Better to send university students home

• Main Author: Abdullah, Muhammad Faris
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Sun Media Corporation Sdn. Bhd. 2020
• Subjects: L Education (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/80403/1/Better%20to%20send%20university%20students%20home.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/80403/6/80403_Better%20to%20send%20university%20students%20home.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/80403/; https://www.thesundaily.my/opinion/better-to-send-university-students-home-CX2213523
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

BY April 14, the movement control order (MCO) will be a month old. That means university students, who had not gone home before the MCO, will also be restricted to their campuses for a month. In the absence of academic activities and restricted social activities, this would not be good for their state of mind. Students should be allowed to return home. Apart from the psychological viewpoint, other arguments include the fact that many overseas students are allowed to return from places that have recorded far higher fatalities....