Anger is growing after dozens of university enrollees were expelled in recent days for demanding an increase to Burma’s national education budget, reviving a proud but often fraught tradition of…
Category: Education
Mon schoolchildren to get computer savvy
Students will be afforded the chance to use the tablets during class lessons, while teachers will have access to them at all times.
Suu Kyi pledges schooling for children from Kachin IDPs camps
“The state counsellor told me that every child has a right to education,” said KBC’s Reverend Samson Hkalam.
ABFSU, NNER demand re-admission of expelled student activist
We firmly believe there should be no ‘double jeopardy’,” said Dr. Arkar Moe Thu, the chairperson of Dagon University Teachers Union.
Yangon University, students and the state of national affairs, once again
Diana Hunyh examines the historical and contemporary controversy of the Rangoon University Student Union.
Mandalay student activists sentenced, sing protest songs in court
The four demanded that their handcuffs be removed during the hearing. When their demand was denied, they began singing political songs.