UNION Minister for Education Dr Nyunt Pe, accompanied by Deputy Ministers Dr Zaw Myint and U Nay Myo Hlaing, visited basic education high schools in the Nay Pyi Taw Council Area and observed university pro­fessors and teachers conduct­ing subject-specific Training of Trainers (TOT) sessions for high school teachers preparing to teach students retaking the 2025 matriculation examination, yesterday.

At No 5 BEHS in Zabuthiri Township, the Union minister observed university professors and teachers conducting les­sons. He stated that the ma­triculation examination, as the final stage of basic education, determines students’ life goals, and the purpose of the re-ex­amination of the matriculation exam is to ensure fairness, dig­nity, and job opportunities by providing a fair assessment of the efforts and aspirations of hardworking students, with the Ministry of Education and rel­evant government officials and organizations in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, Sagaing Region, Mandalay Region, and Kachin State offering full support for retaking the exam, while urg­ing students to seize the oppor­tunity and retake the exam to uphold fairness.

The Union minister also vis­ited No 14 BEHS in Zabuthiri Township to observe the teach­ing and learning process and met with university professors, teachers, and senior assistant teachers from basic education and private schools to offer en­couragement and address their needs.

The course, conducted from 2 to 4 May at No 5 and No 14 BEHSs in Zabuthiri Township, is being taught by professors and teachers from Naypyitaw State Academy, Pathein Univer­sity, Toungoo University, Sittway University, Bago University, and Yangon University of Economics for teachers from high schools and private schools. After the training, the professors, teach­ers, and SATs will go to designat­ed basic education high schools in eight townships in Nay Pyi Taw to personally teach students retaking the matriculation exam. — MNA/TH