By: Siti Rahayu Karim The COVID-19 pandemic that has started and spread around the world is related to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 or synonymous with the term (SARS-Cov-2). The COVID-19 virus started to spread in Malaysia at the end of January 2020 when tourists from China arrived in Johor from Singapore positively detected the virus on 25 January 2020 infected in Hubei, China. Initially, the situation was still under control as daily reported cases remained low and only involved import cases until the local cluster began to emerge in March 2020. In addition, this cluster has also become the starting cluster of COVID-19 spread in Malaysia and it is associated with rallies religion of Jemaah Tabligh held in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur. Due to the increasing number of import cases, the Malaysian federal government has taken the initiative to curb the spread of the virus throughout Malaysia. Therefore, the Government has ordered the implementation of the Movement Control Order (MCO) on 16 March 2020. Prohibitions such as the ban on going abroad, the closure of all kindergartens and schools and also the closure of all higher education institutions. The closure of schools and all higher education institutions was declared by the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, live on 16 March 2020 at 10 pm. This is due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in Malaysia and the implementation of movement control order (MCOs) throughout the state. This situation has worried all students of higher education institutions as they have to study online and many questions raised such as is online learning effective? There is no denying that many parties are affected due to the MCO which has been enforced until now to prevent the situation from getting worse. Due to this, most higher education institutions have been conducting online learning since March 2020 including for examinations or submission of assignments to avoid the risk of meeting and gathering in a crowded place. A Fourth-year student, Faculty of Major Language Studies, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), Nurul Ain Binti Suhaimi, said, online learning has less impact on students to understand and focus on something explained by the lecturer. "I also prefer face-to-face learning because students are prepared in a comfortable and conducive place and can ask the lecturer directly if they do not understand what is presented,” she said. Apart from that, a third-year student, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Zaidatul Akmal Binti Mohd Yusof said, online learning is also not able to be effective because of the disruptions that exist during class such as difficult to get internet coverage during class and cause students not to hear what has been delivered by the lecturer. "I also have nieces and nephews at home and like to disturb me which is one of the reasons I find it difficult to focus and make the classes run less effective,” she said. Therefore, students themselves should look for other initiatives to ensure the effectiveness of online learning so that students do not left behind in lessons. In addition, students can also prepare learning materials in advance and review the teaching materials provided or review the learning recordings if some info is left behind.
Lastly, we also have to cooperate to fight this pandemic and make sure we always follow the rules that restricted during MCO like not going to the crowded place to stop the spreading of COVID-19 disease in Malaysia.
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