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Education
and Literacy
in Myanmar (Burma)
The
literacy rate ranges from less that 20 percent of the population to 83 percent
of the adult population, depending on who's asking. When the Myanmar
government tried to apply for the "least developed nation" status in
late 1980's they stated the literacy rate was less than 1/5 of the population,
but reports otherwise state a literacy rate of 83 percent of the adult
population.
Children
from 5 to 10 are required to go to school and within this age range, it's
free. Secondary education is made up of four years of middle school with
two more years for high school. The middle schools are free, but high
schools have fees charged. A little over a third of the secondary school
age population in enrolled in school. The medium of instruction for
elementary and secondary schools is Burmese, and English is taught as a second
language in many secondary schools.
Although
Yangon and Mandalay have had universities and post secondary educational
facilities, many of the universities have had be closed since 1988 due to
political turmoil.
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