Issues in changing starting date of semester

IN response to the Higher Education Ministry’s decision to review the starting date of the second semester for universities due to the current Covid-19 situation, I would like to express my opinion as an academic and coordinator of a post-graduate programme.

After the movement control order (MCO) was implemented in March 2020, tertiary education institutions converted all teaching and learning to the online format. Semester 2 of the 2019/2020 session was completed successfully despite some hiccups.