The Higher Education Department has insisted that the new “Guidelines for Entertainment Activities (Concerts) in Higher Education Institutions” is meant to be a reference for the institutions to develop their respective guidelines.
The University of Malaya Association of New Youth (Umany) will push ahead with its leave application for a judicial review on the university concert guidelines and appealing for the public to donate to its cause.
Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi (KPT) menyerahkan kepada mahasiswa dan pengurusan setiap Institusi Pengajian Tinggi (IPT), bagi menentukan garis panduan sebarang aktiviti hiburan atau konsert akan diadakan di kampus mereka.
The Higher Education Ministry appears to have backtracked on its new ‘Guidelines for Entertainment Activities (Concerts) in Higher Education Institutions’ as it has decided to hand over the reins to the students and management of such institutes.
Two student bodies are up in arms over the new “Guidelines for Entertainment Activities (Concerts) in Higher Education Institutions”, labelling the directives as “extremely conservative”, “absurd” and “unreasonable”.
