By Aung Kyaw Oo
U Ohn Myint, education officer.
Schools are scheduled to reopen soon in the Maungtaw region of Rakhine State, according to the district education office.
“We are attempting to open the schools in three stages. A total of 52 schools, 32 in Buthidaung Township and 20 in Maungtaw Township, including Nantha Taung orphanage school and a monastery in Maungtaw Township, have already been opened”, said U Ohn Myint, Maungtaw district education officer.
“In the first stage, schools will be reopened in September, October and November while in the second stage in December, January and February and the third stage will depend on the situation of the regional peace. All the teachers have not arrived back to schools as students and their parents were leaving home due to the previous regional crisis, but all the teachers are arriving before the opening of school”, he added.
“Schools are opening in the towns but schools of some villages are in the third stage, as most houses of these villages were destroyed and the plan will undergo the cooperation of district and township education officers and teachers. Regional peace is the most important thing for all schools to reopen,” said Maungtaw township education officer U Khin Aung.
“All the ethnics and Islamic people were helping each other formerly in the region. However, recent conditions in the States forced school teachers to go back to their homes. But most teachers have now arrived back here and are assuming their duties,” he added.
There are 151 schools remaining to be reopened in Maungtaw Township, as just 32 schools have already reopened among the 183 schools in total. In Buthidaung Township, 20 schools have already reopened among a total of 221 schools and 201 schools are left to be reopened. Thus, 352 schools altogether are still to be reopened across the Maungtaw District.
An essay competition about the 97th national day was held at the Maungtaw Township education department yesterday morning. There are about 80,000 students in Maungtaw Township and 60,000 students in Buthidaung Township.
Students are seen at a school in Maungtaw Township. Photo: Myanmar News Agency
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