Science and Culture of Myanmar
According to topschoolsintheusa, the education system is financed from the state budget. Primary education (5-9 years) is free and compulsory. In 2000, 91% of children of the appropriate age attended schools. Secondary (10-13 years old) – free, optional, attended by 23% of children. Paid advanced secondary schools (14-19 years old) were attended by 5%. Vocational-technical and secondary specialized educational institutions exist throughout the country to train semi-skilled specialists for various branches of the economy, sometimes on the basis of secondary schools. The system of higher education includes universities of academic education – universities and institutes (17) and branch universities of the university level (14). In 1997, 341,000 students studied in the former, and 14,000 in the latter. Education is paid for 80% of students. The leading university is Rangoon University (14 thousand students). In the administrative and national regions, 12 colleges with a two-year education (50 thousand people) have been opened. Universities offer distance learning and postgraduate courses. Scientific research in the field of natural and technical sciences is carried out at Rangoon, Mandalay and Dagon universities, at the Research Institute of Agriculture, the Department of Medical Scientific Research. In the field of social and human sciences – at universities, the Archaeological Department, the Historical Commission of Myanmar, the Central Statistical Organization, the National Library. at the Research Institute of Agriculture, Department of Medical Research. In the field of social and human sciences – at universities, the Archaeological Department, the Historical Commission of Myanmar, the Central Statistical Organization, the National Library. at the Research Institute of Agriculture, Department of Medical Research. In the field of social and human sciences – at universities, the Archaeological Department, the Historical Commission of Myanmar, the Central Statistical Organization, the National Library.
The culture of Myanmar has developed under the influence of the two largest world civilizations – India and China and Theravada Buddhism. Buddhism is a way of life, it has influenced literature and art. The origins of traditional literature lie in the folklore and literature of the Buddhist canon. To this day, approx. 3 thousand temples and pagodas in the ancient capital of Pagan, the origin of written literature belongs to the Pagan period. Myanmar is famous for its golden and white pagodas, which are an integral part of the landscape, the most famous being the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. Myanmar is one of the few countries in the world that has managed to preserve its identity and national culture.
