Military re-opens universities but few students attend But only a handful of students attended, according to witnesses and student union sources across the country. The state-run newspaper Global New Light of Myanmar said the education ministry re-opened 134 universities on 6 May, following COVID-19 health rules, and described students as ‘satisfied’ that universities had resumed so that they could grasp the opportunity for learning and jobs. Teachers arrived on campuses on 3 May to prepare for teaching, it said. A mathematics lecturer at Mawlamyine University who withdrew from the civil disobedience movement (CDM) to protect her family told University World News that some students attended class but she thought more students might come in the weeks ahead.