The Ministry of Education ( my, ပညာရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန, ; abbreviated MOE) is the

Myanmar government Myanmar ( also known as Burma) operates ''de jure'' as a unitary assembly-independent republic under its 2008 constitution. On 1 February 2021, Myanmar's military took over the government in a coup, causing ongoing anti-coup protests. Po ...

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responsible for

education in Myanmar The educational system of Myanmar (also known as Burma) is operated by the government Ministry of Education. Universities and professional institutes from upper Burma and lower Burma are run by two separate entities, the Departments of Higher E ...

Brief History

The Ministry of Education aims to nurture future oriented advanced science and technology professionals, support national economic development and promote research. In order to rectify and strengthen the purposes, Ministry of Education expanded into new Ministry of Science and Technology in 1996. This ministry focused on research and development, intellectual property, standardization, quality assuring, basic infrastructure development, nuclear safety and human resource development. In 2016, the five departments from Ministry of Science and Technology merged with Ministry of Education with the aim of forming momentum in national development. Currently, Ministry of Education is taking control in national development with four categories. # Research and development category # Human resource development category # Foreign collaboration and co-operation category # Rural development category On 17 June 2021, the

State Administration Council The State Administration Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ; abbreviated SAC or နစက) is the military junta currently governing Myanmar, established by Comm ...

reformed the Ministry of Education as the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Departmental bodies

* The Minister's Office * Department of Higher Education * Department of Teacher Training * Department of Human Resources and Educational Planning * Department of Basic Education *

Myanmar Language Commission The Myanmar Language Commission ( my, မြန်မာစာအဖွဲ့; formerly Burmese Language Commission; abbreviated MLC) is the pre-eminent government body on matters pertaining to the Burmese language.E. Ulrich Kratz Southeast Asia ...

* Department of Myanmar Examinations * Department of Myanmar Education Research Bureau (MERB) There are seven departments under the Ministry of Education: # Administration staff # Department of Higher Education # Department of Basic Education # Department of Myanmar Language Commission # Department of Myanmar

Board of Examinations The Myanmar Board of Examinations ( my, မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ စာစစ်အဖွဲ့ ဦးစီးဌာန) is a governmental body that administers national examinations and sets standardized qualifications. The Board ...

# Myanmar Educational Research Bureau (MERB) The Office Staff of the Ministry of Education is responsible to the Deputy Ministers and the Minister. They supervise the implementation of educational programmes, set the educational policies, are responsible for fiscal planning within the ministry and department personnel and administration of the ministry.

List of ministers

* Dr

Ba Maw Ba Maw ( my, ဘမော်, ; 8 February 1893 – 29 May 1977) was a Burmese lawyer and political leader, active during the interwar and World War II periods. Dr. Ba Maw is a descendant of the Mon Dynasty. He was the first Burma Premier ...

(1934–1937) * U Razak (1947) * Htoon Aung Kyaw * U Win * Hla Min * Maung Gyi * U Kar (1958-1960) p. 129 Ethnic Myanmar Muslim Authors and Famous persons Part 2 by Professor Dr. Aung Zaw. Publisher Islamic Council of Myanmar Head quarters Yangon. 2010 * Dr. Nyi Nyi * Col. Hla Han * Col. Dr. Pe Thein * Pan Aung * Than Aung (1997-2004) * Dr Chan Nyein (2004-2011) * Dr

Mya Aye (minister) Mya Aye ( my, မြအေး) was a Burmese educator. He was Burmese Minister of Education, serving from March 2011 until his death in December 2013. He was previously a rector at Mandalay University Mandalay University (also translated as Un ...

(2011-2013) * Dr Khin San Yee (2014–30 March 2016) *

Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi (; ; born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar (equivalent to a prime minister) and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2 ...

(30 March 2016 – 6 April 2016) * Dr

Myo Thein Gyi Myo Thein Gyi ( my, မျိုးသိမ်းကြီး; born 2 September 1965) is the former Ministry of Education (Myanmar), Minister for Education of Myanmar. He previously served as Professor of Mathematics Department, Dagon Universi ...

(6 April 2016 - 1 February 2021) * Dr Nyunt Pe (16 February 2021 - Incumbent)

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Education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...

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Education in Myanmar Ministries established in 1950 1950 establishments in Burma