Lanzin Youth Organization
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The Lanzin Youth Organization (Burmese: လမ်းစဉ်လူငယ်အဖွဲ့, lit. 'Programme Youth Organization') was a youth organization in the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (present-day Myanmar) for high school and university students to learn useful skills and about the socialist politics of the Burma Socialist Programme Party. It consisted of three main branches: Teza Youth (Burmese: တေဇလူငယ်, lit. 'Glorious Youth'), Shehsaung Youth (Burmese: ရှေ့ဆောင်လူငယ်, lit. 'Pioneer Youth'), and Lanzin Youth (Burmese: လမ်းစဉ်လူငယ်, lit. 'Programme Youth'). Teza Youth each wore a blue scarf, and Pioneer Youth each wore a red scarf.
Establishment
The Revolutionary Government of the Union of Burma dissolved the Union of Burma Boy Scouts and Girl Guides (UBBSGG), Lieutenant Ye Htoon, the Director General of the UBBSGG, reported on 1 March 1964. The Revolutionary Government had seized the UBBSGG and its assets were turned over to the Ministry of Education, which was authorized to form the Lanzin Youth Organization (Programme Youth Organization).
Structure
Students were required to join the organisation.
Within the organization of Lanzin Youth Organization, လမ်းစဉ်လူငယ်အဖွဲ့ (Programme Youth Organization), three branches were formed according to age:
Teza Youth, တေဇလူငယ် (Glorious Youth) for primary school students (5–9 years old),
Shehsaung Youth, ရှေ့ဆောင်လူငယ် (Pioneer Youth) for middle and high school students and other teens of 10–15 years old, and
Lanzin Youth, လမ်းစဉ်လူငယ် (Programme Youth) for college or university students and other youths of age of 16–25 years old.
After reaching the age of 18, a member could become a "candidate member of the party" (အရန်ပါတီဝင်). Then, starting at the age of 21 years old, a candidate member could apply to become a "fully-fledged party member" (တင်းပြည့်ပါတီဝင်).
In 1981, only 6.19% of members of Programme Youth Organization who had reached the age of 18 or above joined the Burma Socialist Programme Party.
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