Myanmar adopts new first-grade curriculum with help Saudi Arabia

  • Myanmar adopts new first-grade curriculum with help Saudi Arabia
  • Myanmar adopts new first-grade curriculum with help Saudi Arabia
  • Myanmar adopts new first-grade curriculum with help Saudi Arabia
  • What is Myanmar's new curriculum?
  • The new curriculum expressly promotes twenty-first-century skills, intended to “pave the way for the development of Myanmar society both at the national level and at the global level” (MOE 2019b, p. 6).
  • How to improve Myanmar's education system?
  • Closing these gaps and ensuring equal opportunities is necessary to improve the country’s education system. Myanmar’s education system is divided into five segments: early childhood care and development (ECCD), basic education, alternative education, technical and vocational education and training (TVET), and higher education.
  • Why does Myanmar have a single national curriculum?
  • Myanmar was officially under military rule from the time of a coup in 1962 until the return of a form of civilian government in 2011. The military viewed it as essential to creating a single national identity. An implication is the single national curriculum for the basic education sector, as prescribed in the Constitution.
  • Does Myanmar have a school system?
  • School education in Myanmar is provided mainly by the Government. Attendance is compulsory up to the end of primary school. Since the basic education system restructure under the NESP, students now complete 5 years of primary school, followed by 7 years in secondary school, including 4 years in middle school, and 3 years in high school.
  • What is alternative education in Myanmar?
  • The alternative education segment caters to groups that have either dropped out or lack access to the formal education system. The Department of Alternative Education (DoAE) oversees programmes to boost education in Myanmar by targeting students in conflict zones and migrant areas, as well as children who are employed, homeless or disabled.
  • Does Myanmar need tertiary education reform?
  • As elsewhere in Myanmar’s education system,reform in the tertiary sector requires systemic change and will take time to achieve. Just 11% of Myanmar’s young people received any kind of higher education in 2013.

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