Primary School Days

by Hla Min

Updated : September 2026

Private Primary Boundary Road School

• PPBRS was founded by Daw Tin Tin Aye.
• Her sisters Daw Yi Yi & Daw Khin Khin Aye assisted her.
• Daw Khin Khin Aye later became Principal. She also added middle and high school classes so that her children do not have to attend other schools.
• PPBRS was renamed as PBRS.

Classes

• The lowest classes were Infant (C), (B) & (A). They correspond to Lower, Middle & Higher Kindergarten.

Memories

• I was not keen to go to school.
• Had to get up early.

• Had to use slates, paper and pencil (unlike gizmos available to present day kids).

• Teacher Kywe (a motherly Karen Christian) transformed me into a Lifelong Learner.
• After passing High School, my mom asked me to visit Teacher Kywe. Teacher Kywe proudly introduced me to her students. That was my Micro-SPZP.

Note about SPZP

Saya Gadaw Pwe has a religious connotation. Saya Pu Zaw Pwe transcends religions. Several organizers & Golden Sponsors of SPZP-2000 do not profess Buddhism, but they all want to pay back to their mentors for their metta, karuna and cetana.

Classmates include

• Nay Win (MEHS63, M69, GBNF)
• Elizabeth Kyaw Tun (Ph.D in English)
• Han Tun (SPHS63 & DSA)
• Kenneth San & Margaret San
• Several from Film Community (A1 Than Htut, A1 Thein Htut, Toe Nyunt, Thamankyar Ko Myint, Myat Hla Sein …)

Seniors include

• Flora Aye
• Tin Maung Thant (son of U Thant)
• Francis Ohn Maung
• Bonzo Kun Lone
• Bonnie Kun Lone

Prizes

• Thermos Flask for reciting “Mingalar Kabyar”
• Fairy Tales
• Translation of Aesop’s Fables by Min Yu Way & Ngwe Tar Yi