60,000 Myanmar Students To Retake Exams As Post-Quake Fire Burnt Papers

A total of 62,954 students have been told to retake their Mandalay University entrance exams after a major fire at the university destroyed their answer sheets. The fire was caused by the earthquake that hit Myanmar late last month.

60,000 Myanmar Students To Retake Exams As Post-Quake Fire Burnt Papers

In the ensuing chaos of the quake a fire broke out at Mandalay University, destroying papers from 62,954 high school students which were being marked.

Nearly 63,000 students in Myanmar will have to retake their university entrance exams after their papers were destroyed in a fire that broke out following the earthquake that shook the country last month.

60,000 Myanmar students must retake exams burned in quake blaze

Yangon (AFP) April 22, 2025 More than 60,000 Myanmar students must retake university entrance exams after their answer papers were incinerated in a blaze caused by last month's earthquake, state media said Tuesday. The magnitude-7.7 quake killed more than 3,700 people as it razed buildings in Myanmar's central belt, with devastation focused on the second-most-populous city of Mandalay. In the ensuing chaos, a fire