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    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Implementation Committee arrives in Arakan; several schools reopen

    “The committee members went to an IDP camp in Kyauktaw and will pay a two-day visit to Buthidaung and Maungdaw,” said a spokesperson for the Arakan state government.

    Lead Story News Rangoon Religion

    Shuttering of Islamic schools draws criticism

    Two Muslim schools remain closed in Rangoon’s Thaketa Township as authorities say they are investigating the schools’ eligibility to hold prayer services.

    Education Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Disasters take toll on Burma’s schools

    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 Interview Lead Story News

    Interview: ‘I’m not going to run out of schools to build’

    Canadian Zen monk John D. Stevens speaks to DVB about a chance encounter in Burma 20 years ago that grew into a project to build schools around the country.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Refugees Shan

    Schools bombed, women raped in ongoing Shan battles: rights groups

    Shan rights groups have accusing the Burmese army of bombing schools, firing on civilians and raping women in the past two months.

    Renewed fighting in Kachin State closes schools video

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Video

    Renewed fighting in Kachin State closes schools

    Fresh fighting has broken out between government forces and rebel groups in Burma’s northern Kachin State. Many children have been unable to attend school.

    Education Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Migrant schools face closure amid funding plunge

    As donor attention shifts away from border areas, schools for migrant children are putting plans in place in case of closure.

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story News

    Schools, businesses close as tensions rise in Hpakant

    Rising tension between government forces and the KIA over tax revenue from Hpakant jade mines has forced schools and businesses to close down.

    Culture Karenni Lead Story News

    Karenni language, alphabet to be taught in schools

    The Karenni alphabet – kyal poe gyi or kayah li – was created in 1962, and has only ever been widely taught at refugee camps in Thailand. It appears to be modelled, linguists say, on Thai and Burmese scripts.

    BRIEF – 25 schools reopen in Pegu as floods subside

    Twenty-five schools have reopened in Pegu Division after severe flooding caused 175 emergency closures since late July, according to the region’s chief educational administrator Saw San Yin. The education department[…]

    Health Lead Story News

    Push to ban harmful Chinese snacks from schools

    The Consumer Protection Association of Myanmar [Burma] will lobby against the sale of imported snacks from China at schools, after tests show high levels of harmful chemicals.

    BUSINESS — Japanese govt pledges support for Burmese schools

    The Japanese government has announced close to US$900,000 in funding for four schools across three regions in Burma. The grant will benefit almost 5,000 school students across Bhamo and Tenasserim[…]

    Free education at middle schools in Burma

    Education will be free at middle schools across Burma starting from the next school term, says Myo Thein Gyi, director general of the Myanmar Education Research Bureau. Speaking at the[…]

    Schools set to offer courses in ethnic languages video

    Culture Lead Story News Video

    Schools set to offer courses in ethnic languages

    For the first time in more than 40 years, students in Burma will soon be able to learn their ethnic languages in government-run schools

    News Politics

    Migrant schools face closure amid funding cuts

    More than two dozen migrant schools in western Thailand face closure as international donors continue to slash funding for groups on the Thai-Burma border

    Analysis

    Political reforms must address Burma’s failing schools

    Without the implementation of radical reforms, Burma’s schools will continue to stagnate

    News Politics

    Ethnic languages to be taught ‘after hours’ in state schools

    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

    News Politics

    NLD donates ‘controversial funds’ to migrant schools on the border

    The National League for Democracy donated more than 12.8 million Kyat to migrant schools on the Thai-Burma border with money it raised during a controversial fundraiser

    Laiza schools face closure video

    Video

    Laiza schools face closure

    Yin Aung lives in Laiza and likes going to school with his siblings. Recently he hasn’t been able to attend his classes because his school has been forced to close[…]

    Business Health News

    Burma to open private schools and hospitals

    Nov 20, 2009 (DVB), Private schools and hospitals abolished under the former Ne Win regime in Burma are to reopen in an attempt to generate more revenue in the country[…]

    Uncategorized

    Bogalay schools told to reopen despite setbacks

    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[…]

    Uncategorized

    Schools demand fees from pupils after cyclone

    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[…]

    Uncategorized

    Schools closed as fighting continues in Karen State

    July 10, 2007 (DVB)

    News Briefing

    04:00 AM, 03 February 2021 News Briefing

    The military coup is a firm step on the path to democracy that fits the real situation of Myanmar, remarked Senior General Min Aung Hlaing at the first meeting of[…]

    News Briefing

    07 January 2021 News Briefing

    As of 8 PM, 7 Jan, a total of 18,953 samples were tested and found 594 new cases and 14 deaths. MoHS has reported 128,772 confirmed cases including 112,048 discharged,[…]

    Lead Story News

    Floods surge in Kayah State

    Heavy rain in Kayah State has caused widespread flooding and left a path of devastation for residents. Yesterday dozens of wards in the in the capital of Kayah State, Loikaw, experienced widespread[…]

    Lead Story News

    Dyanmite explosions injure miners in Hpakant

    Locals from Kachin State say they are worried about their safety after a villager was injured by dynamite blasts in the Hpakant jade mines.

    Lead Story News

    The jade scramble: Life at the bottom of the mines

    Three years since the jade trade was revealed to be worth 31 billion dollars, questions still abound about what improvements have been made by Aung San Suu Kyi’s government to share these revenues.

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story News

    Amid fears of conflict in Injangyang, Kachin State govt looks to intervene

    The Kachin State government intends to begin the process of rescuing hundreds of civilians trapped in Injangyang Township by broader regional conflict, with the Burmese military blockading the road linking it to adjacent Myitkyina Township to the west.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Year after madrassas shuttered, street prayer organisers face Ramadan in jail

    The closure of the Islamic schools and subsequent imprisonment of Muslims involved in their operation has been described as “clear religious discrimination, and blatant violation of freedom of religion” by one human rights advocate.

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