AME EDUCATION SECTOR PROFILE

Myanmar

Myanmar
Education Structure

Education System Structure and Enrollments

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Myanmar Department of Education 2005

Myanmar
Education Structure Compulsory education in Myanmar includes ages 5-9.
Level/Grade Ages

Education Configuration and Enrollment Percentages

Classification

NER

GER

Pre-primary

Pre-school Primary, grades 1-4

3-5 6-9
10-13 14-15 16-17 16-20 20+
1 2006

N/A

N/A

82%1 113%2
N/A 32%3 N/A N/A N/A N/A 7%4

Pre-university Lower Secondary, grades 5-8 Upper secondary, grades 9-10

Tertiary

Regional college Degree study Advanced Degree

data. .2 2005 data. 3 1995 data. 4 1998 data.

Source: World Development Indicators. UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Myanmar
Education Access: Pre-university Enrollments at all levels appear to be growing slowly.
Pre-university Gross Student Numbers
6,000,000 5,000,000 Numbers of Students 4,000,000 3,000,000

1999
2006

2,000,000
1,000,000 0 Pre-primary Primary Lower Secondary Upper Secondary Total Secondary

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Myanmar
Education Access: Tertiary

No tertiary data available except for a gross enrollment in 1998 of 7.4%.

Source: World Development Indicators

Myanmar
Education Access: Gender Girls enrollments grew incrementally in the last 10 years.
Primary Gross Enrollments by Gender
120.0%

115.0% Enrollment (%)

110.0%

105.0%
Primary Male 100.0% Primary Female

95.0%

1990
Source: World Development Indicators

1995

2005

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Education Access: Gender Secondary data is too dated to accurately predict current trends in enrollment.
Secondary Gross Enrollments by Gender
33.0% 31.0% Enrollments (%) 29.0% 27.0% 25.0% 23.0% 21.0% 19.0% 17.0% 15.0% Secondary Female Secondary Male

1990
Source: World Development Indicators

1995

Myanmar
Education Quality: Testing

Myanmar does not participate in international testing such as the TIMSS.

Source:

Myanmar
Education Efficiency: Expenditure

Myanmar spent 1.3% of the GDP and 18.1% of the total government expenditure on education in 2005.

Source: World Bank EdStats

Myanmar
Education Efficiency: Expenditure

Myanmar spent 27% of the education budget on secondary education and 26.4% of the budget on tertiary education in 2005. No other data on government spending patterns for education is available.

Source: World Bank EdStats

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Education Efficiency: Repetition

Repetition in Myanmar was negligible at 0.55% in 2004.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics