Higher Education Minister Noraini Ahmad took Universiti Malaya to task for barring an unvaccinated student from taking her examination.

She pointed out that varsities do not have the authority to impose their own Covid-19 policies which are not in line with that of the National Security Council (NSC).

“While the ministry fully supports efforts to encourage students to register for vaccines, universities are not allowed to formulate their own regulations and standard operating procedures (SOP) related to Covid-19 separately from the NSC's...