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Higher Education Ministry Needs to Step Up

Dr Noraishah Mydin binti Haji Abdul Aziz, Secretary, Universiti Malaya Academic Staff Union

15-Apr-20 09:15

Higher Education Ministry Needs to Step Up

Some 80,000 public university students have to remain on campus during the MCO. However there has been no clear guidelines from the Ministry of Higher Education on how to educate students; lecturers and students are now in limbo. Dr Noraishah Mydin Haji Abdul Aziz, Secretary, Universiti Malaya Academic Staff Union paints a dire picture of what’s happening on ground.

Produced by: Sim Wie Boon

Presented by: Roshan Kanesan, Noelle Lim, Khoo Hsu Chuang


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