Mote Oo Education

Name

Mote Oo Education

Legal name

Mote Oo Education

Website

https://moteoo.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Adult Education Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Open Courseware & Course Modules (OCW) (EDAGAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Open Lesson Plans & Teaching Units (K–12) (EDAGAJAI), Teacher’s Editions, Methodology & Professional Resources (TESOL/TEFL) (EDAGAHAJ)

Keywords

• Adult education services
• Teacher training programmes
• Curriculum design services
• Educational resource publishing
• Civic and peace education

Headquarters

HQ city

Yangon

HQ country

Myanmar (Burma)

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Teacher and Trainer Training Services: Mote Oo delivers training programmes in Myanmar and English languages for teachers, trainers, and facilitators. Key areas include general teacher training, online teaching, curriculum development, and facilitation training. Training teams are small but knowledgeable, providing tailored training with follow-ups, mentoring, and monitoring support.
2. Curriculum Design and Development: Mote Oo designs curricula and develops learning materials for post-secondary and adult education programmes, organisations, and training centres. Services include syllabus outlines, course objectives, assessment strategies, needs assessments, course evaluations, and bespoke textbook creation.
3. Book and Resource Sales: Books and educational resources are sold from the office, with all materials also available for free download from the website. Resources include teacher books, student books, and source books in English and Myanmar languages.
4. Layout and Design Services: Graphic design, print layout, and illustration services for Myanmar NGO and development sector clients. Services include organisational newsletters, report layouts, training resources, handbooks, brochures, and multilingual print layout. Copy editing, proofreading, and printing services also offered.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Mote Oo Education provides professional educational services for post-secondary and adult education in Myanmar, including teacher and trainer training programmes, curriculum design and learning materials development, and graphic design services for the NGO and development sector. It also publishes a bilingual (English/Myanmar) library of textbooks and resources across teacher education, civic and peace education, social science, and life and learning skills, which are freely downloadable and also sold in printed form from its Yangon office.

Product overview

Mote Oo Education is an educational services provider offering a comprehensive portfolio of adult education resources primarily for Myanmar. The core offering consists of curriculum-aligned textbooks and learning materials across five main subject areas: Teacher Education (including The New Teacher series and Introduction to Teaching), Civic and Peace Education (Active Citizenship, Democracy, Politics, Federalism, and Conflict and Peace courses), Social Science (ASEAN, Exploring Gender, Histories of Burma, Planet Earth), Life and Learning Skills (Learning Skills, Research Skills, Young Adult Success, Thinking Like a Scientist, Ethical Leadership), and General Resources. Beyond content, the company provides teacher training, facilitation training, curriculum development, and design services. Materials are available in both English and Myanmar languages, with many offering student books and teacher guides. The company has served 300+ schools and organisations since 2013.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ReMoteOo: A remote learning initiative/platform operated by Mote Oo Education

Products and services

• The New Teacher Series (Modules 1-5) A five-module training course series for Myanmar teachers covering Identifying Needs, Planning, Teaching, Assessing Learners, and Evaluation, built on the Teaching and Learning Cycle methodology and aligned to the Myanmar Teacher Standards Competency Framework.
• An Introduction to Teaching A week-long foundational course for pre-service and in-service teachers covering learner-centred classes, classroom management, lesson planning, and model lessons with peer teaching.
• Activities for Social Science Teaching A resource and reference book for teachers of social science with over 120 activities across six chapters covering map-making, surveying, and creating graphs.
• Content-based Instruction (CBI) A teaching approach guide that integrates language learning with subject matter instruction, ideal for schools teaching subjects in a second language.
• How to Teach Online A self-study resource for teachers transitioning from traditional to online teaching, covering key terms, basic tools, and adapting familiar activities to online settings.
• Active Citizenship A civics textbook helping readers develop knowledge, skills, and values for active citizenship with exercises, case studies, and interactive activities for adult education classes.
• Democracy A civics textbook for adult education classes covering democratic principles with clear language and Myanmar language glossaries.
• Politics: Ideas, Institutions and Actors A civic education book addressing political issues through exercises, case studies, and interactive activities for developing citizenship knowledge and skills.
• Federalism Basics An introduction to federalism covering government structure, constitutions, division of powers, citizenship, constituent units, electoral systems, and fiscal powers with a focus on Myanmar.
• Conflict and Peace Course A two-unit peace and conflict studies course covering Understanding Conflict and Understanding Peace with local case studies for adult education classes.
• Conflict and Peace: An Introduction A shorter introductory peace education course presenting key concepts from the Conflict and Peace course in two chapters on conflict and peace.
• ASEAN: A Social Science Course for ASEAN Citizens A social science course covering the Association of Southeast Asian Nations from historical, geographical, economic, and political perspectives with map work, charts, and debates.
• Planet Earth: A Study Guide to the BBC Natural History Series An 11-unit study guide based on the BBC Planet Earth series covering biomes, habitats, adaptation, evolution, reproduction, and climate change.
• Social Science and the Humanities An introductory social science course covering economics, development, public health policy, ethics, and core philosophical ideas with skills development activities.
• Histories of Burma: A Source-Based Approach to Myanmar's History An introduction to history skills via critical study of Myanmar history using original source documents across colonization, ethnic self-determination, religion, economics, and gender topics.
• Exploring Gender: Issues, Insights and Discussions A textbook focusing on gender in Myanmar covering gender roles, stereotypes, identity, power, gender-based violence, SOGIE, women's rights, and gender and peace.
• Learning Skills A course for adult learners covering foundational study skills and academic skills essential for post-secondary and tertiary study.
• Research Skills An introductory resource for undertaking social research projects, covering research concepts, data collection methods, analysis, and communication of research.
• Young Adult Success A self-access resource for 16-30 year olds exploring life skills, personal development, psychology, thinking, resilience, and social and emotional learning.
• Thinking Like a Scientist An introduction to the scientific method with step-by-step processes through learning tasks and simple practical experiments from physical, earth, and life sciences.
• Ethical Leadership A resource exploring what it takes to lead organisations for the greater good, covering organizational analysis, ethical challenges, and individual development.
• Teacher Training Services Professional development training for teachers covering online teaching, lesson planning, classroom management, assessment, and evaluation based on Mote Oo resources, delivered on-site with follow-up mentoring and monitoring.
• Facilitation and Trainer Training Services Training courses to develop facilitation skills for conducting meetings, training sessions, and online events, with practice opportunities and feedback.
• Customised Training Services Bespoke training design services for organisations with specific needs, including Training of Trainers, Content Training, and Curriculum Workshops.
• Curriculum Development Services Curriculum and learning materials design services for post-secondary and adult education programmes, including syllabus outlines, course objectives, assessments, needs assessments, course evaluations, and bespoke textbook creation.
• Design Services Graphic design, print layout, and illustration services for NGOs and educational organisations covering newsletters, reports, training resources, brochures, books, and multilingual print layout, with copy editing, proofreading, and printing services also offered.

