- The following are examples of the Changing Education System.
- The terms “Old”, “New” and “Newer” depend on the context.
Old System : Options for Matriculation students
In the old system, Matriculation students can take
- Burmese
- Lower Burmese (for a restricted time)
- Optional Burmese
- English
- Optional English
- Mathematics
- Additional Mathematics
- Physics, Chemistry, …
- History, Geography, …
- Usually five Subjects (not restricted to Science only, or Arts only)
- One extra subject (as insurance)
Old System : Options for University Students
In the old system, University students can
- switch from one discipline to another
e.g. Engineering back to Medicine, Pure Science, Arts … - take Double Maths (Pure, Applied)
- take Triple Maths (Pure, Applied, Statistics)
- join B.L, B.ED, … (after their Bachelors)
- 3-year Special Honors (after Intermediate)
- 2-year General Honors (after Intermediate)
- …
New System : Options for Matriculation students
In the new system, Matriculation students
- take six prescribed subjects based on Science or Arts option
e.g. Burmese, English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology (for Science option) - 5-year Law degree
- 5-year Education degree
- can apply for Science Scholarship (SS)
- bypass the Intermediate and are admitted directly to the Institutes using the controversial Intelligence Level Aggregate (ILA)
- …
Newer Systems
The newer systems tried
- Regional College
- Moving some disciplines to the Ministry of Science and Technology
- “Compressed” academic terms [to make up for school closures]
- Proliferation of Colleges and Technological Universities [without the needed resources]
- “Hybrid” nomenclature :
Professor
Associate Professor
Lecturer (instead of Assistant Professor) - Multiple Professors in a Department
One designated as Head of the Department - Having high percentage rate of success in examinations [without maintaining the quality and integrity]
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