The Interim Executive Council of Karenni State – Annual Activity Report for 2025

3 March 2026

Department of Home Affairs

The Department of Home Affairs provides key public services, including the Administration, law enforcement, immigration management, and emergency response. To implement these functions effectively, the department works through four sub-departments: Public Administration, Karenni State Police, Immigration, and Emergency and Rescue. These sub-departments coordinate to deliver public services directly to communities across the state.

The objectives of the Department of Home Affairs are,

• To establish people-centered governance at the Karenni State level during the interim period, with the participation of all stakeholders, in accordance with federal democratic principles.
• To assist in addressing the basic needs of the people, including security, social welfare, education, healthcare, and administrative management.
• To prevent and respond to the various dangers and crises currently occurring through the administrative mechanism. The Summary of the implementation of activities for the 2025 fiscal year is as follows.

(A)The Public Administration Sub-department

During the year 2025, the Public Administration Sub-department has been implementing an administrative mechanism that includes the participation of the Karenni people and all relevant stakeholders. It has carried out activities such as drafting policy frameworks related to local governance and supervising, guiding, and inspecting the office operations of Township Administrative Committees/Councils.

On the other hand, as this is the capacity-building time, the Karenni People’s Administration Training School (KPA) operated and trained 23 trainees of Batch No. (1) with teaching on the subjects of administration.

As part of regional development projects, the repair of inter-village roads and the construction of bridges were carried out in collaboration with civil society organizations and donors.

(B) Karenni State Police Sub-department

The Sub-department of Karenni State Police is carrying out public security and service functions through its headquarters, 17 area police stations, and police posts.

In law enforcement, a total of 171 cases were handled in 2025. Among these, 114 cases have been sentenced, 21 cases are currently under trial, and 16 cases are still under police investigation. There are a total of 20 cases with case termination, settlement, or withdrawal.

In addition, legal action was taken in 27 cases involving violence against women and children, resulting in prison sentences being imposed and the placement transfer to a youth rehabilitation center. To improve road safety and the protection of local communities, awareness sessions were organized for the public on traffic rules and road safety, and di informational pamphlets were distributed in crowded and high-traffic areas. Security
and public service functions are being carried out daily at joint inspection checkpoints in cooperation with local revolutionary forces.

(c) The Immigration Sub-department

The Immigration Sub-department carried out the collection of household population registration forms (FAa Hta Sa-1)for the 167,319 residents and 100,374 internally displaced persons (IDPs), for a total of 267,693 people. They also conducted entry and exit screening at border and checkpoint gates, issued the 3,926 Interstate Travel Passes (IP) for travelling, and issued the verification temporary residence documents for 3,029 workers. and Border Crossing Passes (BP) for cross-border travel. At border checkpoints, 4,601 arrival individuals and 5,910 departure individuals were systematically screened.

The socio-economic data of 96,984 people on the ground were collected through a socio-economic survey in (8) townships.

(D) The Emergency and Rescue Sub-department

During 2025, a total of 1,159 civilians from conflict-affected areas and more than 1,000 internally displaced persons were assisted and relocated to safe places. In addition, 85 injured individuals and emergency patients were transported to relevant hospitals and clinics. The Fire Department, together with residents, cooperated in extinguishing fire incidents, including fuel station fires. Furthermore, about 240,000 gallons of water were distributed to 44 IDP camps, with approximately 150 deliveries, and 200 basic rescue trainees and 20 driver trainees were successfully trained.

Department of Education

Following the 2021 coup, Karenni State experienced a serious collapse of education, and to overcome and address this crisis, the Department of Education carried out its activities to establish a federal democratic education system and deliver quality education services with the efforts of CDM teachers. The objectives of department are as follow,

• To ensure the right to education and equal access for all.
• To establish a guaranteed and quality education system.
• To implement a mother tongue-based multilingual education system.
• To develop an inclusive, compulsory, and free basic education system for all.
• To develop balance in Physical, intellectual, social, vocational, and spiritual development education system.
• To promote a quality education system by developing a strong curriculum, effective teaching methods, reliable assessment systems, and professional teachers.
• To grow knowledgeable, competent, and responsible youth who can contribute to building a federal democratic nation.
• To develop a student-centered education system that encourages independent, critical, and creative thinking, enabling students to solve problems on their own.

(A) The Basic Education Sub-department

Under the Basic Education Sub-department, implemented activities include: constructing school buildings and basic infrastructure, the production and distribution of textbooks, drafting policy frameworks, capacity building, and providing support to teachers.

During the year, sanitary toilets were constructed for 30 schools, 10 tarpaulins were provided per township, and solar systems and generators were installed. In collaboration with Clean Yangon, a total of 10,240 sets of textbooks from KG to Grade 9 were distributed. In addition, thousands of Grade 12 textbooks (covering Myanmar, English, Mathematics, Science, and Arts subjects) were published and distributed to schools.
Furthermore, an Interim Basic Education Guideline and a School Registration Guideline were developed. Teacher capacity-building trainings (Pre-Service and In-Service) were conducted for 422 teachers and 92 school principals.

(B) The Higher Education Sub-department

Workshops were conducted for drafting the charters for universities/colleges and to facilitate the establishment of a Higher Education Council. Scholarship Certificates were awarded to 52 Grade -12 students. In addition, the support for building materials and office equipment were support to the Technological University, the Medical College, and karenni University of Nursing.

(C) The Livelihood Sub-department

In the vocational education sector, educational materials were provide to the Karenni College of Social Sciences and Humanities and Kinnaree Education Center. Additionally, a policy for Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Karenni State was drafted. The Department of Education collaborated with partner organizations, including STF and Save the Children/MEC, to promote child safeguarding and ensure that children can learn in a safe and secure environment. Through June to December 2025, 4 cases of child-related incidents were addressed in coordination with the relevant judicial authorities and police forces.

State-level signing of the Child Safeguarding Code of Conduct (CSG COC) was implemented among staff, school administrative councils, and teachers. Recently, a total of 4,413 teachers have signed the Code of Conduct. Regarding networking meetings were held with international organizations such as the EU, World Bank, UNESCO, and UNICEF to present and discuss the Karenni education sector. The department has also been actively cooperating within the Ethnic State and Local Education Council (ESLC), with serving in the role of Chair.

Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) were signed with organizations such as STF, Pink Jade, and RISE for education initiatives.

In 2025, the Department of Education achieved significant progress in international cooperation, policy development, and the promotion of a student-centered education system. In the future, the department will continue to work closely with domestic and international donors and educational groups to promote the federal democratic education system.

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