Australia’s first Buddhist high school leads charge with non-profit tutoring program
AUSTRALIA’S first Buddhist high school in Canley Vale is leading the charge with another unique initiative: a non-profit tutoring service.
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AUSTRALIA’S first Buddhist high school, Pal Buddhist School, is leading the charge with another unique initiative: a collaboration with non-profit coaching service Teach4Peace.
Charity and generosity are at the heart of the Canley Vale school, and the same principles apply for Teach4Peace, which helps fund humanitarian aid projects.
Pal Buddhist School Deputy Principal Helen Lam said the tutoring service was one of the first of its kind.
“Teach4Peace is set up as a non-profit tutoring school, and I think that’s probably the first that I’ve heard of,” she said.
“A lot of tutoring schools are just out there to make money, but Teach4Peace uses education as a seed to spread around the world.”
Elite tutors in the program work pro bono and student fees plus donation drives fund international charity projects.
Last year, Teach4Peace visited Prey Thom Primary School in Kampot, Cambodia, to donate educational resources.
Donated items included textbooks, writing books, pens, toothbrush kits and a data projector for students in need. 35 computers provided by Danoz Direct will be shipped to Cambodia shortly.
Ms Lam, who also tutors for Teach4Peace, described the program as a “a cycle of generosity”.
“The kids are getting a lot, not only in academic expertise, but also them knowing that the tutors genuinely care,” she said.
“It teaches them about the virtues and morals that are part of education.”
Dr Min Zhao Lee is another tutor who generously donates his time and expertise.
Dr Lee — who coaches science and mathematics — has 15 years’ experience tutoring at James Ruse Agricultural High School and currently works at Concord Hospital in emergency medicine.
“I’ve always been quite interested in teaching,” he said.
“When I went through school myself we had students come back and teach us and from that I thought, ‘I can do this’.
“I (wanted) to give back the same thing I got when I was learning at school.”
Year 12 students at Pal Buddhist School in 2016 were the third cohort to go through the HSC.
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