One further thought about higher education reform in Myanmar. There’s considerable international engagement with the University of Yangon and, to a lesser extent, Mandalay University. When Aung San Suu Kyi chairs a parliamentary committee devoted to UY revitalization, and MU is the mirroring lead institution in Upper Myanmar, that’s hardly surprising. In time, both universities will become significant global players, and Myanmar’s tertiary sector will gain appropriate leadership and visibility. Overwhelmingly, however, actual higher education takes place elsewhere. Let’s say a ballpark figure of 1 million university students in Myanmar is broadly accurate. At present, the total number of undergraduates enrolled at UY and MU is below 2000, though in the years ahead it will grow as fresh cohorts gain admission and, conceivably, programmes and quotas expand. Additionally, of course, both institutions have masters and doctoral students. Would they take the combined current total over 10,000? I don’t know, but I doubt it. By contrast, Dagon University has 20,000 students on regular programmes, and 35,000 students enrolled for distance education. Yes, it’s the country’s largest university measured both by student population and by land area. But other campuses also register students in the tens of thousands. If a core aim is to rebuild mass higher education in Myanmar, which I think it should be, then significant international attention needs to be paid to universities beyond the charmed circle of UY and MU. They are where the real action is.