現地新聞に掲載された主な教育関連ニュースの一覧です。
※DBE: Department of Basic Education, DHE: Department of Higher Education, DG: Director General, DDG: Deputy Director General
Date | News Site | Title | Summary |
9/8/20 | The Myanmar Education Guide | Basic Education Primary Level Lessons Radio Airing Time | The radio airing schedule for basic education primary level lessons (2020-2021 academic year) reported by Myanmar Edu Guide. |
9/10/20 | 7day News | Basic education lessons to be aired on radio in addition to television broadcasting | DBE said there will be lessons aired as “radio-talk” in addition to TV lessons while DHE has instructed to prohibit all coursework/fieldwork/research conducted online/offline in universities and colleges for 2020-2021 academic year. |
9/10/20 | The Standard Time Daily | Universities and colleges prohibited conducting online/offline courses, DHE instruct | DHE has instructed to prohibit all coursework/fieldwork/research conducted online/offline in universities and colleges for 2020-2021 academic year. |
9/29/20 | The Myanmar Times | Cancelling the academic year is yet to be decided | U Ko Lay Win, DG of DBE, talked about resuming the remaining academic year, the possibility of canceling the current academic year if minimum learning cannot be achieved and the other alternatives. |
10/10/20 | MRTV | Basic education schools to open when there is no local transmission | Basic education schools will reopen only when there is no local transmission. |
10/15/20 | 7day News | Children encouraged to learn at home during school-closure | U Ko Lay Win, DG of DBE, encourages children to learn at home during school-closure due to COVID-19. |
10/20/20 | VOA Burmese | Online learning for basic education to start in November | Online learning for basic education will start in early November and about half the lessons are reduced, according to VOA interview with Dr Tin Maung Win, DDG of DBE. |
10/30/20 | MRTV | Basic education school lessons to be broadcasted via free-to-air Radio, Television and Online for continuous learning | DBE will speed up the process of broadcasting basic education lessons online and traditional media in the beginning of November. |
11/4/20 | VoA Burmese | Online Learning for basic education schools postponed | Online learning is now postponed to the end of the year, expecting lessons to be started airing in December as earliest. |
11/12/20 | 7day News | “Exams are not happening for now due to the lack of regular teaching-learning” – Interview with Dr Tin Maung Win, Deputy Director General, Department of Basic Education | 7Day News had an interview with Dr Tin Maung Win, DDG of DBE on possibilities of schools reopening, exams and HBL programs. According to the DDG, there is no instruction from National Level Central Committee for COVID-19 on schools reopening or delivering textbooks to students and that HBL can start only after delivering of textbooks to children and exams can be conducted only after regular teaching-learning is achieved. DDG also mentioned about plans MoE is carrying out for broadcasting lessons online/offline. |
11/15/20 | 7day News | Basic education new curriculum to be developed within designated period | Dr Tin Maung Win, DDG of DBE, confirms the new curriculum development processes for all grades will be carried out in originally designated timeframe. |
11/19/20 | 7day News | Schools reopening date to be officially announced depending on the control of the pandemic | Basic education schools reopening is till unsure and, DBE DG and DDG said that MoE will officially announce it once it is confirmed. |
11/21/20 | Eleven News | Cancelling the academic year is untrue; plans to reopen to schools depending on COVID-19 transmission | Cancelling the academic year is untrue, according to U Ko Lay Win, DG of DBE. MoE is planning to reopen schools depending on COVID transmission situation in the country. |
11/22/20 | 7day News | Primary school textbooks and teaching assistance documents to be distributed | DBE is planning to deliver primary textbooks and HBL materials depending on the control of COVID-19 situation in the country. |
12/3/20 | 7day News | Opening Tenders for production of educational programs | DBE has opened tenders for production and broadcasting of educational programs on private TV and radio channels for 2021 Jan – June |