October reopening of tertiary institutions in the works

KUALA LUMPUR: The Higher Education Ministry is planning to allow students of higher learning institutions to return to campus for the 2021/2022 academic session through its IPT Recovery Plan (Pemulih IPT) starting in October.

Minister Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad(pic) said the move to reopen all IPT under all phases of the National Recovery Plan was in line with efforts to enable university students to return to their campus after being fully vaccinated.

She said the matter was agreed to during the special meeting of the National Security Council.

Noraini said she had met Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin to propose university students and staff be given priority in getting their Covid-19 jabs at their respective locality.

“We have the same goal, that is to have a safe campus community by October,” she said in a post on her Facebook page.

Noraini said they projected that 1.296 million vaccine doses were needed to vaccinate 648,000 students, adding that it proposed that the vaccination centres at IPT be designated for university students and staff. — Bernama