ERICC Policy Brief _ Diversity and Fragmentation of Myanmar Education: Schooling Shaped by Protracted Conflict and Crisis

This policy brief highlights key findings from a rigorous review of the existing body of research on education in Myanmar’s conflict-affected context: Diversity and Fragmentation of Myanmar Education: Schooling Shaped by Protracted Conflict and Crisis (Rinehart et al., 2024a); and provides an overview of a co-constructed research agenda for education in conflict-affected contexts of Myanmar, drawing on a comprehensive report: Education Research Agenda in Conflict-Affected Contexts of Myanmar (Rinehart et al., 2024b).

The co-constructed research agenda serves as a critical reference document for commissioning research in ethnic, refugee and migrant settings affected by conflict and protracted crises. It serves as a valuable tool for researchers and organisations to plan studies that address existing evidence gaps and that reflect the expectations and realities of key educational stakeholders in these contexts. The co-construction process has fostered partnerships among diverse stakeholders for future collaborative research. These partnerships stand to promote dissemination and uptake of findings, de-colonise research practices, and raise expectations regarding the impact of research.