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The government will revise curriculums for three levels for the academic year 2020-21 to keep education programmes in line with international standards, a senior Education Ministry official said.
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"U Tun Maung Win, deputy director general of the Department of Basic Education, said the curriculums for Grade 4, Grade 7 and Grade 10 will be revised simultaneously. “In other countries, they change the curriculum for one level of education per year. Myanmar’s education system is left behind compared with the international community and so we need to change for three levels in one year,” he said on Tuesday.
The education official said teachers will be provided training during the summer holidays to get acquainted with the new syllabus. All primary, middle and high school teachers will have to get consecutive trainings for the new curriculums in the next summer,” he said.
U Tun Maung Win said the teachers need to be qualified and disciplined in implementing the new curriculums. “The strength of teachers is crucial for the education of the country. The quality of education will improve only if the teachers are qualified,” he said.
He said the Ministry of Education is making preparations for the new textbooks to be issued in time, and urged the parents to get familiar with the new education system in order to help their children.
Meanwhile, U Ko Lay Win, director general at Basic Education Department , said teachers were directed to conduct review classes to their students when all classes are closed during the examinations of Grade 5 and Grade 9..."
Source/publisher:
"Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
Date of publication:
2020-01-09
Date of entry/update:
2020-01-10
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"The Government of Myanmar has recently stepped up efforts to strengthen the education
sector, recognizing the vital role of an educated population and workforce as a prerequisite for
sustained economic growth and poverty reduction. This is reflected in the government?s critical
decision in early 2012 to embark on a Comprehensive Education Sector Review (CESR
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), as a
basis for more clearly identifying sector challenges, priority areas, and strategic options.
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The
education sector has made important progress in recent years, perhaps particularly in primary
education (grades 1-5), with the net enrolment ratio (NER) reaching roughly 90% in school year
SY2009/2010.
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However, progress has lagged in post-primary education (PPE) levels, with NER
estimates for the secondary education subsector (SES) ranging from only 53.0% to 58.3%, and
much lower for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and the higher education
subsector (HES). Moreover, there is evidence that SES, TVET, and HES face particular
challenges in terms of education quality and subsector management. As Myanmar embarks on
dramatic socioeconomic transformations, these subsectors must play a particularly critical role in
promoting inclusive growth and poverty reduction, meeting rapidly evolving labor market needs,
and rebalancing and equipping the economy to modernize and climb the technological ladder
into higher value-added sectors and successfully enter into the ASEAN Economic Community
(AEC) in 2015 and global markets. Addressing such gaps in access, quality and relevance, and
management is thus a high priority..."
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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Date of publication:
2012-09-00
Date of entry/update:
2012-09-28
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English
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