Another interesting feature of early colonial education in Burma was the absence f a standardized educational system. A system of public instruction was only introduced in 1868, with the of an Education Department headed by a Director schools Instruction and staffed by four circuit teachers. Later, the best elementary were converted to high schools. In Rangoon, for example, a school courses in 1876. Perhaps more significantly, until 1881 the governmen school thigh of in Rangoon was the only high school in Burma which taught up to the level 188i, this high also opened a college department, where college-level classes were taught, paving the way for the emergence of Rangoon College It is worth noting that in August 1881 the Chief Commissioner for British Burma formed an Education Syndicate to represent the interests of Burma's educational establishment. It was modelled after syndicates found at Indian universities and had as its main objective the regulation of the standard of instruction. In British Burma, this syndicate specifically proposed that the authorities modify the curriculum and tandards of examination in all schools and suggested that some of the responsibility for managing government scholarships should be delegated to the syndicate. In addition to Rangoon College, Burma had a Baptist College which was renamed Judson College in 1918 in honor of Dr. Adoniram Judson. An American missionary, Judson was driven out of Bengal to Burma, where he started missionary work in 1813 and established a regular educational program in 1830. Judson was not only the first Anglo-Burmese lexicographer in Burma, but was also the first individual to translate the Bible into Burmese. His work was later carried on by several energetic missionary successors, including Drs. Mason, Vinton, and Besett. The American Baptist Missionary Union, building upon Judson's work, eventually founded Cushing High School in 1872 In May 1894, Cushing High School opened a college department which was affiliated with Calcutta University up to the First Arts standard, thereby giving birth to the Baptist College. 0 During its first three years of existence, the Baptist College attracted only a small number of students -five, nine and seven students, respectively, in 1894, 1895, and 1896. Of these students, only one student in 1896 and three in 1897 passed the First Arts examination. By the academic year 1901, however, eleven students took Honors courses in English and Philosophy