The government emphasizes sending outstanding students to foreign countries for further studies, said State Administration Council Chairman Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing at the meeting with outstanding students for the 2022-23 academic year at the Myanmar International Convention Centre-II in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.
In his address, the Senior General said that nurturing the educational outstanding students to become human resources endowed with high talent and knowledge with health and fitness, industrious efforts, good morale, high morality, politeness and patriotic spirit can be defined as laying the sound foundations for the future State.
The Senior General noted that the outstanding student project for the 2022-23 academic year was implemented for turning out of outstanding students with health and fitness and high morality, good and able citizens capable of participating in the welfare tasks of the State with interest in the educational development tasks and nurturing outstanding students as models for all students.
This academic year, the Senior General said that a total of 160 outstanding students were turned out in the eighth standard, 160 more students in the tenth standard and 158 in the 11th standard, totalling 478 and they will be sent to outstanding student camps in Bagan, Taunggyi and Ngwesaung respectively.
Camping for the students aims to have friendly relations with outstanding students from regions and states to each other and exchange knowledge, traditional culture and customs to forge a national spirit to adore the State and the nationality.
The government is encouraging outstanding student projects as well as youth programmes to nurture students to become good leaders for the State, culture their spirit to serve the public interests and become new generation youths with physical and mental morality.
The student youths are expected to become good leaders of the State in the future. The government emphasizes sending outstanding students to foreign countries for further studies. Hence, students need to strive for having high qualifications in their relevant subjects.
Students need to avoid narcotic drugs which threaten their health and development. They have to improve their capacity, efficiently apply the Internet to seek knowledge and take care of their health conditions.
The Senior General stressed the need to build a perpetual State with high intelligence and initiatives of the citizens with national spirit and high morality.
Students must be good pupils and strive to become disciplined good leaders, said the Senior General.
On behalf of the outstanding students, double outstanding student Ma Chu Myat Sandi of Grade-11 of Nay Pyi Taw BEHS No 5 spoke words of thanks.
The Senior General and party had documentary photos taken together with outstanding students. Then, the Senior General cordially greeted outstanding students. — MNA/TTA
