THE Ministry of Education organized a virtual meeting on National Education Strategic Plan 2021-2030 yesterday.

Union Minister for Education Dr Myo Thein Gyi, Deputy Minister U Win Maw Tun, the Permanent Secretary, the Directors-General, the Deputy Directors-General, and those who are from private education sector participated in the meeting.

At the event, the Union Minister said that the government was making more investments in education and supporting technologies and infrastructure buildings, prioritizing the least-developed regions.

The ministry is undertaking the works focusing on promoting safe, healthy, and quality learning opportunities for the students. The NESP 2021-2030 was drawn up to raise the students’ IQ and EQ levels, to meet 21st-century skills that lead to world decent human being spirit, cooperation, responsibility, accountability and creativity and to learn with high technologies.

Results frameworks were included in the strategic plan, and analysis will be made to meet short-term, middle-term and long-term indexes, he said stressing the importance of cooperation from students, teachers, parents and guardians including ethnic parents and nationals.

He added that it is important to increase life-long learning opportunities in accordance with national education framework in the reform of education to get very high skills.

Only quality education and very high skills will guarantee employment. The teaching of private schools should include theories, practical and job internships, he said.

Training of teachers are being organized not only for the teachers of government schools but also for the teachers of private schools, he said calling for the implementation of credit transfer system so that students can easily join international schools and cooperation on implementation of the works that lead to quality education.

Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Director-General of Basic Education Department, Director-General of Department of Technical, Vocational Education and Training, and Director-General of Higher Education made discussion about the National Education Strategic Plan 2021-2030, followed by the discussions of the attendees.

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Translated by Kyaw Zin Tun

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I wish all of the participants who attend the International Anti-Corruption Day ceremony today, including the President, the Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Union Ministers, Attorney-General of the Union, Auditor-General of the Union, Region/State Chief Ministers, Anti-Corruption Commission acting Chairperson and members, government officials, UN Resident Coordinator for Myanmar, UNDP and UNODC officials, NGOs working for anti-corruption, representatives from the private sector and civil society, happy and wealthy.

The three integral parts of the sovereignty of the country are Legislative power, Executive power, and Judicial power, and courts and judges have the judicial authority. Only if courts and judges are able to resolve the cases of the citizens in a fair manner in accordance with the laws without being involved in corruption, they will earn the trust of the citizens.

Only if the judiciary is fair, impartial and independent, the principles of the judiciary will be upheld, and the rule of law will be achieved in the society. Only if the judiciary in the country is strong and proper, the citizens will be able to enjoy the fundamental rights such as justice, freedom and equality.

In accordance with the Supreme Court of the Union’s theme “Towards Progressive Justice for All”, we aim to provide high-quality justice to all and promote public trust and the rule of law. We are carrying out our judicial duties with the aim of securing the rule of law, achieving community peace, making the judiciary more trustable, handling cases promptly in accordance with the laws, and enhancing the dignity of the courts.

To increase public trust in the judiciary and to maintain the dignity of the judiciary, the judges, both individually and collectively, must adhere to judicial ethics such as equality, diligence, impartiality, honesty, and integrity. All judicial bodies, law officers and lawyers also need to respect the code of ethics. Then, with the support of all stakeholders in the judiciary, public trust, the rule of law and development will be achieved.

Only if the rule of law prevails in the country in full swing, the values such as justice, freedom and equality will be maintained. In a democratic society, the judiciary has important duties for the prevalence of the rule of law, and effectively protect fundamental rights and human rights of the citizens. So, the judiciary must be independent, fair and accountable, and we need to make it clear that we are doing so.

We issued annual judicial reports with the aim of making the judicial process more transparent and accountable, increasing the capacity of the courts, and informing the public about the reform of the judiciary. So, not only those involved in the judiciary but also the general public can understand the judicial processes. That shows the judicial sector is accountable.

In performing judicial duties, judicial officials need to be independent, fair, honest and diligent. They need to ensure quality and maintain dignity. Things that will sustain a country’s judiciary are independence of the court, judges’ integrity, and impartiality and effectiveness of court processes that the general public can trust. Corruption undermines the freedom of the judiciary, impartiality and integrity. Corruption also undermines public trust in the judiciary as a whole.

Timely implementation of court proceedings, accuracy, fairness, impartiality, and being free from corruption are essential in order to improve the judiciary. So, in conclusion, I would like to urge the judges, courts, judicial bodies, law officers, lawyers, the general public and media to collaboratively work in a balanced manner in order to maintain the integrity of the judiciary, establish an impartial, corruption-free and trustable judicial system.

Translated by Maung Maung Swe

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THE relief flight of All Nippon Airways, organized by the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, landed at Yangon International Airport bringing 157 Myanmar nationals back home yesterday.

