“The state counsellor told me that every child has a right to education," said KBC's Reverend Samson Hkalam.

Security forces are on high alert in Sittwe amid communal tensions following the death of a Rohingya Muslim man yesterday.

Attacks on civilians in northern Arakan State continued over the weekend, according to the Office of the State Counsellor, which described the assailants as “terrorists” in three violent incidents that saw four people killed, including a village administrator.

According to the US embassy, Secretary Tillerson had “underscored the ongoing US commitment to Southeast Asia and discussed important regional security challenges [with Aung San Suu Kyi]”.

Zaw Htay said that security forces carried out a clearance operation in the Buthidaung-Maungdaw region of the Mayu mountain range. "That’s where the terrorists were hiding," he said.

Harn Yawnghwe's Euro Burma Office has been a major donors to the ethnic armed organisations and civic groups involved in peace talks.