Over 160k higher learning students staying on campus despite intake deferment, Parliament told

KUALA LUMPUR: Over 160,000 students from private and public higher learning institutions are still staying on campus despite the deferment of physical student intakes for the 2020/ 2021 session due to growing Covid-19 cases, says the Deputy Higher Education Minister.

Datuk Mansor Othman (pic) told the Dewan Rakyat that as at Nov 16, a total of 50,899 or 7.9% students in public higher learning institutions, polytechnic and community colleges were still staying on campus.