THE Inter-School Band Com­petition for the 2025-2026 aca­demic year was organized at the National Indoor Stadium I in Yangon yesterday.

Yangon Region Chief Min­ister U Soe Thein made an opening speech and comforted the members of bands.

The chief minister pre­sented cash to an official of the Yangon Region Education Office to hold the competition, and it commenced.

“The Inter-School Band Competition was restarted in the 2022-2023 academic year and only 11 teams participat­ed in it. This year, the number has increased to 24 teams. To ensure that all schools can par­ticipate, each team consists of 62 members. Depending on the event, the teams are catego­rized into Level A and Level B, resulting in three teams in Lev­el A and 11 teams in Level B. We will present prizes to recog­nize the efforts, hard work and unity of the students, and also the best performance award for mace holders,” said Dr Cho Cho Myat Aung, educational officer of the region.

A total of 24 schools from 14 districts are participating in the Inter-School Band Com­petition. Eight teams will com­pete each day until 3 December. On the afternoon of that day, awards will be presented to the winning teams.

The competitions were organized with the help of the regional government before the COVID-19 period, and were suspended during the outbreak of COVID-19. They were resumed starting from the 2022-2023 academic year to date. — Ottha/KTZH