In Myanmar, one in five young people ages 10 to 17 go to work instead of school. Of the nearly 9 million youth in Myanmar who do attend school each year, fewer than 300,000 make it to eleventh grade. And only 30% of those eleventh-grade students manage to pass the required exams to complete secondary school. IREX recently surveyed more than 100 youth to identify how best to equip them for a 21st-century economy and to address the skills needed in Myanmar’s fastest-growing sectors.
In Myanmar, one in five young people ages 10 to 17 go to work instead of school. Of the nearly 9 million youth in Myanmar who do attend school each year, fewer than 300,000 make it to eleventh grade. And only 30% of those eleventh-grade students manage to pass the required exams to complete secondary school. IREX recently surveyed more than 100 youth to identify how best to equip them for a 21st-century economy and to address the skills needed in Myanmar’s fastest-growing sectors.
In Myanmar, one in five young people ages 10 to 17 go to work instead of school. Of the nearly 9 million youth in Myanmar who do attend school each year, fewer than 300,000 make it to eleventh grade. And only 30% of those eleventh-grade students manage to pass the required exams to complete secondary school. IREX recently surveyed more than 100 youth to identify how best to equip them for a 21st-century economy and to address the skills needed in Myanmar’s fastest-growing sectors.