While there are no easy choices, support for junta-run schools risks legitimising the regime, boosting the harmful effects of its education system and diverting support from better alternatives.
BY Frontier
Without a functional legal system to check their excesses, has Ma Ba Tha set Myanmar on a course to become a Buddhist Iran?
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