Here you will find links to most of the country specific information provided by this site regarding Myanmar. You may also want to do a search by clicking on "ICT search" in the sidebar, or a search in one of our databases. Note that most of the projects have a regional impact and therefore are not necessarily listed here.

Information

• Myanmar: ICT Use in Education
• Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme: ICT Profile Myanmar

Projects

• Improving Management and Delivery of TVE's through the Application of ICT's Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) is concerned with the preparation of learners for employment, through the provision of knowledge, skills and attitudes desirable in the world of work. With our working world now being permeated with ICT, it is logical that TVE should include training in ICT applications.
  
  
• UNESCO School Net Project: Myanmar
  The UNESCO SchoolNet project, “Strengthening ICT in Schools and SchoolNet Project in ASEAN Setting”, was initiated in recognition of the need to assist teachers in integrating ICT into teaching and to facilitate participation of teachers and students in the Asia-Pacific region in SchoolNet telecollaboration activities.

Further resources:

• Digital Review: Myanmar
  One of the more significant information and communication technology (ICT)-related developments in Myanmar is the completion of the first phase of the Yatanarpon cyber city. Officially opened on 14 December 2007, the city includes a telecommunications hub and seven incubation centres.
  
  
• Report: Development of Education in Myanmar
  The Ministry of Education is the main provider of education in the Union of Myanmar and is functioning with the vision to create an education system that will generate a learning society capable of facing the challenges of the Knowledge Age. The Ministry of Education is implementing short and long-term educational development plans to develop a lifelong learning society.
  
  
• Article: Informatization Status in Myanmar
  Myanmar, a republic in South-East Asia, bounded on the north by Tibet Autonomous Region of China; on the east by China, Laos, and Thailand; on the south by the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal; and on the west by the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh, and India. It is officially known as the Union of Myanmar.
  
  
• Utilizing ICT's to Achieve Lifelong Education for All: A Case study in Myanmar
  This paper examines the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in advancing the cause of education for all and livelong learning. After examining the claimed benefits of ICTs for promoting education and schooling, and the characteristics of education and the basic education movement in Asia, the paper focuses on providing a case study of one country in South-East Asia, that of Myanmar, regarding the use of ICTs to achieve lifelong education for all.
  
  
• Powerpoint- E-Learning and E-Education Development: Myanmar 
  The vision for the Education System of Myanmar is to create an education system that can generate a learning society capable of facing the challenges of the Knowledge Age.
  
  
• Seminar: Education in Myanmar
  Education in Myanmar is the main theme of the seminar that was held at the Australian National University, Centre for UNESCO March 2004.By means of a power point presentation, a brief survey was made of the development of education in Myanmar from pre-colonial days to the present.