Department of Higher Education (Myanmar)

Department of Higher Education (DHE) was created for administration and coordination of higher education institutions under the Ministry of Education (Myanmar).[1][2] In 2020, there were 134 universities and colleges under this department.

Department of Higher Education
အဆင့်မြင့်ပညာဦးစီးဌာန(အဆည)
Department overview
FormedOctober 1983; 40 years ago (1983-10)
Preceding agencies
  • Universities Administrative 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 edit

DHE was formed as Universities Administrative Office in 1964. In 1972, it was renamed 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 edit

  1. ^ "DHE".
  2. ^ "အဆည".
  3. ^ "About us". Archived from the original on 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-10-17.