CNI News

2 December 29, 2024

The Arakan Army was implementing the Arakan Education System based on the Arakan language in Paletwa Township, Chin State, said locals. 

The AA has been trying to implement the Arakna Education System for about one year and the system will start in the coming academic year, according to the pieces of news that have come out. 

However, Chin ethnic people had no wish to learn the education based the Arakan language and there were few teachers who wanted to serve there, U Kyaw Kyaw, a resident of Paletwa told CNI News.

" The AA has been trying to implement the Arakan Education for about one year in Paletwa Township, but both Chin people and Rakhine people live in the township. Chin people don't want to learn the Arakan Education. Moreover, there are few teachers who want to serve under the Arakan Education as well. So, they have gone away. I can't say what will happen next." he said.

Although the Arakan Education has been started implementing in some townships controlled by the AA, some people are unhappy with enactment of the Arakan Education in Paletwa Township where many Chin people live. 

A Basic Education High School in Paletwa Township, Chin State

Although most of the people living in Paletwa Township are Chin people, as there are Rakhine people there as well, they would accept if the Arakan Education was implemented in the places where most of Rakhine people lived, said locals.

Imposing that every student in Paletwa Township must learn the Arakan Education was not proper, a resident of Paletwa told CNI News. 

" It will be less likely to put the subject of Chin in the Arakan Education. Even under the previous government, ethnic language was taught only outside of the school time. We have no reason to object if they implement the Arakan Education at the place where most of Rakhine people live. But we are unhappy with asking other ethnic people to learn the Arakan Education by force. At a time of transparency like this, everybody wants their private freedom. Imposing the education that most of the people don't want is not suitable, I think." he said.

There are nearly 100,000 people in Paletwa Township and of them, nearly 20,000 are Rakhine people. most of the people living in the township are Khumi Chin people.