A total of 96 teachers and students were killed by the junta’s airstrikes in 2025, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) reported on January 21.

Among those killed in the education sector, 71 were under 18, most of them dying in classrooms struck by junta aircraft. The majority of these casualties occurred in Sagaing Region and Rakhine (Arakan) State.

Last September, the junta bombed two private high schools in Thayettapin Village, Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State, killing more than 20 students, AAPP highlighted.

"Even though there was no active fighting, the junta bombed the schools for no reason. The bombing hit the dormitories where the boarding students were staying. It was a truly inhuman act. School officials said the planes dropped the bombs just as the kids were going to bed. They heard the planes coming but had no time to escape, the tragedy happened so fast," a local at the time told NMG.

The schools were struck by two 500-pound bombs, the Arakan Army (AA) also reported.

Similarly, in October, a junta airstrike on a primary school in Hakha Township, Chin State, killed two students, from Grades 3 and 5, in their classrooms.

"These brutal acts are yet another example of the junta's complete disregard for human life. The international community must put greater pressure on the junta," said Salai Za Uk Ling, Executive Director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO).

The number of civilians killed by the junta in the nearly five years since the February 2021 coup has risen to 7,701, according to the AAPP.

Currently, the junta is carrying out airstrikes on schools in resistance-held areas, forcing children and teachers to live their educational lives in constant fear.