"Falling standards and the culture of fear have crippled Burma?s education system and the country?s future...Schools and universities in Burma require sweeping reform to promote a more equitable, multi-ethnic and multicultural society... Clearly, the regime ... can continue to promote a culture of fear and watch the complete disintegration of the country?s education system, or it can recognize that future national development will stand a better chance with genuine investments in the education of Burma?s youth today."