125,900 teachers barred for opposing military coup

Today’s lesson: A Yangon University of Education teacher protesting against the coup in Yangon in this file picture. They have since been threatened to return to work or face charges. — Reuters

MORE than 125,000 school teachers have been suspended by military authorities for joining a civil disobedience movement to oppose the military coup in February, an official of the Myanmar Teachers’ Federation said.

The suspensions come days before the start of a new school year, which some teachers and parents are boycotting as part of the campaign that has paralysed the country since the coup cut short a decade of democratic reforms.