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Monastic examinations comprise the annual examination system used in Myanmar (Burma) to rank and qualify members of the Buddhist sangha, or community of Buddhist monks. The institution of monastic examinations first began in 1648 during pre-colonial era,[1] and the legacy continues today, with modern-day examinations largely conducted by the Ministry of Religious Affairs's Department of Religious Affairs.[2]
Educational qualifications have increasingly become important to advance in the monkhood - rural monastic abbots need to have passed at least an intermediate-level monastic examination, while their urban counterparts need to have passed advanced-level exam or higher.[3]
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- ^ "သာသနာရေးဦးစီးဌာနက ကျင်းပသည့် စာမေးပွဲများ". Department of Religious Affairs (in Burmese). Ministry of Religious Affairs. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
- ^ Rowe, Mark Michael, ed. (2025-12-31), "5 Monasteries: Present Conditions and Problems", Living with the Vinaya, University of Hawaii Press, pp. 87–108, doi:10.1515/9780824899400-009, ISBN 978-0-8248-9940-0, retrieved 2025-05-10