[1] Test results determine the eligibility of high school students to pursue higher education, and their entrance into select universities and majors.

[2] Beginning in the 2015-16 academic year, students will be able to sit for entrance exams at the universities of their choice.

[4] The system of eleven test papers per year was adopted in 2001-02 to prevent the leakage of some questions prior to the exam administration.

As the questions’ difficulties vary for each year, there is no fixed marks in entering the Whole Burma Top 10 list.

Below are statistics regarding the number of test takers and annual pass rate by academic year.

[11] Since the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, the number of test takers has declined precipitously due to political instability, and participation of student and teachers in the nationwide civil disobedience movement.