Lanzin Youth Organization ( , ) was a youth organization in

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(present-day

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

) for high school and university students to learn useful skills and about the

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politics of the

Burma Socialist Programme Party The Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) was the ruling party of Burma (now Myanmar) from 1962 to 1988 and the country's sole legal party from 1964 to 1988. Party chairman Ne Win overthrew the country's democratically elected government i ...

. It consisted of three main branches: Teza Youth ( ,), Shehsaung Youth ( ,) and Lanzin Youth ( ,). Teza Youth wore blue scarf and Pioneer Youth wore the

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Establishment

The Revolutionary Government of the

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dissolved the Union of Burma Boy Scouts and

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(UBBSGG), Lieutenant

Ye Htoon Ye Htoon, (; ) also known as Roland Chan Htoon , (1937 – 7 May 2010) was a prominent Burmese lawyer, sometime-jailed political dissident, and a successful entrepreneur, and one of the notables of the now-extinct Scouting movement in Burma. ...

, the Director General of the UBBSGG, reported on 1 March 1964. The Revolutionary Government had seized the UBBSGG and the assets of the UBBSGG were turned over to the

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, which was authorized to form the Lanzin Youth Organization (Programme Youth Organization).

Structure

Students were required to join the organisation. Within the organization of Lanzin Youth Organization, လမ်းစဉ်လူငယ်အဖွဲ့ (Programme Youth Organization), three branches were formed according to the age group and intellectual differences; # Teza Youth, တေဇလူငယ် (Glorious Youth) for

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students (5–9 years old), # Shehsaung Youth, ရှေ့ဆောင်လူငယ် (Pioneer Youth) for middle and high school students and other teens of 10–15 years old, and # Lanzin Youth, လမ်းစဉ်လူငယ် (Programme Youth) for college or university students and other youths of age of 16–25 years old. After reaching the age of 18, they could become "candidate member of the party" (). Then starting at the age of 21 years old, a candidate member could apply application forms to become a "fully-fledged

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member" (). In 1981, only 6.19% of members of Programme Youth Organization who had reached the age of 18 or above, joined the

. This was a striking situation for the party. Thus, to persuade more youths to the organization and the party, Programme Youth Organizing Committees were opened on the campuses of the universities, institutes and colleges.

Teza Youth (Aung San Youth)

Origin of name

Named after General

Aung San Aung San (, ; 13 February 191519 July 1947), known honorifically as '' Bogyoke'' Aung San, was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary. He was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule, but he w ...

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ဗိုလ်တေဇ(''Bo Teza'')

Membership age group

5 to 10 years old

Uniform

Badge

The upper-half picture of General Aung San was used as a badge. * To become heroic good sons and good daughters of the nation as General Aung San did. * To continue the programme that General Aung San planned.

Flag

The flag must have a length of 5 ft and width of 3 ft, sky blue background with a big white star on upper left. * The white star indicates the meaning of forever shining and forever preserving the independence * The blue background indicates the meaning of steadfastness, peacefulness and pleasurability.

Shehsaung Youth (Pioneer Youth)

Origin of name

Named as a

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Membership age group

11 to 15 years old

Uniform

Lanzin Youth (Programme Youth)

Origin of name

Named after short name of

လမ်းစဉ်ပါတီ(''Lanzin Party'')

Membership age group

16 to 25 years old

Uniform

Other branches

* Lanzin Youth Organizing Committees * Lanzin Youth Orchestras * Lanzin Youth Leaders' Training Camps

Legacy

According to the Political Pension Law of 1980, those who served in the Lanzin Youth Organizing Central Committee as chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, associate secretary, and committee member (full time) get political pension according to their positions as described in that law. The Programme Youth Organization with all its subordinate structures were effectively dissolved in 1988 during civil unrest. The

renamed itself to

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on 24 September 1988. The Government of the

Republic of the Union of Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

ordered the

to found the Myanmar Scouts Association in 2012, and students' Scouts Associations were founded in 20 schools as of December 2020.

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References

{{Pioneer movement Pioneer movement Socialism in Myanmar Youth organisations based in Myanmar Youth organizations established in 1964 Youth wings of political parties