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Myanmar is a sovereign state located in the Southeast Asian region. Myanmar is bordered by India and Bangladesh to its west, Thailand and Laos to its east and China to its north and northeast. Its capital city is Naypyidaw , and its largest city and former capital is Yangon (Rangoon). [ 2 ]
Students who pass the matriculation exams are eligible to enter any universities and institutes according to their choices and total exam scores. Most teachers in Burmese schools are underpaid but some teachers seek high earnings from their private tuitions; an estimated 50 to 80% of students take private tuition classes apart from school lectures.
In Myanmar, schooling is compulsory until the end of elementary school, probably about nine years old. However the international standard for schooling is 15 to 16 years old. The literacy rate of Myanmar, according to the 2014 Myanmar Census stands at 89.5% (males: 92.6%, females: 86.9%). [2]
Basic Education High School (BEHS) No. 6 Botataung (Burmese: အခြေခံ ပညာ အထက်တန်း ကျောင်း အမှတ် (၆) ဗိုလ်တထောင်; abbreviated to အ.ထ.က. (၆) ဗိုလ်တထောင်; commonly known as Botataung 6 High School or St. Paul's High School), located a few miles east of downtown Yangon in Botataung ...
The Yangon University of Education (Lower Myanmar) independently ran the TTC High School with the joint administration of Higher Education Department, unlike the rest of the schools in the country which are administered by the Basic Education Department. TTC Yangon was therefore the only significant school of considerable size outside the Basic ...
An exception is the Practising High School Kamayut (TTC), which does not use embroidered patches. TTC students wear pin badges. [citation needed] In all public schools, teachers wear a pin badge of the school's badge together with the school's name. Often, they also wear a pin of appointment. [citation needed]
The school was founded as St. Peter's High School by the De La Salle Brothers, [3] a Roman Catholic order on 1 May 1897. [4] It was the first La Sallian high school founded in Upper Burma, and the third in the whole Burma after St. Patrick's in Mawlamyine and St. Paul's in Rangoon. St. Peter's High School was started teaching over 80 students.
Many of the Burmese entertainment industry's top stars are Dagon 1 alumni. Dagon 1 in recent year has lost some of its appeal as a top school as ultra-wealthy parents now send their children to expensive English language medium "international" private schools. [2] The school's main colonial era building is on the Yangon City Heritage List. [3]