Thursday, March 12, 2009

Technological University in Lashio with equitable learning opportunity


With the aims of ensuring equitable creation of learning opportunities across the nation and turning out the qualified human resources in the respective regions, the government upgraded 49 science and technological colleges to the universities established in 24 special development regions of the nation as of 20 January 2007. Technological University (Lashio) was one of
these upgraded universities. The facility was opened as Government Technical Institute on 27 December 1999. It was upgraded to the technological college on 10 September 2001. On 20 January 2007, the facility became a technological university. Technological University (Lashio) is located near Hopaik Village, north of Lashio and east of Lashio- Hsenwi Road. It is a three-storey building built on 36 acres of land. During the visit to Lashio, the news team of the Myanma Alin Daily arrived at Technological University in Lashio to observe the learning opportunity
for higher education of the local youths. We had an interview with Principal Dr U Zaw Min
Oo of the university. He said, “A total of five courses are being conducted at Technological University (Lashio). These courses are the Civil Engineering Course, the Electrical Communication Engineering Course, the Electrical Power Engineering Course, the Mechanical Engineering Course and the Machine Tools Engineering Course. A total of 67 faculty members in the academic section are providing 582 students with modern engineering knowledge.

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