Myanmar's education system in 'crisis' as rebellion rages on, says World Bank

(Reuters) - After violence erupted in Myanmar in the wake of the 2021 coup, most high school students in the remote township of Thantlang left their studies and took up arms to support a grassroots rebellion against the military, local school teacher Salai said.

Across Myanmar, one of Southeast Asia's poorest countries that has been ravaged by widening fighting since the coup, only about 22% of eligible students are enrolled at the high-school level, the World Bank said in a report published in July.