The Ministry of Education operates the total educational system of Burma. There are numerous Universities and professional institutes situated in upper Burma and lower Burma. These are run by two separate entities. The headquarters of the Departments of Higher Education are based in Yangon and Mandalay correspondingly. Burma’s education system is based on the United Kingdom’s system. This is because of the reason that British and Christian were present nearly a century in Burma. Most of the schools are government-operated. But very recently, privately funded schools have increased in numbers. All of private schools are specialized in English. Until the end of elementary school, study or schooling is mandatory. The age limit can be given as 9 years. At international level the mandatory schooling age is 15 or 16.
In the year 2005, according to UNESCO Institute of Statistics, the literacy rate of Burma stands at 89.7%. Out of which male education rate is 93.7% while female education rate is 86.2%. There are some sorts of disputes over the accuracy of the given literacy rates. The government allocate low annual budget to education. On education only 1.2% is spent per year. In most of the schools English is taught as a second language from preschool level.
La Salle school is a foreign high school in Burma. Many such early foreign high schools those were there since 1860 were nationalized on 1st April in 1965. General Ne Win ordered this to the Burmese. But in many cases its monopoly still remains accepted.
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