Education Lead Story Mandalay Division News
The four students were detained for staging a protest against what they called “military-style oppression” within Burma’s education system.
Conflict Kachin Lead Story News
“Local residents informed us that stray artillery shells, apparently fired from a position in the cemetery outside of Namya, landed in the school compound, wounding the teacher.”
Education Lead Story Natural Disasters News
When disasters destroy schools in Burma and elsewhere in the region, hundreds of thousands of children lose out, according to a new report by Save the Children.
Education Feature Karenni Lead Story News Refugees
Close to the Burmese-Thai border, young Karenni refugees study desperately to gain acceptance into universities worldwide. But with talks of repatriation echoing through the camps, it’s unsure how long they are to stay there.
Education Lead Story News Protest
A hearing for education law protestors in Pegu Division is postponed after a defendant coughs up blood and collapses as he is being brought into court.
More than 7,800 school buildings in the country are unsafe or in an unsightly state, Burma’s Deputy Education Minister Thant Shin tells parliament.
Education Lead Story Migrants Issues News
Of the approximately 300,000 migrant children in Thailand, only 100,000 are in education. What happens to the rest?
Education Lead Story News Protest
Dozens of students who oppose the National Education Bill have begun two marches to Rangoon, one from Mandalay and the other from Tavoy.
Education Lead Story News Protest
The Rangoon University Teachers’ Association (RUTA) has announced its support for students protesting the National Education Bill.
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
Education in Burma’s is ranked amongst the worst in the world.
Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News
The headmaster and the village headman sell off a school property in Irrawaddy Division, without providing any prior notification to the staff, trustees or villagers, claim the local residents of Sakhangyi village in Irrawaddy Division.
Education Lead Story News Rangoon
The draft National Education Bill awaits the president’s signature since being approved by parliament in late July. Controversial from the outset, many claim it was drafted unilaterally and without enough transparency.
Education Lead Story Mandalay Division News
Students amassed at Mandalay’s Yadanabon University on Wednesday in a second round of protest against Burma’s newly approved education reform package.
Education Ethnic issues Lead Story News
More than 200 ethnic representatives are convening in Rangoon to brainstorm an ethnic language curriculum, based on a modern communicative approach rather than traditional teaching methods.
A third of school buildings in lower Burma are below safety standards, according to an education official.
Education Lead Story News Politics Uncategorized
A new education bill submitted to Parliament on 20 March has come under fire by the National Network for Education Reform (NNER), an independent oversight body.
The NLD Education Network has launched more than 150 primary schools across Burma aimed at underprivileged children. However, more schools have been founded and the number of children is increasing.
Without the implementation of radical reforms, Burma’s schools will continue to stagnate
Ethnic languages are set to be included in state primary schools’ curriculum during the 2013-14 educational year; however, the classes will be held outside of normal school hours
An NGO providing assistance to migrant children on the Thai-Burmese border has reached several agreements with the Burmese officials that will allow migrant students to enter government schools and take matriculation exams
Sep 10, 2008 (DVB), Despite the ruling State Peace and Development Council's claims that Burma has a 94 percent literacy rate, Burmese educationalists say the reality on the ground is[…]
Jul 17, 2008 (DVB), School pupils returning to their studies in the cyclone-affected Pyin district of Hai Gyi, Irrawaddy division, are still waiting for their school buildings to be repaired.[…]
Jul 10, 2008 (DVB), Former Rangoon University lecturer Daw Nyein Khet Khet has criticised the two-tier education system in Burma for denying children from poor families an adequate basic education.[…]
Jul 10, 2008 (DVB), Former Rangoon University lecturer Daw Nyein Khet Khet has criticised the two-tier education system in Burma for denying children from poor families an adequate basic education.[…]
Jun 26, 2008 (DVB), The military regime in Burma has removed a speech and writings by the late independence hero general Aung San and peace architect Thakhin Kodaw Hmaing from[…]
Jun 19, 2008 (DVB), The Free Funeral Service Society is working to develop a school building in a village in Irrawaddy division that can double as an emergency storm shelter[…]
Jun 13, 2008 (DVB), Local military officers in Bogalay township, Irrawaddy division, have been putting pressure on local schools to reopen despite the damage wrought by Cyclone Nargis, a township[…]
Jun 4, 2008 (DVB), As students returned to school following the cyclone that devastated parts of Rangoon and Irrawaddy, parents said they were being asked for school fees despite government[…]
May 30, 2008 (DVB), The start of the school term is likely to be delayed in many areas affected by the recent cyclone while schools are rebuilt, but efforts are[…]
Feb 27, 2008 (DVB), Teachers at a high school in Tachilek, Shan state, have been demanding money from students to ensure they pass their examinations, and threatening to fail them[…]
