KUALA LUMPUR: There will be no final exams or assessments for polytechnic and community college students pursuing their diploma or professional certificate programmes.
The Higher Education Ministry, in a statement today, said this follows the extension of the Movement Control Order (MCO) and the government’s plan to convert polytechnics and community colleges into temporary surveillance and quarantine centres for Covid-19.
“Therefore, it has been decided that there will be no final exams or final assessments for students pursuing their diplomas, polytechnic certification and those at community colleges.
“Semester assessment grades will instead be based on their continuous assessment scores,” the ministry said.
The ministry said students who are still on campus are required to remain in hostel or other private residences, while students who are in family residences are requested to remain in their respective units until further notice.
For undergraduate students in polytechnics, it said a separate announcement will be issued.