Introduction According to the website of the International Trade Administration organization, following the military coup on February 1, 2021, Myanmar’s education sector is facing unprecedented challenges. Nearly five million students are unable to return to school. Due to the government’s control, parents no longer send their children to schools and instead teach them online. Some […]
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Who will fill the gap of media literacy in Myanmar?
Recently I learnt that millions of SIM cards would be sold by Myanmar telecommunications services companies, Telenor and Oredoo. For most countries, this is not newsworthy. But for Myanmar, it’s massive. Up until May 2011 a non-web enabled SIM card cost a Burmese citizen US$3000. In 2013, just 6.7% of Myanmar citizens had home internet […]
Just a website which is trying to reinvent the world’s education system
One of the websites that utterly inspires me is www.khanacademy.org. It’s just an easily navigated educational website. But it provides a world-class education for anyone, anywhere completely free and without registering. It has many good features. The best two features I found out about the website that can deliver over 300 million lessons on it, […]