Schools to recruit more ethnic language teachers
This was part of the decisions taken at last month’s meeting of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs. It aims to reduce the number of school dropouts among children in ethnic areas and to develop employment opportunities for language teachers speaking ethnic languages.
“We aim to improve teaching methods. Most children in the ethnic region can only speak their ethnic language. Classes in Burmese can be very difficult for these children, resulting in high dropout rates in ethnic areas.
“Most children drop out of school before finishing primary school because of the language barrier,” said U Win Naing, deputy general manager of the Department of Ethnic Literature and Culture. Myanmar weather Tuesday.
The Ministry of Education developed the teaching of ethnic languages in basic education schools during the 2013-2014 school years in order to preserve and develop local languages, literatures and cultures.
During the 2014-2015 school years, the ministry distributed books written in ethnic languages to improve the teaching of ethnic language and literature in schools at the primary level.
“The nomination process will take place during the year. The number of language teachers who will be appointed depends on the budget of the Ministry of Education, ”U Win Naing added.
Currently, the Ministry of Education provides K 30,000 per month to teachers of ethnic languages. If they become teaching assistants, their salary will increase. Then, the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs will negotiate with the Ministry of Education to appoint them permanent teachers, upon graduation.
Teachers who wish to become teaching assistants in basic education schools can submit the application form to the respective regional and national government through the cantonal education offices.
“In the past, we did not have the possibility to teach ethnic languages in schools. We finally have a chance. It is an improvement for the teaching of ethnic languages, ”said U Win Bo, member of the Mon archeology research team.
“I really welcome this initiative because it can develop the study of ethnic languages so that the next generation can learn them. It will be a chance for people who can speak ethnic languages, ”he added.