ABSTRACT
Myanmar's education system went from being one of the most admired across Asia to one of the weakest and poorest systems in the region over a span of 70 years. As Myanmar has signed the international 'Education For All' (EFA) declaration, monastic schools today are seen as part of the solution to provide education across all sections of society and across the country. One particular section of civil society, the private sector, has used this business opportunity to turn education into a private and profitable good. Today, the education landscape across Myanmar has totally changed with private schools at pre-elementary, elementary, secondary and higher education level catering to the popular demands of the market in English language, computing, accounting and business related training. The new education law and deciding on a course for reforms remain political problems the new government has had to take up.
