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Teaching
Staff
Until the 1997/98 academic year, there were five teacher-training colleges and
fourteen teacher-training schools under the Department of Educational Planning
and Training. There were also two institutes of education, one under the Department
of Higher Education and the other under the Civil Service Selection and Training
Board. Teacher-training schools were responsible for the training of primary
school teachers (one-year course leading to the Certificate in Education), while
teacher-training colleges were responsible for the training of lower secondary/middle
school teachers (two-year course leading to the Diploma in Education). Institutes
of education were responsible for the training of upper secondary/high school
teachers (three to four-year course leading to the Bachelor of Education degree).
Since
June 1998, all existing institutions are being
affiliated to the Institutes of Education as
Education Colleges Level II (the former teaching-training
schools) and Education Colleges Level I (the
former teacher-training colleges). At the post-graduate
level, the following programmes are offered:
one-year Post-graduate Diploma in Teaching
course (offered since 1999 by the Institute
of Education, Yangon); two-year master’s
degree course; and doctoral degree course.
Correspondence courses for in-service teachers
are also offered. The structure of certificate
and diploma courses is shown in the tables
below:
Certificate
in Education course. Timetable for the first
semester (16 weeks)
No. |
Subject |
Weekly Periods |
Total Periods |
Assigned
Credits
|
| 1 |
Education
theory |
5 |
80 |
4 (3-2)
|
| 2 |
Educational
psychology |
5 |
80 |
4 (3-2)
|
| 3 |
Methodology |
| (a)
Myanmar |
4 |
64 |
3 (3-2)
|
| (b)
English |
4 |
64 |
3 (3-2)
|
| (c)
Mathematics |
4 |
64 |
3 (3-2)
|
| (d)
Natural science and basic science |
4 |
64 |
3 (3-2)
|
| (e)
General studies and social studies |
4 |
64 |
3 (3-2)
|
| 4
|
Physical
education and co-curricular subjects |
| (a)
Physical education |
7 |
112 |
1 (1-6)
|
| (b)
Industrial arts / domestic science |
2 |
32 |
1 (1-1)
|
| (c)
Agriculture |
2 |
32 |
1 (1-1)
|
| (d)
Fine arts |
2 |
32
|
1 (1-1)
|
| (e)
Music |
2 |
32
|
1 (1-1)
|
| 5
|
Extra-curricular
activities |
5 |
80
|
|
| Total
|
50
|
800
|
28
|
Practicum
session (block teaching + assessment ) eight
weeks, two credits
Certificate
in Education course. Timetable for the
second semester (16 weeks)
No. |
Subject |
Weekly periods |
Total periods |
Assigned credits |
1 |
Academics
subjects |
5 |
80 |
4 (3-2) |
| |
(a)
Myanmar |
5 |
80 |
4 (3-2) |
| |
(b)
English |
5 |
80 |
4 (3-2) |
| |
(c) Mathematics |
5 |
80 |
4 (3-2) |
| |
(d) Physics/history |
5 |
80 |
4 (3-2) |
| |
(e)
Chemistry / geography |
5 |
80 |
4 (3-2) |
| |
(f) Biology/economics |
5 |
80 |
4 (3-2) |
2 |
Physical
education and co-curricular subjects |
| |
(a)
Physical education |
7 |
112 |
1 (1-6) |
| |
(b) Industrial arts/domestic science |
2 |
32 |
1 (1-1) |
| |
(c) Agriculture |
2 |
32 |
1 (1-1) |
| |
(d)
Fine arts |
2 |
32 |
1 (1-1) |
| |
(e)
Music |
2 |
32 |
1 (1-1) |
3 |
Extra-curricular
activities |
5 |
80 |
|
| |
Total |
50 |
800 |
29 |
Diploma
in Education course. Timetable for the
first semester (16 weeks)
No. |
Subject |
Weekly Periods |
Total periods |
Assigned credits |
1 |
Education
theory |
5 |
80 |
4 (3-2) |
2 |
Education
psychology |
5 |
80 |
4 (3-2) |
3 |
Methodology |
|
|
|
| |
(a)
Myanmar |
4 |
64 |
3 (3-2) |
| |
(b)
English |
4 |
64 |
3 (3-2) |
| |
(c) Mathematics |
4 |
64 |
3 (3-2) |
| |
(d) Natural science and basic science |
4 |
64 |
3 (3-2) |
| |
(e)
General studies and social studies |
4 |
64 |
3 (3-2) |
4 |
Physical
education and co-curricular subjects |
|
| |
(a) Physical education |
7 |
112 |
1 (1-6) |
| |
(b)
Industrial arts / domestic science |
2 |
32 |
1 (1-1) |
| |
(c) Agriculture |
2 |
32 |
1 (1-1) |
| |
(d)
Fine arts |
2 |
32 |
1 (1-1) |
| |
(e)
Music |
2 |
32 |
1 (1-1) |
5 |
Extra-curricular
activities |
5 |
80 |
|
|
Total |
50 |
800 |
28 |
Diploma
holders can apply for entry into an institute
of education where they can follow a one-year
course culminating in the award of the B.Ed.
degree. The structure of the course is shown
below:
Bachelor of Education
course (third year). Weekly timetable
No. |
Subjects |
Teaching periods per week |
Remarks |
Lecture |
Tutorial / Practical |
1 |
Political
science |
3 |
- |
|
2 |
Educational
theory and practice |
3 |
1 |
|
3 |
Educational
psychology |
3 |
1 |
|
4 |
English
proficiency |
3 |
2 |
|
5
|
Competency
in school subjects and methodologies
(a)
Myanmar language
(b)
English language
(c)
History
(d)
Geography
(e)
Economics
(f)
Mathematics
(g)
Chemistry
(h)
Physics
(i)
Biology
(j)
Special physical education
|
8
|
4
|
A student needs to specialize only in two arts/science
subjects
|
6
|
Co-curricular
subjects/activities
(a)
School health
(b)
Home economics (*)
(c)
Physical education (**) |
1
|
-
|
(*)
For female students only. One practical
session per week in the evening after
school hours.
(**)
Three periods per week in the morning
before school hours. |
|
Total |
20 |
8 |
|
The
structure of the one-year Post-graduate Diploma
in Teaching course is shown in the tables
below:
Post-graduate
Diploma in Teaching (first semester)
Subject |
Modality* |
Credits |
Educational
theory |
1-1 |
2 |
Educational
psychology |
1-1 |
2 |
Methodology
I |
(3-2) |
5 |
Language
proficiency I |
(1-2) |
3 |
Academic
proficiency I |
(1-2) |
6 |
General
studies I |
(3-3) |
7 |
Instructional
design I |
(3-4) |
5 |
Practicum
level I |
(1-4) |
1 |
Total credits |
|
31 |
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