Over 120,000 students sit for matriculation exam in Myanmar

STORY: Over 120,000 students sit for matriculation exam in Myanmar SHOOTING TIME: March 11, 2024 DATELINE: March 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:36 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of Yangon's exam centers for the exam 2. various of students preparing for the matriculation exam STORYLINE: A total of 128,801 students sat for the nationwide matriculation examination of Myanmar on Monday, the first day of the exam for the academic year 2023-24, the official television channel MRTV reported on Monday. The figure represents 87.9 percent of the students who had registered for the nationwide matric exam, the media report said, adding that 146,523 students had registered for the exam. Of them, 8,428 students sat at 47 exam centers in the Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, the media report said. The exam was held at a total of 841 exam centers, including 830 exam centers across the country and 11 overseas exam centers, it said. The total number of students who sat for the exam this year

Over 160,000 students sit for matriculation exam in Myanmar

STORY: Over 160,000 students sit for matriculation exam in Myanmar DATELINE: March 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:00 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of Yangon's exam center for the matric exam 2. various of students preparing for the matriculation exam STORYLINE: A total of 161,851 students on Wednesday sat for the nationwide matriculation examination of Myanmar for the academic year of 2022-23, according to the country's Ministry of Education. "It is 90 percent of the students who had registered for the nationwide matric exam," Thin Nu Nu Sein, an official from the Ministry of Education, told Xinhua. The figure is compared to 281,751 students sitting for the same exam in the last academic year of 2021-22, official data showed. The nationwide matriculation exam for this academic year, which began on Wednesday, will be held until March 18. There was a total of 863 exam centers, including five overseas exam centers, set up for the matric exam of this academic year, according to

Sharapova wins 1st-round Australian Open match

Sharapova wins 1st-round Australian Open match

MELBOURNE, Australia - Maria Sharapova of Russia serves during an Australian Open first-round match against Petra Martic of Croatia in Melbourne on Jan. 19, 2015. Sharapova beat Matric 6-4, 6-1.

Sharapova wins 1st-round Australian Open match

Sharapova wins 1st-round Australian Open match

MELBOURNE, Australia - Maria Sharapova of Russia serves during an Australian Open first-round match against Petra Martic of Croatia in Melbourne on Jan. 19, 2015. Sharapova beat Matric 6-4, 6-1. (Kyodo)