Background
Zwe Ohn Chein, born Ohn Chein, the ninth of ten siblings, was born in Mandalay, Burma to wealthy rice merchants.
Zwe Ohn Chein, born Ohn Chein, the ninth of ten siblings, was born in Mandalay, Burma to wealthy rice merchants.
University of Yangon.
As he was literate in English, he taught himself Pitman shorthand which he then used to invent his own Burmese shorthand technique in his later years. U Zwe Ohn Chein started writing books on Burmese shorthand and typewriting in the 1950s after starting up Zwe Ohn Chein Shorthand College in 1946. By around 1956, he had successfully established Zwe Ohn Chein Shorthand College in Burma, published books on Burmese shorthand and typewriting, and was the headmaster and the controller of Zwe Ohn Chein Shorthand College.
After U Zwe Ohn Chein"s death in 1979, his widow, Daw Than Yi, became the headmistress and the controller of Zwe Ohn Chein Shorthand College until her death in 1997.