• 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]