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Eaint Thet Hmu discusses her experiences with online learning and civic engagement in Myanmar amidst political upheaval.

Episode #571: “For students living through uncertainty, I think online learning and online education becomes a lifeline rather than simply an alternative.” Eaint Thet Hmu, a Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) student at Parami University, came to education through disruption rather than continuity. COVID-19 interrupted the expected path after matriculation; the 2021 coup closed off the university future she had imagined in Yangon. Online learning became the route through which she found Parami, community work, and a new way of reading Myanmar. At Parami, Eaint’s Bamar-majority background was unsettled by studying with classmates from ethnic nationalities she had rarely encountered before. She began to understand what it meant to move “from being the ethnic majority and becoming a minority in the classroom.” That shift shaped her interest in civic education, gender equality, and the kind of learning that does not stop at theory. For one thing, she came to understand that “the role of the student isn't to save the community but is to learn with them.” Her youth-led Project PyitTineHtaung brings sexuality and gender education to underserved secondary students, including…

People in this episode

Guest: Eaint Thet Hmu

Topics covered

• online learning
• civic education
• gender equality
• ethnic diversity
• youth activism

Keywords

• online education
• Myanmar
• COVID-19
• gender education
• ethnic majority
• civic engagement
• youth-led projects

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Parami University

Books & works: Project PyitTineHtaung

Places: Yangon, Magway, Mandalay

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