Schools Told Not to Enrol Students from Other Townships
Schools Told Not to Enrol Students from Other Townships
Myanmar Times, 27 May 2019
URL: https://www.mmtimes.com/news/schools-told-not-enrol-students-other-townships.html
Schools in Yangon have been instructed not to accept the enrolment of students from other townships during the coming school year, according to U Ko Lay Win, director general of the Department of Basic Education.
He said the same instruction was issued during last year’s enrolment but was not followed, so the department would be stricter in enforcing the regulation this year.
“There are parents who want to enrol their children at famous schools, and thus they pay teachers to get their children accepted. Issues arise. The instruction aims to avoid corruption,” U Ko Lay Win said.
The department will inspect famous schools in Yangon and Mandalay.
Ko Hein Latt, the father of a 2nd grade student in Bahan, said, “If they won’t accept extra-township enrolment, we want to ask them whether teaching is the same in all schools. Are the schools safe? If all schools were the same, parents won’t enrol their children at schools in other townships. They would rather enrol them in their own township.”
School enrolment across the nation is taking place from now until Friday. School starts on June 3.
U Ko Lay Win said the inspection will be conducted without warning and at random.
But some said it will be difficult to detect the fraud, as parents fraudulently change their household registration to be able to enrol their children at famous schools.
He said the same instruction was issued during last year’s enrolment but was not followed, so the department would be stricter in enforcing the regulation this year.
“There are parents who want to enrol their children at famous schools, and thus they pay teachers to get their children accepted. Issues arise. The instruction aims to avoid corruption,” U Ko Lay Win said.
The department will inspect famous schools in Yangon and Mandalay.
Ko Hein Latt, the father of a 2nd grade student in Bahan, said, “If they won’t accept extra-township enrolment, we want to ask them whether teaching is the same in all schools. Are the schools safe? If all schools were the same, parents won’t enrol their children at schools in other townships. They would rather enrol them in their own township.”
School enrolment across the nation is taking place from now until Friday. School starts on June 3.
U Ko Lay Win said the inspection will be conducted without warning and at random.
But some said it will be difficult to detect the fraud, as parents fraudulently change their household registration to be able to enrol their children at famous schools.