1.2.2024 February
In the 2023-2024 academic year, there were 8,108,227 students enrolled in basic education schools throughout the country, and only 6,767,763 are currently attending school, so it has been found that there are 1,340,464 people who fail to attend school for various reasons. The percentage is 16.53 percent.
State Administration Council Chairman Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said the above mentioned at the National Defence and Security Council meeting held on 31 January.
The Senior General said looking back at the failed areas, that has happened in some areas of Kayin State and Chin State, Kayah State, Rakhine State and Shan State (North). It is clear that the fighting is the result of the lack of stability. As for the universities, 112,968 students were attending when they opened in the 2023-2024 academic year, and 86,687 students are currently studying peacefully, so there are 26,281 absentees. The percentage is 23.3 percent.
Loikaw University is unable to attend 100%. Chin State, Rakhine State, and Shan State (Northern) universities have the highest percentage of absenteeism. Some students are transferring to universities in other regions and states, he added. The actions of the terrorist insurgents directly affect the education of the youth, who are the future human resources of the nation, he stressed.
