Scholarship / Assistant Principle - Scholarship Essay for Australia Awards How I chose propose course [3]

Q.1 )

How did you choose your proposed course and institution?

Growing up in a broken family, education has been my shelter to cover all of my unusual family background among my friends. I suffered a lot of discrimination in my childhood because divorce is not a common thing in Myanmar during at time. As I was an outstanding student in class, I could manage to overcome all these difficulties. And I got a scholarship for my matriculation exam which help my single father a lot. On the day I get my distinctions on matriculation exam, I decided to become a powerful educator in Myanmar to change thousands of students life as it had changed mine. I worked in Save the Children International earning my University fees. After I graduated, I left my well-paid job to become a teacher in my hometown as my childhood dream. I joined GOOD SUCCESS Boarding School becoming a teacher and Assistant Principal for 3 years. Within 3 years, I realize that my passion and sacrifices were not enough to make a great impact among students. Because I have a limited knowledge about education and have no educational degree which are the essential needs for my current job, I encountered some challenges in managing student's behavior, training the teachers and drawing effective curriculum, etc. As most of the students are from rural, conflict and least-developed area in the country, I knew that I needed a special knowledge to provide them a good environment and communication .To overcome all these challenges and to get higher education degree for the benefits of Myanmar students, I chose to study Master of Education (Leadership & Management) in Flinders University which match with my current job - Assistant Principle. As I am taking the leadership role in my school, I believe the course I chose would be so helpful to reform and change the school - to support students with learning difficulties, to give collaborative consultation, to support positive behavior in school compounds and I can also implement outside-school activities to promote students' interest in school subjects. I believe it will give me a solid understanding how to manage the school to be international standard. I hope my proposed course will open my eyes how to help students to achieve their life-long dreams. And, I would be able to train many teachers to be qualified and international standard teachers.

Scholarship / Scholarship Essay for Australia Awards Q.2) How will the proposed study contribute to your career? [3]

Dear Mr/Ms. Holt,
I hope you have time to read my second essay.
Please kindly review and give me feedback for the Australia Awards.
Thank you in advance.

Q.2)

How will the proposed study contribute to your career?

Because of the military government, Myanmar Education system has been criticized for its low budget, low-quality management, non-updated curriculum and discriminated opportunity to get a quality education. I did not know exactly this heartbreaking fact of how education system ruins thousands of students emotionally and technically until I became a teacher. When I was teaching my students, most of the students have no interest in their subjects and some do not even know what their passion is and are unaware of the power of education. I even had a student who wanted to commit suicide because of depression in her academic learning. After happening that accident in my school, I realize that our education system can neither provide a useful academic knowledge nor give a confidence, energy and hope to the students. I decided to broaden my knowledge and get higher degree so that I can save thousands of students' lives and dreams. The Master of Education - Leadership & Management curriculum will help me to change students' negative mindset and can make them dream big about the future. I also met a mother who drop out her son from school explaining with tears she did this because her son cannot get good grading. Using Psychological and techniques I learnt from the proposed course, I can also provide collaborative consultation to such parents who donot know how to raise their children to get the education of their children. I hope doing this can decrease the rate of drop-out students. As I will also use the methods and leadership skill that I learnt from the course to change the government's ineffective learning style in classroom by using curriculum which encourage on creativity, play, question and internet. . This course will allow me to support my students making them realize who they really are and who they want to be in life. As I also have a close contact with my students, I get to understand the discrimination they face by their teachers and by their students. I believe I can share many parents and teachers about child psychology and child right after graduating from this scholarship. Taking my master degree would not only benefit myself but also many teachers, students and parents across the country. A small plant can provide only a small shelter and small amount of fruits. I decided to be a great tree in which thousands of birds can rest, eat and have shelter.