Penal discussion held at Myanmar Education Conference 2023

 

MYANMAR National Education Conference 2023 commenced on 18 May and is currently being held until 20 May at Myanmar International Convention Centre II (MICC-II) in Nay Pyi Taw.

In his keynote speech, Union Minister for Education Dr Nyunt Pe yesterday said the Myanmar National Education Conference 2023 is held as per the directive of the SAC Chairman Prime Minister to better the education sector of Myanmar in the future by cooperating with 11 education-related ministries. Promoting education is shaping the future of the community and the entire world in addition to the people who seek learning opportunities. One of the reasons for the conference is to find ways to promote education by exploring methods to recover the low education levels for the youths to become self-reliant. The Prime Minister laid down seven objectives of the conference. They are: to find ways to remedy the decreasing number of education level transition, to conduct the KG+9 education as the national task in all regions and states, to teach agricultural, livestock and technical subjects in KG+10, 11, 12 to ensure the basic vocational skills, to produce human resources to learn agricultural, livestock breeding and technical subjects that can be applied in workplaces, to teach higher education in a supportive atmosphere for the community in addition to the subjects related skills, to produce experts in arts, science and technology sectors and to uplift the nationalism and patriotism of young people.

The Union minister then talked about the efforts of the government in the education sector and called on the attendees to participate in implementing the measures for a better education system in the country.

Then, Penal Discussion 1 was organized under the topic “Finding ways to raise the number of students and complete KG+9 education at least”, while Penal Discussion 2 discussed “Finding ways to produce intellectuals, intelligentsia and experts to support the development of a social community in addition to subject-specific skills in the higher education sector”, and Penal Discussion 3 on “Exploring ways to ensure basic vocational skills with agriculture, livestock breeding and technology after KG+9 education”.

The relevant officials from ministries, universities and organizations served as moderators and panellists for the penal discussions.

 MNA/KTZH

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