National Lifetime Award for Literary Achievement (2011)[1] Pakokku U Ohn Pe Lifetime Award for Literary Achievement
Kyaw Sein (21 August 1932 – 2 January 2013; Burmese: ကျော်ဆွေ) was a Burmese writer, former professor of psychology, and former Education minister of Myanmar.
Kyaw Sein was born on 21 August 1932, in Bago, Myanmar. In 1950, he passed the university entrance exam at Government High School in Bago and received the Collegiate Scholarship.
He served as lecturer at the Department of Psychology, Yangon University in 1954, as Assistant Lecturer in 1957, as Lecturer in 1967 and Professor in 1977. He also served as the Rector of Yangon University in 1983 and as the Rector of Mandalay University 1985.[2]
Political career
Under the Government of Prime Minister Ne Win, he was appointed Minister of Education in early 1988, the last time the Burma Socialist Programme Party's government was in power. But the minister's term lasted only three months.