The foundation of a country’s development lies in having an abundant pool of educated human resources. Myanmar is also working towards building a prosperous and peaceful future nation by nurturing knowledgeable and skilled individuals, while striving to develop a comprehensive, high-quality education system.
In this regard, with the aim of training and nurturing qualified education personnel who could contribute to strengthening national unity and promoting the development of the various ethnic nationalities, the State opened the Institute for the Development of the Border Areas and National Races on 20 October 1964. Subsequently, the institute was upgraded to the University for the Development of the National Races on 10 May 1991, with a view to enabling ethnic youths from border areas to pursue higher education. So far, the university has produced a total of 14,695 male and female graduates.
Teachers are responsible for guiding their students to improve the right attitudes, discipline and knowledge. Since teachers from all national races play an important role in the future development and progress of the country, they must nurture and train their students, wherever they are assigned after graduation, to become educated young people equipped with the five strengths: physical strength, intellectual strength, moral strength, economic strength and social strength.
Teachers are regarded as leaders of society and second parents because they guide their students as well as the people from relevant communities where those teachers are assigned duties, in order to learn to love and cherish one another, illuminate their students’ lives and the world around them, and dispel their sorrows. Therefore, teachers must not only impart academic knowledge to their students but also help shape their minds and character. They must teach and guide students to develop empathy and consideration for others and to cultivate a spirit of public service and a desire to work for the benefit of society rather than pursuing only their own interests.
Teachers graduating from the University for the Development of the National Races must faithfully fulfil their duties in their assigned regions by working to promote the Union Spirit among ethnic people and fostering solidarity, friendship and unity among the national races. As individuals who have received the State’s support and nurturing, they are also urged to join hands with the State in shouldering the national political responsibility of maintaining the country’s stability, peace and development, based on the “Our Three Main National Causes”: non-disintegration of the Union, non-disintegration of national solidarity, and perpetuation of sovereignty.
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