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Turn out educated persons in upgrading the education sector

“OUR country is very weak in the education sector. More than five million of over nine million students enrolled in the previous academic year,” Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the State Administration Council and Prime Minister, was quoted as saying at the SAC Meeting 3/2022 on 30 March.

The number of students in all countries can be seen as a pyramid form. The basic level of them is the largest number. Last academic year, more than five million enrolled students were accounted for just 60 per cent of the total student population. Some 20 per cent of over 5 million enrolled students were absent among them. About 80 per cent of enrolled students attended the school.

It is a terrible danger to the education of Myanmar. It shows the potential for causing the out of linkage in the education generations. When those students grow up, the number of educated persons will be shortages in society.

The interim census enumerated in 2019 showed 18.263 million people of 25.169 million above 25 years old had completed middle school education, accounting for 60 per cent. There are more than two million educated persons and more than 500,000 people holding degrees and diplomas.

Shortages of educated persons will impact the turning out of human resources for all sectors. At least any graduates and diploma holders will be qualified to make further studies for advanced levels. They should have basic knowledge based on at least middle school education to learn techniques and technologies. Last year, some 100,000 people completed the training in technical high schools and vocational education schools.

Educated persons settle in various areas of the nation, accounting for some 80 per cent in urban areas and some 20 per cent in rural areas. It shows the need to amend the education policies to improve the whole nation.

Indeed, a democratic nation must be built through the strength of educated persons. Implementation of every work process must be based on their accumulated knowledge and invaluable experiences. It is necessary to build a manual structure of the Union based on democracy and federalism with an educated structure to keep abreast of other countries.

Only when the number of educated persons is abundant can the country be built with educated persons’ advanced knowledge and skills. Hence, it is necessary to enhance the policies for a sound foundation for the education sector in real-time.

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