ARMED terrorist groups continue to commit acts of violence aimed at disrupting the provision of education and undermining efforts to improve the learning opportunities of the country’s younger generation. Their deliberate actions include robbing and destroying school textbooks and writing materials, sending threatening letters to education personnel, parents and students, issuing abduction threats, committing murders, and planting landmines to destroy school infrastructure.

In one such incident, a group of Grade-12 students who were to re-take the matriculation examination were temporarily staying in Thiri Mingala Ward, Ward 1, NyaungU, Mandalay Region, at around 9 am on 14 June 2025. They were from the Basic Education High School (Branch) in Kalate Village, NyaungU Township. Of the nine students, six – Khin Thet Htar, Ju Ju Su Hlaing, Toe Ei Wai, Yamin Thu, Mya Mya Thet, and Chan Myae Aung – were withdrawn from the accommodation by their parents after receiving threats from the PDF terrorist group.

The remaining three students – Arkar Chan Myay Kyaw, Tun Naing Lin, and Tin Oo Hlaing – would also soon be collected by their parents. In response, security personnel are coordinating with the relevant authorities to make arrangements for the students to retake the examination safely and without disruption.

Regarding this incident, it has been confirmed that security forces are taking steps, in accordance with security procedures, to arrest those responsible for intimidating the students’ parents and to ensure peace and stability in the area.

MNA/KNN

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