Pilot project teaching Mon language in government schools canceled

May 24, 2024

HURFOM: The New Mon State Party (NMSP) had agreed with the military council to start a pilot project to teach the Mon language in government schools in three townships in the coming 2024-25 academic year. However, the project has been canceled, due to the military council’s failure to implement the agreement.

“Schools are about to open but we aren’t ready to start teaching the Mon language in government schools. We’ve already sent the implementation procedures to the military council but there is no reply so we aren’t in time to do the project,” said an official from the Mon Literature and Culture Committee.

The New Mon State Party is an ethnic armed organization that has engaged with the military council. Both sides agreed in late 2023 to a pilot project to teach the Mon language in government schools in Chaung Zone, Mudon and Thanbyuzayat Townships.

“The military council has responded with nothing. Now, the NMSP has withdrawn from the political dialogue. So we think the agreement between them is automatically abolished,” said the official.

There were 381 Mon language teachers in government schools – 258 Teaching Assistants (TA) and 123 Language Teachers (LT).

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