Burma Related News

For a small fee, the Ministry of Education, Myanmar Examination Board is handing out illegal recommendation marks obtained in matriculation examination for university graduates.

According to a Burmese student who studies in Thailand , “Any student who wishes to study abroad but who was unsuccessful in the matriculation examination could obtain the tenth standard official document and other various kinds of recommendations from the examination board through brokers.”

He claimed, “A certificate for tenth standard recommendation is 50,000 or 60,000 kyat, a university degree goes for 100,000 kyat through a broker. Moreover we could buy subjects, at least 3, written into the certificate.”

Daw May Nyein, a retired Burmese Lecturer at a Burma University commented, “The youth lack many opportunities, they have no access to education, no training opportunities and they have no chance at receiving high quality education, so I have proposed to the Burmese authorities to take responsibility in solving this ongoing fabrication of certificates and degree and apply justice as soon as possible.”

She continued on by saying that young people from Burma have no exit. In time they discover the only way out is to go overseas and they don’t really care whether it’s legal or illegal. In reality this is not good but their lives inside Burma are very restricted from having no opportunities, no economic prospects, no training whatsoever. The government must do something fast and do it with justice and fairness.

A student with fabricated documents from a broker told a Kaowao reporter, “Only the Myanmar Examination Board has the power to produce fake matriculation certificates however we now can get it from a dealer costing 60,000 kyat. This document is for used obtaining immigration benefits for leaving the country.” He admitted that some of his friends hold fake certificates and now attend university.

A foreign service agent; however, (overseas broker) claimed that these recommendations are not fake, they help the student to study abroad and it costs approximately between 60,000 and 100,000 kyat in Burma.

A broker from Rangoon explained, “This recommendation includes a red symbol stamp after an agreement from the Myanmar Examination Board minister and chairman for Non- Migrant Worker ED (Education).” He added, “Except photo, one needs nothing we can do everything. A red symbol and other stamps are real but in an illegal way.”

Ko Soe Naing who is studying at a Thailand university complained about Burma ’s education system saying, “how terrible the system is and that corruption is hindering the education of young people.”