By Radio Free Asia
A 2021 coup d’etat drove a wedge through Myanmar, setting the military and its opponents at bloody odds and dividing society in many walks of life, including education.
University students have been at the forefront of opposition to rule by the generals for generations and young people were out on the streets again after the military overthrew a government led by Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021.
After the military largely crushed a civil disobedience movement, many angry young people have refused education under its auspices. Instead, they look to independent institutions including ones run by a parallel government in exile, the National Unity Government, or NUG.
The NUG supports numerous independent institutions in cities under junta control, teaching subjects such as nursing and medicine, teacher training and technology to thousands of students. It also provides online courses.
In addition, social organizations, often those supporting ethnic minority causes, have set up colleges independent of both the junta and the NUG.
But the independent schools are not recognized by Myanmar’s junta and young people graduating from them lack recognized certificates, posing problems when they pursue further studies abroad in places like Thailand.
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