ABSTRACT
The economic development process is a means by which the lives of people are improved. Economic development in its broadest sense, the sense in which it is used, refers to the totality of the quality of life: the economic status of the inhabitants, their access to social services, and their mobility in society. The psychic rewards that they may get from their status and the status of their nation in the world community. The ardent socialist philosophy that has permeated Burmese political and economic thinking since before independence is replete with references to the need to alleviate the material plight of the worker or peasant. The most popular subjects are animal husbandry, agriculture, machinery repairs, and home economics. The great interest in correspondence courses is not only a testament to a concern for education in Burma, but also evidence that a higher education degree is perceived as both a social need and as an economically marketable commodity.
