By Nway / MPA
A total of 72 female teachers and students have been killed in military junta attacks across the country, according to a report by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
From Feb.1, 2021, to Jan.21, 2025, these attacks claimed 252 lives, including 180 male teachers and students. Among the victims, 88 were children under the age of 18, highlighting the devastating impact of the conflict on education and young lives.
A student from the Department of Physics at Pyay University, participating in the Anti-Junta Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), told MPA, “The military is killing children who have not even come of age. Instead of studying peacefully under their parents’ care, children are attending school amidst bombings and gunfire across the country. We still remember the tragic airstrike on the school in Let Yet Kone Village, Sagaing Region.”
The Sagaing Region recorded the highest number of deaths, with 54 fatalities, according to the AAPP.
Gunfire from the military was the leading cause of death, accounting for 110 fatalities. Airstrikes were the second most common cause, resulting in 68 deaths.
In addition to the fatalities, the military junta has politically arrested 1,061 individuals from the education sector, including 427 women and 634 men. Among those detained, 12 were children under the age of 18, the AAPP report noted.