COVID-19: Cuepacs sokong saranan KPT tangguh pendaftaran kemasukan pelajar dari zon merah

 Astrowani

29/11/2020

KUALA LUMPUR: Kongres Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam (Cuepacs) menyokong saranan supaya semua institusi pengajian tinggi (IPT) menangguhkan pendaftaran kemasukan pelajar baharu dan lama secara bersemuka dari kawasan zon merah yang sepatutnya dijadualkan Oktober ini.

Setiausaha Agung Cuepacs merangkap Setiausaha Gabungan Majlis Presiden, Abdul Rahman Mohd Nordin berkata ia kerana kes semasa wabak COVID-19 semakin meningkat setiap hari.

Kata Abdul Rahman, proses pendaftaran dan pembelajaran bagi pelajar berkenaan masih boleh dilaksanakan secara dalam talian.

“Bagi pelajar yang bukan dari kawasan zon merah, mereka masih perlu mendaftar mengikut tarikh yang telah ditetapkan.

“Oleh hal yang demikian juga penangguhan ini penting bagi menjaga kebajikan semua pekerja-pekerja di instisuti pengajian tinggi IPTA daripada dilanda wabak pandemic COVID-19,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan pada Selasa.

Beliau yang juga Setiausaha Kehormat Kesatuan Kakitangan Universiti/IPTA Malaysia (GAKUM) berkata langkah tersebut juga bagi menjaga keselamatan para pekerja di IPT untuk mengekang penularan wabak koronavirus itu.

“Bukan sahaja nyawa pelajar penting namun, nyawa para pekerja juga penting.

“Para pekerja di seluruh institusi pengajian tinggi IPTA ini merupakan nadi penggerak kepada sesebuah institusi itu.

“Jika mereka tidak dijaga, segala pengurusan dan pentadbiran tidak dapat berjalan dengan lancar dan berkesan,” tambahnya.

Pada Ahad lalu, Menteri Pengajian Tinggi Datuk Dr Noraini Ahmad menyarankan semua IPT supaya menangguhkan pendaftaran kemasukan pelajar baharu dan lama dari kawasan zon merah secara bersemuka di kampus masing-masing yang dijadualkan bermula Oktober ini.

Sebaliknya, beliau berkata proses pendaftaran dan pembelajaran bagi kumpulan pelajar terbabit boleh dilakukan secara dalam talian.

Online registration, learning curb Covid-19 infection - CUEPACS

 The Sundaily

20 September 2020

KUALA LUMPUR: The Congress of Union of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (CUEPACS) is confident that online registration and learning replacing face-to-face classroom teaching, will facilitate the management of staff and students in institutions of higher learning (IPT).

In a statement today, secretary-general Abdul Rahman Mohd Nordin said it was also to ensure the safety and health of staff and students of IPT from the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“The lives of students and staff are equally important. Staff in all IPTs are the driving force behind an institution. If they are not taken care of, all matters and administration will not be smooth and efficient,” said Abdul Rahman who is also the secretary of the Joint Councils of Presidents and Honorary Secretaries of the Malaysian Universities Staff Union (Gakum).

Higher Education Minister Datuk Dr Noraini Ahmad was recently reported to have proposed that the registration and learning process for students be done online and students can return to their respective campuses according to the existing standard operating procedures (SOP) after the Covid-19 pandemic has recovered.

Although the proposal was questioned by former Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, Abdul Rahman, who represented Cuepacs and Gakum, believed that the measure was not only to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic but also to prove the government’s concern for the safety of those involved.

Echoing Cuepacs, the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Alumni Association (PAUiTM) viewed the proposal submitted by Noraini as a move to prevent any untoward incident from happening because it will affect the university administration.

“This move is very necessary as there has been a significant spike in Covid-19 cases lately,“ said PAUiTM president, Datuk Mohd Zaini Hassan. -Bernama