The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, the Ministry of Health and Sports and the Yangon Region government arranged 7-day quarantine at specific places or designated hotels, followed by the 7-day home quarantine.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been working with Myanmar embassies in foreign countries and local ministries to bring back Myanmar citizens stranded abroad in accordance with the guidance of the National-Level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of COVID-19, and it has organized 15 relief flights from Japan to date.

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Translated by Khine Thazin Han

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THE fifth Director-General Level Bilateral Meeting between Myanmar and India on Drug Control Cooperation was held virtually yesterday.

Myanmar delegation led by Police Brig- Gen Win Naing, Joint Secretary of Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control and Commander of Drug Enforcement Division, Myanmar, and Indian delegation led by Mr Rakesh Asthana, Director-General, Narcotics Control Bureau, participated in the meeting via videoconferencing.

At the event, Police BrigGen Win Naing said that the meeting on drug control cooperation was held virtually because of the pandemic.

Drug dealers, taking the pandemic as an opportunity, were doing more drug production and trafficking, and opium cultivation and opium production became a major problem for the region, he said.

He added that stimulant tablets and ICE methamphetamine problems became worsen with wider drug market and involvement of cross-border organized criminals in the trafficking.

Suggestions for the future and good experiences of Myanmar’s CCDAC and India’s NCB will help overcome problems facing, he added saying that Myanmar is ready for cooperation with world countries, regional organizations and international organizations on the fight against drug trafficking.

He also urged the delegates of the two countries to openly discuss the matters relating to drug control for the benefits of the two nations.

Leader of the Indian delegation Mr Rakesh Asthana made remarks at the meeting.

The meeting discussed bilateral drug control cooperation, implementation of decisions made in fourth meeting, bilateral cooperation on illegal opium trafficking, illegal trading of amphetamines, capacity building training for drug control members of Myanmar Police Force, and control of illicit drug trafficking routes.

They also detailed about monitoring of opium fields via satellites, exchange of information if the nationals of the two countries are arrested, and location and date for the sixth meeting on drug control cooperation.

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Translated by Kyaw Zin Tun

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A relief flight of Myanmar Airways International (MAI) organized by Myanmar Embassy in Seoul brought 93 Myanmar nationals via Incheon International Airport yesterday.

The returnees on the flight were 73 from the Republic of Korea, 2 from Switzerland, 4 from Indonesia, 1 from South Africa, 2 from Belgium, 5 from Qatar, 1 from Canada and 5 from the US.

The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, the Ministry of Health and Sports and the Yangon Region government arranged 7-day quarantine at specific places or designated hotels, followed by the 7-day home quarantine.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been working with Myanmar embassies in foreign countries and local ministries to bring back Myanmar citizens stranded abroad in accordance with the guidance of the National-Level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of COVID-19, and it has organized 34 relief flights from the ROK to date.

MNA

(Translated by Khine Thazin Han)

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THE second-day meeting on amendment of political dialogue framework was concluded yesterday afternoon, with making common plans of government side participated by the administrative sector, Hluttaw and the Tatmadaw.

The meeting at the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre was attended by Vice Chairman of NRPC and Union Attorney-General U Tun Tun Oo, Lt-Gen Yar Pyae, Lt-Gen Min Naung and Lt-Gen Aung Lin Dwe from the Office of Commander-in-Chief (Army), Secretary of Peace Commission Retired Lt-Gen Khin Zaw Oo, Pyithu Hluttaw Representative U Pyone Cho (a) U Htay Win Aung, Members of Advisory Body from Peace Commission U Hla Maung Shwe and U Moe Zaw Oo and Director-General of Ministry of State Counsellor Office.

They held talks on emergence of a realistic political dialogue framework, formation of implementing mechanism on agreements, and carrying out phase by phase agreements and step by step implementation.

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(Translated by Aung Khin)

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UNION Minister for Hotels and Tourism U Ohn Maung and Deputy Minister U Tin Latt virtually joined the discussion under the topic “The impact of COVID-19 on Myanmar Hotel Industry & Better Future Plan” hosted by the Myanmar Hospitality Professionals Associations yesterday afternoon from Nay Pyi Taw.

At the discussion, Deputy Minister U Tin Latt, Director from the Ministry of Health and Sports Dr Khin Khin Gyi, Vice-Chair of the Myanmar Hotelier Association U Than Htut and Advisor to the Myanmar Tourism Federation U Thet Lwin Toe acted as panellists.

Union Minister U Ohn Maung said the topic of the discussion is very timely as it is aimed at overcoming the current situation and how to overcome it. He said the present Government started to develop not only regular hotel-centred tourism but also community-based tourism in 2016 as well as the development of the primary destinations such as Yangon, Bagan, Inlay, Ngapali and secondary goals in 2017.

