Challenges for the Development of Education in Rural Area of Myanmar

• Main Author: Hnin Yu Soe
• Format: Article
• Language: Bulgarian
• Published: University of Sofia 2018-12-01
• Series: Bulgarian Journal of Science and Education Policy
• Subjects: challenges; educational development; rural areas; Myanmar
• Online Access: http://bjsep.org/getfile.php?id=270

This paper is mainly focused on the challenges for the development of the education in rural area of Myanmar. First, I introduced the background information and education system of Myanmar. Actually, the gap of educational development of the urban and rural area is very big. Therefore, I highlight the main challenges for the educational development in rural area and the consequences of these challenges. According to the result of CESR review, the students' dropout rate in rural area is higher than the urban area. The access to education in rural area is also limited. Therefore, in this paper, I discuss some challenges, poverty's effect on rural education, and lack of resources in rural school, power gap, lack of qualified teachers, transportation and communication problems, and impacts of disasters on rural education, low government investment and impact of private school policy on the education in rural school and then if we not solve that problem, what kind of consequences will be faced.