Deputy Minister for Education U Nay Myo Hlaing stated that the ministry is actively collecting data on children across Myanmar who have not yet enrolled in school, prioritizing ef­forts to ensure their re­turn to the classroom.

He provided this re­sponse on 6 July during the 19^th day of the sec­ond regular session of the third Pyithu Hluttaw, in answer to a question posed by Daw Swe Swe Thin, the Hluttaw repre­sentative for the Paungde constituency. The ques­tion concerned efforts to collect data on five year old children to support their enrolment and classroom attendance, amid concerns that dis­placed children may be excluded from education­al opportunities.

The deputy minister explained that the minis­try is collaborating with the relevant regional and state governments to su­pervise this, and schools are accepting late enrol­ments until the end of August.

According to the Ministry of Education, efforts will continue, both through non-formal edu­cation programmes and under the supervision of the relevant regional and state governments, to en­sure that children unable to attend regular schools do not lose their right to education. — TWA/ZN