Sunday, April 19, 2009

BEHS 6 Botataung



Basic Education High School No. 6 Botataung (Burmese: အေျခခံပညာ အထက္တန္း ေက်ာင္းအမွတ္​ (၆) ဗိုလ္တေထာင္ေက်ာင္း; abbreviated to အ.ထ.က. (၆) ဗိုလ္တေထာင္) (commonly known as Botataung 6 High School or St. Paul's High School), located a few miles east of downtown Yangon in Botataung township, is a public high school, and the oldest high school in Myanmar. The all boys school offers classes from kindergarten to Tenth Standard (or Grade 1 through Grade 11 in the new nomenclature).

Known during the British colonial days as St. Paul's English High School, the Roman Catholic parochial school was the top school of choice for the children of the elite. Many of the country's who's who in those days were alumni of St. Paul's. The school was nationalized in 1965. While it is no longer the leading high school it once was, the school continues to be among the better (certainly among the better known) high schools in Yangon, serving mostly the children of middle class families from downtown Yangon and vicinity.

The school's main three-story red brick colonial era building is a landmark protected by the city.