Over 132,000 students pass university entrance exam in Myanmar

STORY: Over 132,000 students pass university entrance exam in Myanmar DATELINE: June 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:07 LOCATION: Nay Pyi Taw CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of students checking exam results 2. students entering school STORYLINE: Myanmar's Ministry of Education announced on Friday that 132,077 students passed their high school graduation exam for the 2021-2022 academic year. The country's matriculation exam pass rate this year was 46.88 percent, up by 14.82 percentage points from the 2019-2020 academic year, official data showed. There were 281,751 students sitting for the matriculation exam this year, which was held at local and foreign exam centers in late March and early April. In the capital city of Nay Pyi Taw, 7,600 students passed this year's matriculation exam, with a passing rate of 47.18 percent. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Southeast Asian country was unable to hold the university entrance exam last year. In Myanmar, students are set to take the matriculat