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MoHE urges off-campus students to report residential addresses for monitoring

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — The Higher Education Ministry (MoHE) has stressed that students living in rented accommodation off campus should inform their universities of their place...

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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — The Higher Education Ministry (MoHE) has stressed that students living in rented accommodation off campus should inform their universities of their place of residence to facilitate monitoring.

Its minister, Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir, said monitoring was difficult because some students arranged their own rental accommodation without going through their universities.

“So, that makes it rather difficult for us to monitor them. What we emphasise, however, is that they should always inform us of their whereabouts and where they are staying,” he said during the question-and-answer session in the Dewan Rakyat today.

He was responding to a supplementary question from Dr Ahmad Fakhruddin Fakhrurazi (PN-Kuala Kedah) on the ministry’s proposal to work with state governments and property owners to provide student rental accommodation at controlled rates near public higher education institutions (IPTAs), pending the completion of new residential colleges.

Zambry said some public universities and polytechnics worked with their student affairs divisions to manage accommodation in designated areas, while some students opted to rent accommodation independently.

He said the proposal to provide student rental accommodation at controlled rates was also being considered to meet undergraduates’ housing needs, but its implementation would depend on the capacity of the universities concerned and their financial positions.

The proposal had also been raised by student representative councils, with several universities identified as requiring greater attention and priority in terms of student accommodation.

On targeted rental assistance for B40 students who failed to secure places in residential colleges, Zambry said priority was given to this group, along with students with disabilities, athletes and uniformed corps members, for hostel accommodation.

In reply to the original question from Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (PH-Bandar Tun Razak) on efforts to address the shortage of accommodation at IPTAs, he said the government was working with government-linked investment companies (GLICs) to develop student accommodation facilities.

These included the Universiti Malaya Student Residence, which is expected to be completed in 2031 and benefit 10,000 students.

In addition, Budget 2027 announced a RM750 million allocation by the Retirement Fund (Incorporated) (KWAP) for the development of the Vista Kampus project at Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), before it is expanded to six other universities.

Responding to a supplementary question from Dr Wan Azizah on incentives for the private sector to develop residential colleges, Zambry said MoHE, Finance Ministry, KWAP and the Public Private Partnership Unit (UKAS) were discussing ways to strengthen a hybrid public-private partnership (PPP) approach. — Bernama

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吉隆坡，10 月 26 日讯——高等教育部强调，居住在校外租房的学生应告知大学其居住地，以便进行监督。

其部长拿督斯里赞布里·阿卜杜勒·卡迪尔博士表示，监管很困难，因为一些学生没有通过大学安排租房事宜。

“因此，这让我们很难对他们进行监控。但我们强调的是，他们应该始终告知我们他们的行踪和居住地点，”他在今天国会下议院的问答环节中说道。

他是在回应艾哈迈德·法赫鲁丁·法赫鲁拉齐博士（国盟-瓜拉吉打）的补充提问，该提问是关于教育部与州政府和业主合作，在新的住宿学院建成之前，以受控价格在公立高等教育机构（IPTA）附近提供学生租赁住宿的提议。

Zambry表示，一些公立大学和理工学院与其学生事务部门合作，管理指定区域的住宿，而一些学生则选择自行租房。

他表示，为了满足本科生的住宿需求，校方也在考虑以受控价格提供学生租赁住宿的方案，但该方案的实施将取决于相关大学的能力和财政状况。

学生代表委员会也提出了这项提议，并指出一些大学在学生住宿方面需要得到更多关注和优先考虑。

关于为未能获得住宿学院名额的 B40 学生提供有针对性的租金援助，赞布里表示，宿舍住宿方面，优先考虑的是该群体，以及残疾学生、运动员和制服人员。

针对拿督斯里旺阿兹莎·旺伊斯迈博士（希望联盟-敦拉萨镇）提出的关于如何解决IPTA住宿短缺问题的最初提问，他表示，政府正在与政府关联投资公司（GLIC）合作，开发学生住宿设施。