Ministry of Education (Myanmar)


The Ministry of Education is the Myanmar government agency responsible for education in Myanmar.

Brief History

The Ministry of Education aims to nurture future oriented advanced science and technology professionals, support national economic development and promote research. In order to rectify and strengthen the purposes, Ministry of Education expanded into new Ministry of Science and Technology in 1996. This ministry focused on research and development, intellectual property, standardization, quality assuring, basic infrastructure development, nuclear safety and human resource development. In 2016, the five departments from Ministry of Science and Technology merged with Ministry of Education with the aim of forming momentum in national development. Currently, Ministry of Education is taking control in national development with four categories.
  1. Research and development category
  2. Human resource development category
  3. Foreign collaboration and co-operation category
  4. Rural development category

    Departmental bodies

There are seven departments under the Ministry of Education:
  1. Administration staff
  2. Department of Higher Education
  3. Department of Basic Education
  4. Department of Myanmar Language Commission
  5. Department of Myanmar Board of Examinations
  6. Myanmar Educational Research Bureau
The Office Staff of the Ministry of Education is responsible to the Deputy Ministers and the Minister. They supervise the implementation of educational programmes, set the educational policies, are responsible for fiscal planning within the ministry and department personnel and administration of the ministry.

List of ministers