PETALING JAYA: The directive issued for matriculation students to return to their colleges for face-to-face classes and examinations has caused an outcry among parents and students.
An online petition was launched two weeks ago, requesting that the Education Ministry look at alternative methods as Covid-19 cases had risen to four digits daily.
The petition called the ministry’s directive “unreasonable”, as students from different states would be congregating at the campus, thus putting them at a high risk of contracting the virus.
The petition has garnered 11,600 signatures as of press time.
Several students and parents also wrote to The Star to air their grouses.