Publication: “We Wanna Go Home!”
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Date
2021
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Fakulti Pengajian Bahasa Utama, USIM
Abstract
Malaysia has been part of the global war against COVID-19 since the World Health
Organization declared pandemic status to this public health threat. As part of the nation’s active measures to prevent the spread of this disease, on March 16 2020, Malaysian Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin has announced the execution of the Movement Control Order (MCO) or globally referred as “partial lockdown” nationwide. MCO is a cordon sanitaire implemented as a preventive measure that entails prohibition on mass gatherings including those for noncritical business, religious, sport, social and cultural activities. This includes the closure of all public and private educational institutions starting March 18 (Majlis Keselamatan Negara [MKN], 2020). This has opened a new horizon of discussion regarding the assessment and management of the psychological impact of the MCO among university students stranded on campus amid COVID-19 pandemic. This paper is a reflection on the issues of psychological challenges among stranded Malaysian university students during National Movement Control Order amid COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Prosiding Seminar Kebangsaan Majlis Dekan Pendidikan Universiti Awam Malaysia (MEDC 2020): “Ke Arah Menginsankan Pendidikan di Malaysia / Penyunting Hishomudin Ahmad, Noor Saazai Mat Saad, Rahimah Saimin, Kirembwe Rashid Abdul Hamed, Noorhayati Hashim, Sarifah Nurhanum Syed Sahuri, Zarina Ashikin Zakaria, Nur Shahadah Mohd Surbani
11-12 November 2020 (Seminar Dalam Talian)
Anjuran : Fakulti Pengajian Bahasa Utama, USIM & Majlis Dekan Pendidikan Universiti Awam Malaysia
Keywords
COVID-19 Pandemic, MCO, university students, psychosocial challenges, mental health.