KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): The Ministry of Health is working with the National Security Council (NSC) on a plan that allows university students wishing to return to their hometowns to do so in an orderly manner.  

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the scheduled plan will ensure there is no repeat of the “balik kampung” rush seen on the eve of the implementation of the movement control order (MCO).  

"They have been quarantined (in their universities) over the last four weeks. What is important now is to have a scheduled plan for them to go back to their hometown, because how long do you want to put them in the universities?" he said during his daily media briefing on the Covid-19 situation. 

"And there is no cluster among the university students and we can actually screen them before they can go back home," Noor Hisham added.  

Following the MCO, the Higher Education Ministry released guidelines whereby students residing in hostels, dormitories and rented properties are not allowed to leave the premises to return to their hometown.  

The ministry’s guidelines, in the form of a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) issued to all institutions on March 18, stated: “All local and foreign students of public and private institutions who are still in campus (dorms, hostels, college residence, rented house or other personal residences) must remain in the premises, even if tickets to return home have been bought.” 

According to the guidelines, students must continue to report to their institution’s management and would be subject to the MCO, which is in force at all times, even within campus grounds.

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