Schools in Karenni and Rakhine states face funding challenges impacting children’s access to education

Aid groups in Karenni State told DVB that nearly 600 community-run schools serving over 60,000 students — from kindergarten to high school — are in urgent need of funds to purchase textbooks.

“Some classrooms have only two sets of textbooks for the entire class. Students can share these textbooks when attending school, but schools cannot remain open all week due to fears of regime airstrikes,” Zay Yar Tun, a member of the Clean Yangon charity group now based in Karenni State, told DVB.