Shan Culture and Education Central Committee (SCEC)

The Shan and Culture Education Central Committee (SCEC) is a grassroots organization established in 2001 and composed of different Shan individuals working for various non-government organizations (NGOs). SCEC provides culturally appropriate educational materials to disadvantaged young Shan individuals primarily inside Burma whose access to education and knowledge is through informal setup (volunt

eer teaching by high school and university students to young farmers in rural areas in Shan state and schools set up for internally displaced Shans in Burma). The textbooks produced are English, Math, Science, Geography, History, Shan, and General and cover different educational levels (primary, middle, and high). In addition, SCEC also produces books and research work on Shan culture and history. The organization targets young Shans in the rural parts of Shan state, internally displaced Shans inside Burma, and Shan migrants on the Thai-Burma border and Thailand. Since 2001, SCEC has produced and distributed more than 165 thousand school textbooks in seven subjects that have benefitted more than 100 thousand Shan students inside Burma.