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Myanmar opens more university classes=20
06:53 a.m. Dec 27, 1999 Eastern=20
YANGON, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Classes for more than 2,000 students at three =
technical universities in Myanmar were opened for the first time in =
three years on Monday, officials and students said.=20

A Science and Technology Ministry official said the classes were for =
third and fourth year students at Yangon Technological University, =
Mandalay Technological University and Pyi Technological University.=20

``Altogether a little over 2,000 students are peacefully pursuing their =
studies at their respective universities now,'' said the official, who =
declined to be identified.=20

The three institutions were among more than 30 universities and colleges =
closed during nationwide pro-democracy student demonstrations in =
December 1996.=20

The anti-government protests, the largest in Myanmar since a =
pro-democracy uprising in 1988, led to the expulsion of 200,000 students =
from classes and encouraged some students to leave the country for exile =
in neighbouring countries such as Thailand.=20

Myanmar's military government has been gradually reopening the =
universities in recent months and so far there have been no reports of =
trouble.=20

Students said the campuses, once a hotbed of anti-government activity, =
appeared to be quiet.=20

``So far its OK,'' said one student, who declined to be identified.=20

The official said the third and fourth year students at the three =
universities were tentatively scheduled to take their examinations in =
April 2000.=20

Students said first-and-second-year classes at the universities were =
reopened earlier this month.=20

``Eighty percent of the university students are now pursuing their =
studies without any interruption at their respective universities and =
colleges throughout the country,'' the official Myanmar-language =
newspaper Kyemon on Saturday quoted a senior Myanmar official as saying. =


Details of the actual number of universities reopened are not available =
and figures on university attendance are not published by the Myanmar =
authorities.=20





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<P>YANGON, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Classes for more than 2,000 students at =
three=20
technical universities in Myanmar were opened for the first time in =
three years=20
on Monday, officials and students said.=20
<P>A Science and Technology Ministry official said the classes were for =
third=20
and fourth year students at Yangon Technological University, Mandalay=20
Technological University and Pyi Technological University.=20
<P>``Altogether a little over 2,000 students are peacefully pursuing =
their=20
studies at their respective universities now,'' said the official, who =
declined=20
to be identified.=20
<P>The three institutions were among more than 30 universities and =
colleges=20
closed during nationwide pro-democracy student demonstrations in =
December 1996.=20
<P>The anti-government protests, the largest in Myanmar since a =
pro-democracy=20
uprising in 1988, led to the expulsion of 200,000 students from classes =
and=20
encouraged some students to leave the country for exile in neighbouring=20
countries such as Thailand.=20
<P>Myanmar's military government has been gradually reopening the =
universities=20
in recent months and so far there have been no reports of trouble.=20
<P>Students said the campuses, once a hotbed of anti-government =
activity,=20
appeared to be quiet.=20
<P>``So far its OK,'' said one student, who declined to be identified.=20
<P>The official said the third and fourth year students at the three=20
universities were tentatively scheduled to take their examinations in =
April=20
2000.=20
<P>Students said first-and-second-year classes at the universities were =
reopened=20
earlier this month.=20
<P>``Eighty percent of the university students are now pursuing their =
studies=20
without any interruption at their respective universities and colleges=20
throughout the country,'' the official Myanmar-language newspaper Kyemon =
on=20
Saturday quoted a senior Myanmar official as saying.=20
<P>Details of the actual number of universities reopened are not =
available and=20
figures on university attendance are not published by the Myanmar =
authorities.=20
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