Youth Urged to Strive for Excellence, Become Exemplary Citizens

 

Youth working abroad results in the loss of signif­icant national resources, said President of the Re­public of the Union of My­anmar U Min Aung Hlaing at the ceremony to honour the students who passed the matriculation and in­dustrial, agricultural, and livestock examinations for 2026 with outstanding re­sults.

The ceremony took place at the convocation hall of Naypyitaw State Academy in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.

At the ceremony, the President pointed out that a total of 307 stu­dents who achieved the highest marks nationwide in the Matriculation Ex­amination and the Indus­trial, Agricultural and Livestock Matriculation Examinations will be appropriately honoured with one-tical gold coins as a gesture of recording their achievements.

For teaching indus­trial, agricultural, and livestock subjects, the President recalled that the State has opened Basic Education and In­dustrial, Agricultural and Livestock High Schools since the 2023-2024 ac­ademic year to produce well-qualified, skilled workers to promote the development of the in­dustrial, handicraft and manufacturing sectors. To date, 92 such schools have been opened, and students who have com­pleted their studies at these schools have al­ready emerged. In addi­tion, vocational subjects are now being incorporat­ed into the curriculum at the basic education mid­dle-school level starting from the current academ­ic year.

The President under­lined that as today’s era is an age of technology, digital businesses and AI-based services are gain­ing momentum rapidly. Youth should stay abreast of developments around the world and engage more actively in science-and technology-based entrepreneurship. They also need to use social media and the Internet properly and effectively to access and explore modern knowledge and skills.

The President urged that everyone should work for the nation’s de­velopment, and people should engage in suitable occupations according to their age, skills and abil­ities, performing their duties through right live­lihood and maintaining a proper balance between self-interest and the in­terests of others.

He noted that youth working abroad is highly detrimental to the coun­try and results in the loss of significant national resources. Therefore, young people are urged to make full use of the knowledge and skills they have been taught in their own country to contribute fully to the development of their country and peo­ple and, in turn, give back to their nation.

The President ad­vised the students to con­tinue striving to become outstanding and exem­plary individuals who lead meaningful lives in ac­cordance with the ethics and dignity expected of citizens; to faithfully and wholeheartedly serve the interests of the country and its people with patri­otism and national spirit; to strive for success in life to become good pio­neers who can shape and build the nation’s future through education; and to actively and respon­sibly contribute in their respective capacities to the building of a modern, developed nation.

At the ceremony, the President awarded the students who scored the highest marks in the sci­ence combination of the 2026 matriculation exam­ination.

Vice-President Nan Ni Ni Aye presented awards to 11 students who scored the highest marks in the arts and sci­ence combination of the 2026 matriculation exam­ination, Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Yi, 10 stu­dents in the arts combi­nation, Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker U Aung Lin Dwe, five students in the indus­trial, agricultural and livestock matriculation exam and five students in the matriculation exam and Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Gen­eral Ye Win Oo, 10 stu­dents in the matriculation exam, respectively.

Union ministers, Union-level dignitaries, the Nay Pyi Taw Council Chairman, senior Tat­madaw officers from the Office of the Command­er-in-Chief and the com­mander of the Nay Pyi Taw Command present­ed prizes to the students who achieved the highest marks in the 2026 matric exam.

On behalf of the win­ners, Ma Hnin Wint Hte from Pathein Basic Edu­cation High School spoke words of thanks.

The President and State dignitaries posed for documentary photos together with the out­standing students.

After the ceremo­ny, the President had lunch together with the prize-winning students.

This year’s pass rate for the Matriculation Examination was 52.37 per cent, showing an im­provement year on year. In addition, the pass rate for the Industrial, Agri­cultural and Livestock Matriculation Examina­tion, held for the first time this year, reached 49.7 per cent, which is a source of satisfaction and pride for the country’s education sector.

A total of 674 students achieved distinctions in all subjects in the Ma­triculation Examination, while 32 students secured the highest marks nation­wide in their respective subject combinations. Meanwhile, in the In­dustrial, Agricultural and Livestock Matriculation Examination, three stu­dents achieved distinc­tions in all subjects, and 50 students obtained the highest marks nation­wide in their respective subject combinations.

MNA/TTA

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