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Monks in training

Myanmar's monasteries provide schooling to those who need it most

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by Jackie Friedman
February 29, 2016

A monk stands in for a teacher as children and monks study together at a school run by a monastery in Bago, Myanmar.

(Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)But the country is at a turning point. Democratic reforms have unshackled the economy, galvanized the workforce, and forced the government to institute an across

A novice Buddhist monk helps a younger novice wear his robe at Bahan Thone Htat monastic school in Yangon, Myanmar.

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Novice Buddhist monks, nuns, children, and teachers sing Myanmar's national anthem during an assembly at the beginning of a school day at Bahan Thone Htat.

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A novice Buddhist monk at Bahan Thone Htat.

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A novice Buddhist nun is given a vaccination for Hepatitis-B at Bahan Thone Htat.

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Buddhist nuns play during break time at Phaung Daw Oo monastic school in Mandalay, Myanmar. (HEIN HTET/epa/Corbis)

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A novice Buddhist monk washes his robes at Bahan Thone Htat monastic school in Yangon, Myanmar.

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Novice Buddhist monks and village children write in their textbooks at Bahan Thone Htat.

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Novice Buddhist monks play with rubber-bands before lunch at Bahan Thone Htat.

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Buddhist nuns walk up in the stairs at the beginning of a school day at Bahan Thone Htat.

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Students of a Buddhist monastic school meditate before the start of class in Yangon, Myanmar.

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Novice Buddhist monks play a game similar to soccer during a break at Bahan Thone Htat.

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