Challenges to learning and teaching in Malaysia in the time of Covid-19

• Main Author: Ating, Rashid
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Strengthening Human Right and Peace Research in ASEAN/Southeast Asia (SHAPE-SEA) 2020
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); L Education (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/38227/1/Challenges%20to%20Learning%20and%20Teaching%20in%20Malaysia%20in%20the%20Time%20of%20Covid-19%20-%20SHAPE-SEA.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/38227/; https://shapesea.com/op-ed-southeast-asia-in-crisis-opinions-on-the-state-of-human-rights-and-peace-in-the-time-of-covid-19/; https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22122398.v1

Amid the outbreak of Covid-19, the Malaysian government under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has announced two different economic stimulus packages. The first one is a total of RM250 billion ($57 billion) on March 27th 2020 (ASEAN Briefing, 2020a) and the second is a stimulus package of RM10 billion ($2.3 billion) on April 6th 2020 (ASEAN Briefing, 2020b). The Prihatin Rakyat Economic Stimulus program (PRIHATIN) broadly aims to provide social support in the form of cash incentives for marginalised households (MOF, 2020).