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AME EDUCATION
SECTOR PROFILE
Myanmar
Myanmar
Education Structure
Education System Structure
and Enrollments
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Myanmar Department of Education 2005
Myanmar
Education Structure
•
Compulsory education in Myanmar includes ages 5-9.
Education Configuration and Enrollment Percentages
Classification
Pre-primary
Level/Grade
Ages
NER
GER
Pre-school
3-5
N/A
N/A
Primary, grades 1-4
6-9
Pre-university Lower Secondary, grades 5-8
10-13
82%1 113%2
N/A
32%3
Tertiary
Upper secondary, grades 9-10
14-15
N/A
Regional college
16-17
N/A
Degree study
16-20
N/A
20+
N/A
Advanced Degree
1 2006
7%4
data. .2 2005 data.
3 1995 data. 4 1998 data.
Source: World Development Indicators. UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Myanmar
Education Access: Pre-university
• Enrollments at all levels appear to be growing slowly.
Pre-university Gross Student Numbers
6,000,000
1999
Numbers of Students
5,000,000
2006
4,000,000
3,000,000
2,000,000
1,000,000
0
Pre-primary
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Primary
Lower
Secondary
Upper
Secondary
Total
Secondary
Myanmar
Education Access: Tertiary
• No tertiary data available except for a gross
enrollment in 1998 of 7.4%.
Source: World Development Indicators
Myanmar
Education Access: Gender
• Girls’ enrollments grew incrementally in the last 10 years.
Primary Gross Enrollments by Gender
120.0%
Enrollment (%)
115.0%
110.0%
105.0%
Primary Male
100.0%
Primary Female
95.0%
1990
Source: World Development Indicators
1995
2005
Myanmar
Education Access: Gender
• Secondary data is too dated to accurately predict current trends
in enrollment.
Secondary Gross Enrollments by Gender
33.0%
Enrollments (%)
31.0%
29.0%
27.0%
25.0%
23.0%
21.0%
Secondary Male
19.0%
Secondary Female
17.0%
15.0%
1990
Source: World Development Indicators
1995
Myanmar
Education Quality: Testing
• Myanmar does not participate in international testing
such as the TIMSS.
Source:
Myanmar
Education Efficiency: Expenditure
• Myanmar spent 1.3% of the GDP and 18.1% of the
total government expenditure on education in 2005.
Source: World Bank EdStats
Myanmar
Education Efficiency: Expenditure
• Myanmar spent 27% of the education budget on
secondary education and 26.4% of the budget on
tertiary education in 2005.
• No other data on government spending patterns for
education is available.
Source: World Bank EdStats
Myanmar
Education Efficiency: Repetition
• Repetition in Myanmar was negligible at 0.55% in 2004.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics