"...The Burmese education sector is plagued by a severe lack of resources, stemming from an extremely small allocation of the national budget, which according to the United Nations Development Program?s (UNDP) Human Development Report, amounts to only 1.3 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). [1] Meanwhile, the SPDC maintains that 8.9 percent of the national budget is earmarked for education, although this figure is little more that a gross misrepresentation of reality. [2] However, such a small budget allocation is hardly surprising given the regime?s stated belief that the sole purpose of education is to ?nurture children to develop their mind, vision and living styles in accord with the wishes of the State?. [3] In other words, the aim of education is to indoctrinate the nation?s children to develop a sense of obedience to the SPDC while crushing all views which may be deemed to run contrary to those of the State. The education sector is also beset by widespread and rampant corruption from military officers, civil officials and even the teachers. Compounding such an insufficient allocation of public funds to the sector are the misguided and egregious economic policies which have impoverished much of the population to the point where many must struggle just to acquire enough food, let alone pay for the rising costs of education..."