Local authorities must preserve the strong educational foundations of PyinOoLwin, maintaining its status as an educational city.

 Senior General Min Aung Hlaing stressed that lack of academic profi­ciency and weak critical thinking skills become the root cause of committing terrorist acts.

Chairman of the State Ad­ministration Council Prime Min­ister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, accompanied by Coun­cil Joint Secretary General Ye Win Oo and the Chief Minister of Mandalay Region, yesterday morning inspected ensuring wa­ter sufficiency in PyinOoLwin, improvement of the education sector and beautification pro­cess.

The Senior General viewed the potential for upgrading Hsin­lan Dam to ensure water suffi­ciency in the PyinOoLwin region. Union Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation U Min Naung reported on the upgrad­ing of the spillway at the dam and more supply of water upon com­pletion of the upgrading process.

At the No 3 Basic Educa­tion High School in PyinOoLwin, the Senior General viewed the learning of students and librarian measures.

At the meeting with teachers at the school hall, the Senior Gen­eral underscored that due to lack of academic proficiency and weak critical thinking skills, terror acts have been committed, which in turn have negatively impacted the social and economic lives of local communities. Therefore, teachers must not only provide academic education to the chil­dren they teach but also impart knowledge and ways of thinking that enable them to distinguish between right and wrong and understand causes and conse­quences.

He highlighted that collected data shows Myanmar still faces many needs to improve the edu­cation system, and about 50 per cent of the population remains undereducated.

He added that teachers need to teach school education to students as well as train them to have higher patriotism and national spirit.

He underlined that teachers must read literature continuous­ly in order to improve teaching capacity in relevant subjects and share their experiences with children so as to turn out good human resources for the future of the nation.

The Senior General stressed that civil service personnel are necessary to remain free from party politics and to clearly dis­tinguish between politics and the national cause. Fulfilling one’s assigned duties with diligence is how one should contribute re­sponsibly to the national cause.

The Senior General present­ed fiction and non-fiction books for the school library to the per­son in charge of the school and the teachers.

At the BEHS 1 Branch (BEMS), the Senior General in­spected the learning of students in classrooms and the lecturing in livestock, agriculture and in­dustrial classrooms.

On arrival at the Thumin­gala Market (Nyantaw Market) construction project site in Py­inOoLwin, officials reported to the Senior General on the pro­gress of the advanced market, beautification of PyinOoLwin, water supply measures, and im­plementation of the Yadanabon Myothit project and suspension of the project.

Speaking on the occasion, the Senior General said that lo­cal authorities from PyinOoLwin must continue to uphold and pre­serve such strong educational foundations, maintain their sta­tus as an educational city, and continue to produce disciplined, well-informed, and valuable hu­man resources.

He pointed out that it is nec­essary to preserve and imple­ment measures through bylaws to ensure the area remains per­petually lush and beautiful with flower plants and to prevent the indiscriminate cutting down of trees in PyinOoLwin.

He noted that laws concern­ing farmland and virgin land have already been enacted, and actions must be carried out per the permissions stipulated therein.

The Senior General under­lined that authorities are re­quired to enforce and implement the rules and regulations set by law. In some road areas, there have been violations related to land use, and it is necessary to proceed under the Highways Law.

He continued that KG+11 and KG+10 students will contin­ue to be taught the fundamentals of law to help them understand and be aware of legal principles. Similarly, universities across var­ious regions and states are also providing lectures on fundamen­tal subjects related to law and economics, aiming to enhance understanding of democratic principles, which are rooted in the law, as well as to broaden awareness of economic matters.

The Senior General viewed the progress of the Thumingala Market (Nyantaw Market) up­grading project site and gave necessary guidance to officials. — MNA/TTA