Low formal education leads to violence
CNI News
14 June 2025
SAC Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said that acts of violence were committed by those with lower formal education and poor cognitive and thinking skills.
He made the remarks while meeting with education staff and children studying in Pyin Oo Lwin on June 11, 2025.
"If we look at the instability and violence that is happening in our country, we will find that they are happening more in areas with poor education. Due to poor literacy and poor cognitive ability, acts of violence are being committed, which is affecting the socio-economic lives of the region and the locals," he said.
Therefore, teachers should not only teach the children academically, but also teach them the knowledge and ideas that will enable them to distinguish between good and bad, and between cause and effect, he said.
“According to the statistics collected, there is still a great need to improve the country’s education, with about 50 percent of the population being low in education." said the SAC Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.
The Ministry of Education announced on June 3, 2025, that for the 2025-26 academic year, there are over 4 million primary school enrollments (4,146,251 students), over 1 million middle school enrollments (1,344,236 students), and over 600,000 high school enrollments (628,773 students), for a total enrollment of over 6 million (6,119,260 students).
Myanmar has a population of over 54 million, and that there are over 20 million school-age youth, but only over 6 million youths were enrolled in school, which is worrisome for the future, pointed out military and political analysts.
Currently, due to the ongoing fighting and regional instability throughout Myanmar, the rule of law is weak, and the ability to open schools is also weak.
The Myanmar Tatmadaw ousted the National League for Democracy (NLD) government on February 1, 2021, and declared a state of emergency, claiming that the NLD was attempting to form a government without resolving the 2020 general election voter list dispute. And then, the battles began.
Currently, the NUG/CRPH which have been made up of some NLD leaders and members of Hluttaw, the PDFs and LPDFs including some EAOs are carrying out armed attacks to overthrow the Myanmar Tatmadaw and the SAC.
