Social Inclusion and Cohesion through Mother-Tongue Based Multilingual Education in Times of Conflict: Learnings from Myanmar
This panel shares learnings from the field across six ethnic education systems in Myanmar, with several of the panelists engaged in intensive Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) programming with the support of the Myanmar Education Consortium. Panelists represent the Karen, Kayan, Mon and Shan ethnic communities, all of which provide basic education to ethnic children in remote, conflict-affected areas – an effort that has become ever more challenging because of the country’s coup.
Panelists will present preliminary results of their research, providing insight into the delivery of MTB-MLE in conflict settings, identifying lessons learned from implementation, and sharing perspectives that seek to shape or influence national and regional policies on inclusion of minority languages and their role in education systems.
Hosted by the University of Notre Dame’s Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures, and co-sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.
Originally published at cslc.nd.edu.