535 students sent home
SAMARAHAN: A total of 535 students from institutions of higher learning in Sarawak have been sent back to their respective destinations on May 1 and 2. According to a statement from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas), the process of sending the students back on Friday (May 1) alone had involved 465 students while yesterday another 70 […]
287 students back in S’wak; 26 isolated at point of arrival
KUCHING: The first batch of 287 Sarawakian students from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) arrived here today. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas was present to monitor the students’ arrival and the implementation of the standard operating procedures (SOPs). He said that of the 287 students, 26 would have to be quarantined at […]
49 students leave Mukah for home
MUKAH: A total of 49 Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) and Politeknik Mukah (PMU) students here returned to their respective homes by bus yesterday after 43 days locked down in their campuses following the movement control order (MCO) enforced since March 18. Four buses, three PMU’s and one UiTM’s, were used to transport the students, of […]
State has SOP for returning students
KUCHING: The movement of Sarawakian students returning to their hometowns will be closely monitored. Those travelling from red and yellow zones to green zones will be issued with a wristband tag each and stay home notice. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said they have discussed with the Divisional Disaster […]
MCO exposes students to online learning
KUCHING: Online teaching and learning, a method recommended for use throughout the movement control order (MCO) is easy to implement in some places. For students and teachers living in towns and cities with fast Internet access, this is a viable process, but not for teachers and students in rural and remote areas with limited or […]
29 Malaysian students fail rapid test in East Java, barred from returning
JAKARTA: Twenty-nine out of 164 Malaysian students in East Java heading back to Malaysia were found to be positive when undergoing a Covid-19 rapid test and thus were barred from boarding a flight from Surabaya. All students of Pondok Pesantren Al-Fatah Temboro Magetan in East Java were required to take the test before being allowed to board […]
SDMC has SOP for returning students
KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has its own standard operating procedures (SOPs) to handle students returning from overseas or other Malaysian states to curb the spread of Covid-19. “For those coming from overseas, some will be quarantined in Kuala Lumpur (KL) for 14 days,” said its chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas at […]
Buddy system to detect students with problems
KUALA LUMPUR: Universities must activate the buddy system among students to detect those with problems such as depression. According to psychiatrist and lecturer at the School of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), associate professor Dr Rozanizam Zakaria, different people had different ways of dealing with the movement control order (MCO), with some students even feeling depressed and stressed […]
Varsities give priority to welfare, safety of students during MCO
By Nor Hayati Endan KUALA LUMPUR: The third phase of the movement control order (MCO) requires more cooperation from the people, including university students, in an effort to break the chain of the Covid-19 infection in the country. While there have been appeals from students in public and private institutions of higher learning to be allowed to […]
Curtin enrolment goes online
MIRI: With the Movement Control Order (MCO) entering its third phase and little likelihood of face-to-face university marketing events being allowed anytime soon, Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) has taken all its student recruitment activities online. Applications for its second semester degree and foundation intakes in July and August respectively are now open. To ensure […]