Quantifiable outcome

• 300+ schools and organisations served with curriculum and training since 2013
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Women's League of Burma (WLB)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015WLB brings together representatives from member groups for annual month-long training on political issues. In 2015, Mote Oo provided a resource person to lead course design and curriculum development for Women and Peace Focal Points training covering gender, security, active citizenship, human rights, and peace building.
• Myanmar Community Academies Programme (MCAP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013MCAP is a network of post-secondary schools in Hpa-an, Loikaw, Myitkyona, and Taunggyi with a social science, community development and service learning focus. Mote Oo has worked with them on curriculum development since 2013, including ongoing needs assessment, subject-specific meetings, teacher training workshops, and development of custom coursebooks (ASEAN, Learning Skills, Research Skills, Ethical Leadership).
• Search for Common GroundminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerContracted Mote Oo to develop a Facilitator's Guide for their 'Let's Think Let's Change' youth radio show. Mote Oo developed preview, comprehension, application and reflection questions with example answers for 12 episodes covering topics like sports, stereotypes, jobs, LGBT issues, and domestic violence.
• Earthrights InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEarthrights works with rural communities on land rights issues. ERI's lawyers provided content, and Mote Oo transformed it into accessible training materials with clear explanations, pictures and infographics. Mote Oo also delivered training of trainers to ERI staff.
• Hanns Seidel FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMote Oo co-designed and illustrated an education handbook on the Myanmar Parliament on behalf of the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Hluttaw. Both Myanmar-language and English resources were created to explain the roles, functions and processes of Myanmar's Parliament and law-making process.
• Hluttaw (Myanmar Parliament)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Hanns Seidel Foundation to create educational materials explaining Myanmar's Parliamentary processes for citizens. Mote Oo handled the design and illustration work for these civic education resources.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ProLiteracy: US-based adult literacy organization that develops instructional materials and trains adult educators globally. Direct comparable to Mote Oo's focus on adult/post-secondary education, teacher training, and curriculum design, though ProLiteracy operates primarily in the US while Mote Oo focuses on Myanmar.
• Search for Common Ground: International peacebuilding NGO that designs conflict-sensitivity and civic education curricula for use in fragile states. Mote Oo has been a direct supplier to Search for Common Ground (e.g., the 'Let's Think Let's Change' youth radio facilitator guide), and the two organizations operate as adjacent providers of civic and peace education content in Myanmar.

Broad incumbents

• Education Development Center (EDC): Global non-profit that designs, delivers, and evaluates education programs including teacher training, curriculum development, and learning materials in low- and middle-income countries. Direct overlap with Mote Oo's professional services model and adult education focus, though at significantly larger scale.
• Room to Read: Global non-profit that develops local-language children's books and literacy materials, with operations across South and Southeast Asia. Comparable to Mote Oo as a non-profit publisher and educator focused on producing context-appropriate learning materials in low-resource settings, though Mote Oo focuses on adult/post-secondary whereas Room to Read primarily serves primary grades.
• World Learning: International NGO offering teacher training, exchange programs, and educational programming in conflict-affected and developing countries. Comparable to Mote Oo in delivering professional development to educators and developing curriculum for underserved adult learners.
• British Council: UK cultural organization that delivers English language training, teacher professional development, and curriculum advisory services across Myanmar and globally. Comparable in providing bilingual teacher training and educational services in Myanmar, though operating at vastly larger scale and scope.

Regional players

• The Asia Foundation: International development organization running education, governance, and civic programs across Asia, including Myanmar. Comparable as a regional non-profit that produces civic education and capacity-building materials, though it operates across many Asian countries rather than focusing exclusively on Myanmar.
• Relief International: Humanitarian NGO that delivers education, livelihoods, and health programs in fragile and conflict-affected countries, including Myanmar. Comparable as an international organization that supports teacher training and educational programming in Myanmar's complex operating environment.
• Hanns Seidel Foundation: German political foundation active across Southeast Asia, including Myanmar, supporting civic education, rule of law, and democratic governance. Mote Oo has partnered with Hanns Seidel to co-design Myanmar Parliament education materials, making it both a peer (in civic education delivery) and a customer.

Others

• People in Need: Czech humanitarian and development organization running education and livelihood programs in crisis and developing contexts. Comparable as a peer non-profit that builds local capacity through training and curriculum support, though primarily active in different geographies than Mote Oo.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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