| Ministry of Education | |
|---|---|
| ပညာရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန | |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1950 |
| Jurisdiction | Myanmar |
| Headquarters | Nay Pyi Daw, Pyinmana, Mandalay Division, Myanmar |
| Ministers responsible | Dr Mya Aye, Minister Ba Shwe, Deputy Minister Aye Kyu, Deputy Minister |
| Child agencies | Department of Higher Education (Lower Myanmar) Department of Higher Education (Upper Myanmar) Department of Basic Education |
| Website | |
| www.myanmar-education.edu.mm | |
The Ministry of Education (Burmese: ပညာရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန, Burmese pronunciation: [pjìɲàjé wʊ̀ɴdʑí tʰàna]; abbreviated MOE) is the Myanmar government agency responsible for Education in Myanmar.
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There are six departments under the Ministry of Education. They are the Office staff, Department of Higher Education (အဆင့်မြင့်ပညာဦးစီးဌာန), Department of Basic Education (အခြေခံပညာဦးစီးဌာန), Department of Myanmar Language Commission (မြန်မာစာအဖွဲ့), Department of Myanmar Board of Examinations (မြန်မာနိုင်ငံစာစစ်အဖွဲ့) and Myanmar Educational Research Bureau (MERB) (ပညာရေးသုသေတန). The Office Staff of the Ministry of Education is responsible to the Deputy Minister and the Minister. They supervise the implementation of educational programmes, set the educational policies, are responsible for fiscal planning within the ministry and department personnel and administration of the ministry.