KUALA LUMPUR – Institutions of higher learning (IPT) will issue letters of consent for inter-district and interstate travel to students, parents or guardians to enable students return to their home towns for the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration.
Higher Education Ministry, Higher Education Department, Holistic Student Division director Mohd Suzeren Md Jamil said students, parents or guardians need only show the letter to security personnel at roadblocks.
“The letter of permission is adequate. Students, parents or guardians need not have to throng police stations to get the letter to return to their villages and then back to campus,” he said.
He said this via the Malaysia Petang Ini (MPI) programme broadcast by Bernama TV today.
Suzeren said students are not allowed to use public transportation to travel home and are only allowed to do so using using their own vehicles, their parents’ vehicle, transportation arranged by their IPT or by flight.
Earlier, the Higher Education Ministry announced that more than 100,000 IPT students will be allowed to go home for Hari Raya Aidilfitri, except those in Sarawak.
The movement of students is fixed from May 7 to 12 to travel from campuses to their respective homes while the return journey is from May 15 to 20.
Only students in the movement control order (MCO), conditional MCO (CMCO) and recovery MCO (RMCO) areas are allowed to go home.
Students in enhanced MCO (EMCO) areas must remain in their respective areas.
Meanwhile, Suzeren said students undergoing industrial training (practical) are also allowed to return following the same standard operating procedure as they are categorised as students continuing their studies on campus.
In the meantime, he said students who return to campus from MCO areas have to undergo isolation on campus or at their respective accommodations before being allowed to join the learning sessions.
“The exception is for students to Sabah who will be following the current SOP, namely, to undergo a swab test three days before the flight there,” he said. – Bernama, May 6, 2021
