Schools Closed to Quash Dissent
The Irrawaddy
June 03, 2003—Students across Burma are angry at the closure of universities and colleges following the junta’s crackdown on the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) and the arrest of leader Aung San Suu Kyi last Friday.
In our country, students can never do well because universities open and close all the time … it always depends on political conditions. —a university student in Rangoon.
Universities and colleges under the Ministry of Education were due to reopen yesterday, but have been closed indefinitely. So far, there has been no announcement from the government about the closure, but students nationwide were turned away by military personnel guarding university entrances.
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