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A STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF EDUCATION REFORM IN MYANMAR MAY MYINT MYAT KHAING Education, which plays a vital role is a lifelong process and stands a dominant role in economic development. Shortage of education or lack of education is the root cause of poverty within the society. The aim of this study is to analyze the effects after the implementation of new education policy reform in the period of 2011-2016 and examine the challenges and barriers of education system in Myanmar. Descriptive method is used to show the findings of secondary data from various government official reports, journals, seminar, workshop reports and international reports. The first finding is due to implemented new policy reform in 2011, the government expenditure on education rose 3 times than previous years. And that impact positively on students enrollment rates and number of schools. Besides, there still have so many challenges and barriers to address on Myanmar Education system like huge differences in literacy rate between rural and urban areas for example, not getting quality education, gender inequality in education sector and teacher’s qualifications. To cover all of the issues mentioned above the government’s investment on education sector is the one and most important solution in Myanmar. 2019-05 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12678/0000001396 https://meral.edu.mm/records/1396