plain or valley. The term was used mostly in colonial Asia , but also in Africa , for towns founded by European colonial rulers as refuges from the summer heat, up where temperatures are cooler...
of Kalaw
Kalaw
For the bird locally known as Kalaw see Rufous HornbillKalaw is a hill town in the Shan State of Burma. It is located in Kalaw Township in Taunggyi District. The town was popular with the British during colonial rule. Kalaw is the main place of the novel by Jan Philipp Sendker, "Das...
, situated in Southern Shan State
Shan State
Shan State is a state of Burma . Shan State borders China to the north, Laos to the east, and Thailand to the south, and five administrative divisions of Burma in the west. Largest of the 14 administrative divisions by land area, Shan State covers 155,800 km², almost a quarter of the total...
of Burma. Some of its teachers and principals
Head teacher
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were from the US, Europe
Europe
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, and Australia
Australia
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.
The school compound was big, each building built on a small hill separated by flat grassland, football, and indoor and outdoor basketball fields. The tennis court was in a small valley surrounded by low hills not far from the main buildings. Hostels for boarding students
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
were further away: Boys’ and girls’ hostels were on separate low hills within the walking distance from each other.
Kingswood High School Kalaw was nationalized by the revolutionary government of General Ne Win
Ne Win
Ne Win was Burmese a politician and military commander. He was Prime Minister of Burma from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1974 and also head of state from 1962 to 1981...
in April 1966. The students and teachers were transferred to the Kalaw Government High School and the school building was later used to house the Kalaw GTI (Government Technology Institute). After the 1989, the SLORC military government transferred the Kalaw GTI to Taunggyi
Taunggyi
-Transportation:The main access to Taunggyi is by road. A railway line that passes through Taunggyi was recently built in 1995, but at the moment it offers no passenger service. Regular railway passenger service to the rest of the country is through the town of Shwenyaung, twelve miles to the...
, and the school building and its vast compound was used for the Defence Services Command and General Staff College - DSCGSC (Kalaw)