The Yangon Institute of Education (also the Institute of Education, Yangon; , jàɴɡòuɴ pjɪ̀ɴɲàjé tɛʔkəθò), located in Kamayut

Kamayut Township

Kamayut Township is located in the north central part of Yangon. The township comprises ten wards, and shares borders with Hlaing township in the north, Hlaing township and Kyimyindaing township in the west, the Inya Lake, Bahan township and Mayangon township in the east, and Sanchaung township in...

, Yangon

Yangon

Yangon is a former capital of Burma and the capital of Yangon Region . Although the military government has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of over four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial...

, is the premier university of education

Education

Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...

 in Myanmar

Myanmar

Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....

. Primarily a teacher training college, the institute offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs in education to the country's prospective primary, secondary and tertiary school teachers. Its training high school known as TTC

TTC Yangon

The Practising High School Yangon Institute of Education is a high school in Yangon, Myanmar. TTC stands for Teachers' Training College, which is now Institute of Education...

 is considered one of the best high schools in the country.

History

The institute began as the Department of Education under Rangoon University (Yangon University) in 1924, and in 1931 became a separate college, still under Rangoon University as the Teacher's Training College (TTC). It became an independent institute in 1964. Until very recently, all educational colleges throughout the country were under the Yangon Institute of Education.

Programs

The university offers Bachelor of Education (BEd), Master of Education (MEd) and doctorate in education (PhD) degree programs.

Affiliated universities and colleges

Along with the Sagaing Institute of Education

Sagaing Institute of Education

The Sagaing Institute of Education , located in Sagaing, Sagaing Division, is one of two senior universities of education in Myanmar. Primarily a teacher training college, the institute offers Bachelor of Education degree programs in education to the country's prospective primary, secondary and...

, the Yangon Institute of Education is affiliated with 19 educational colleges located throughout the country.

• Bogalay Education College
• Dawei Education College
• Hlegu Education College
• Hpa-An Education College
• Kyaukphyu Education College
• Magway Education College
• Mandalay Education College
• Mawlamyaing Education College
• Monywa Education College
• Meiktila Education College
• Myaungmya Education College
• Myitkyina Education College
• Pakokku Education College
• Pathein Education College
• Pyay Education College
• Taungoo Education College
• Taunggyi Education College
• Thingangyun Education College
  Thingangyun Education College
  Thingangyun Education College is a college in Yangon, Burma....
  
  
• Yankin Education College
  Yankin Education College
  Yankin Education College is a university in Yangon, Burma....