He continued the number of tourist arrival increased from over 2 million in 2016 to over 4 million in 2019 because of visa liberalization in 10 Western European countries and 5 Asian countries in 2019. He said the COVID-19 pandemic occurred by the time more than 400,000 tourists arrived in the early months of 2020, which was expected to reach 5 million tourists in 2020 and 6 million in 2021.

The Union Minister added the implementation of COVID-19 Tourism Relief Plan and the development of the Myanmar Tourism Strategic Rescue Roadmap (2021-2025) MTSRR in accordance with the Myanmar Economic Recovery & Reform Plan MERRP for the post-2020 years which aim to revive the tourism and to return to its original state in 2023-2024.

He also said the tourism businesses that follow the protocol of the Enchanting Myanmar Health & Safety Protocols would be allowed to use Safe Tourism Myanmar Stamp. He called on the tour operators to work with the Ministry to restore the trust of foreign tourist and domestic travellers as the Ministry is cooperating with relevant ministries to develop Myanmar’s rural tourism areas in line with the World Tourism Organization’s 2020 theme of rural development with tourism.

The panellists coordinated the meeting after the discussion of Deputy Minister U Tin Latt on development of tourism recovery plan, conditions on impact survey for Hotels and Tourism and the development of COVID-19 Tourism Relief Plan and Myanmar Tourism Strategic Rescue Roadmap (2021-2025) (MTSRR) as a follow-up to COVID-19 Economic Relief Plan (CERP).

MNA

(Translated by Ei Phyu Phyu Aung)

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THE Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement organized a multiplier course to encourage the volunteers who are fighting against COVID-19 yesterday.

During the meeting, Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye emphasized the role, diligence and altruism of volunteers in COVID-19 prevention, control and treatment activities and the aims of training to offer systematic services with communication skills, safety and mental supports in accordance with the age group, sector and position and to bring mindfulness to avoid the risk of infection with COVID-19 as the disease has fast infection rate.

The Union Minister also appreciated the spirit of volunteering in COVID-19 prevention, control and treatment activities and requested the volunteers to discuss the challenges and the needs while serving as volunteers to make better preventive measures. Permanent Secretary Dr Ko Ko Naing, Director-General for Social Welfare the Department and other officials from the relevant departments and organizations and the volunteers from Nay Pyi Taw Council and Yangon Region attended the event.

MNA

(Translated by Khine Thazin Han)

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A total of 289 Myanmar citizens stranded in foreign countries because of the suspension of commercial flights returned home by relief flights yesterday.

Myanmar Embassy in Seoul and Crew Change Supporting Committee-Myanmar jointly organized the relief flight of Myanmar Airways International to bring back 121 Myanmar citizens home – 62 from the Republic of Korea, 25 from Japan, 13 from Malaysia, 3 from the United Arab Emirates, 3 from Bangladesh, 1 from Qatar, 12 from Singapore, 1 from the United States and 1 from France.

The flight that brought the citizens from Incheon International Airport landed at Yangon International Airport in the late evening.

Myanmar Embassy in Riyadh also organized the relief of Myanmar Airways International to repatriate 168 Myanmar nationals– 3 from Bahrain, 1 from Oman, 86 from the UAE, 2 from Kuwait, 1 from Japan, 2 from Iran, 4 from Bangladesh, 10 from Egypt, 2 from Congo, 6 from Sudan, 18 from Panama, 6 from South Africa, 10 from Israel, 2 from Pakistan, 4 from Azerbaijan, 4 from Norway, 5 from Singapore, 1 from Turkey and 1 from Somalia.

The flight bringing the citizens from Dubai landed at Yangon International Airport in the late evening.

The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, the Ministry of Health and Sports and the Yangon Region government provided them with proper medical tests and arranged 7-day quarantine at specific places or designated hotels, followed by the 7-day home quarantine.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been working with Myanmar embassies in foreign countries, local ministries and shipping companies/organizations to bring back Myanmar citizens stranded abroad in accordance with the guidance of the National-Level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of COVID-19.

MNA (Translated by Kyaw Zin Tun)

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Union Minister for Planning, Finance and Industry U Soe Win held a videoconference with Ms Mariam Sherman, the World Bank Country Director for Myanmar, and officials yesterday.

At the meeting, the country director discussed the approval of World Bank on 13 October to give US$12 billion additional financing aid to Myanmar for purchasing COVID-19 vaccine under the Global COVID-19 Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA), possible means to acquire the vaccine, $60 million for Myanmar under the IDA 19, and 3 ways to receive the vaccine for 20 per cent of the country’s population.

The Union Minister raised queries to the discussions.

Deputy Minister U Sett Aung and Dr Min Ye Paing Hein, the permanent secretary and officials took part in the discussions.

MNA (Translated by Aung Khin)

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