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Mon Lead The Way In Mother Tongue Education

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Story Source: Frontier Myanmar ~ Go to Original Article

The government and ethnic groups in revolt against it have run parallel education systems for decades. Mon educators now seek recognition for their mother tongue-based system, while the government slowly brings ethnic languages into classrooms.

When MI SAR Yar Poine was growing up in Mon State, there were few opportunities to learn her mother tongue……….


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