Department of Higher Education (Myanmar)

Department of Higher Education (DHE) is created for administration and coordination of higher education institutions under the Ministry of Education (Myanmar).[1][2]In 2020, there are 134 Universities and Colleges under this department.

Department of Higher Education
အဆင့်မြင့်ပညာဦးစီးဌာန(အဆည)
Department overview
FormedOctober 1983 (1983-10)
Preceding agencies
  • Universities Administrive Office
  • Department of High Education
JurisdictionGovernment of Myanmar
HeadquartersOffice No (13), Naypyidaw, Myanmar
Minister responsible
Department executives
  • Thein Win, Dr, Director General
  • Aung Naing Soe, Dr
Websitedhe.moe.edu.mm

History

DHE was formed as Universities Administrive Office in 1964.In 1972, it was changed as Department of High Education.According to People's Assembly Law No(4) Department of High Education was formed as Department of Higher Education.On 1 April 1998, it was divided into DHE (Upper Myanmar) in Mandalay and DHE (Lower Myanmar) in Yangon. On 1 April 2015, it was reformed as Department of Higher Education.[3]

References
  1. "DHE".
  2. "အဆည".
  3. "About us".
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