Abstract
Most university students are now facing the challenges in attaining the right to education. Although the interim universities are trying to fulfil their requirements, the dropout rates of these universities are still increasing. Hence, this study aims to find the factors that linked unattainable right to tertiary education in Myanmar. A total of 100 university students participated in this study. This study was based on four dimensions of right to education such as availability, accessibility, acceptability and adaptability. Students were assessed using researcher-developed survey questionnaire in both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. Based on the results, the sample interim university students were relatively the highest attainability at the adaptability dimension of right to education (M=91%) compared to the lowest 31% unattainability at the availability dimension of right to education (M=31%). The sample students showed the highest mean value 31% at unattainable in availability, whereas the unattainable at adaptability dimension indicated the lowest mean value at 9%. Concerning unattainable points at accessibility and acceptability were 16% and 18%, respectively. This research was only intended to identify the challenges of right to education for interim universities and not the university students who joined the universities under military regime.
Keywords: right to education, availability, accessibility, acceptability, adaptability
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