MIMU Weekly Update – 18th February 2021 

Inter-Agency Meetings for the Upcoming Weeks

Kindly note that the timings and locations may change. Check the latest information and add your meetings and events here.

The Updated Monastic Education Dashboard is now available

The Monastic Education Dashboard provides an interactive view of monastic education in Myanmar for the period 2015/16 – 2019/20 based on available data. The dashboard provides a variety of statistics including the number of schools and students at the state, region and township levels.

An Update to the Baseline Dataset

MIMU’s recently-updated Baseline Dataset includes new data at the township level from Basic Education Statistics (2019-2020) published by the Department of Basic Education and Monastic Education (2018-2019 & 2019-2020) published by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture. Moreover, union, state and region level data was added from the following publications:

  • (ADB) Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2020
  • (ASEAN) Key Figures 2020
  • (ASEAN) Sustainable Development Goals Indicators Baseline Report 2020
  • (ASEAN) ASEAN Statistical Yearbook 2020
  • (ESCAP) Population Data Sheet (2019 & 2020)
  • (FAO) Statistical Yearbook 2020
  • (IMF) World Economic Outlook 2020
  • (MoHS) Myanmar Health Statistics 2020
  • (MOHS) Health Facilities 2020
  • (MOLIP/DOP) 2019 Inter-Censal Survey (Main Report)
  • (UNAIDS) Data 2020
  • (UNDP) Human Development Report 2020
  • (UNSD) Statistical Year Book 2020

There are a total of 273 indicators from 390 sources. A list of indicators, by source and year, can be found here. You can also find Baseline Data sorted by sector such as Health and Education, or by state/region such as Rakhine and Kachin. To request specific data please Contact MIMU.

Language Enrichment Program for Children on MIMU ECCD

The Language Enrichment Programme (LEP) is an intense Myanmar Language program, supplementing primary level textbooks for the subject of Myanmar Language. These are designed to increase students’ competency in the four main skills of language: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Be sure to share these educational resources widely with those who can use them.

Release of Place Code version 9.3, January 2021

The latest MIMU Myanmar Pcode version 9.3 (January 2021) updates administrative structures from Town down to Village level based on gazetted notifications issued between February and December 2020. The most significant changes documented in this version are creation of a new town in Loikaw Township, Kayah State; changes to the structure of 4 village tracts in Sagaing and Tanintharyi; name changes for 4 village tracts in Kachin, Kayah and Sagaing; and 62 newly registered villages, mainly in Shan (north), Tanintharyi and Kachin.

Pcode version 9.3 also includes additional records of historical changes to administrative units based on GAD notifications retrieved for the period January 2010 to March 2015.

Detailed information of these and earlier changes is available in Word and Excel formats on the MIMU website’s Place Codes page, along with a Pcode Submissions and Corrections Form through which to share corrections and information on new villages which may not yet be included in the MIMU Pcode listing.

Updated MIMU Assessments/Publication Dashboard

We recently updated our assessment tracking dashboard with 20 new Assessments/Publications from IFPRI, HELVETES Myanmar, Another Development and Braveheart Foundation. In total, 1,929 Assessments/Publications have been contributed by 191 agencies across 25 sectors of humanitarian and development activities.

To learn more about Assessment/Publication tracking, please visit our Assessments and Publications Page.

COVID-19 New Resources

Check the latest resources from MOHS, WHO and other agencies on the MIMU COVID-19 Webpage including:

  • Weekly Epidemiological Update of Coronavirus Disease by WHO
  • Weekly Operational Update of Coronavirus Disease by WHO
  • COVID-19 prevention advice in English, Myanmar and 18 ethnic languages
  • Updated Information on eighteen COVID 19-related Coordination Groups to support coordination and information exchange

Lastly, there are new COVID-19-related online dashboards developed by the Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Sports, World Health Organization and COVID-19 Information Support Unit (CISU).

If you have any updates or resources to share for wider use, please contact Thiri May Kyaw: [email protected]

Learning from Home during the COVID-19 Outbreak

To help contain COVID-19, people are advised to stay home. Why not take the opportunity to learn a new skill?

Online Learning Platforms Offering Free Courses during COVID-19

Feel free to share details of other useful online courses for humanitarian and development professionals.

Upcoming International Days

  • 20 February - World Day of Social Justice
  • 21 February - International Mother Language Day
Visit https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ - for more information on these and other international days as designated by the United Nations.