SEGi University hit by 'white flood'

By: Yana Ibrahim

SEGi University is a well-known private campus which offers Diploma in Nursing along with hospital facility.

This had created a phenomenon which many SEGi students call the “white flood.”

The “white flood” illustrates that the nursing students are flooding public areas in campus.



Good education for bright future as hoped by these nursing students.

This has become a source of inconvenience and frustration to students from other departments.

Students from other departments perceive nursing students negatively, label the latter as ‘termites’ because nurses normally walk around the campus in groups.  

“We are doing the same thing. We rush against time, hurry to classes and wear white uniforms all the time.

"(It) is an effective method to form our discipline,” Siti Atika, 21, a second year nursing student said when asked about the white flood issue.

“Plus we are all look alike and are large in numbers, that’s what resulted in the ‘white flood’,” she concluded.

The management of SEGi admits that the phenomena of “white flood” occurred due to their open intake of nursing students six times a year with minimum entrance qualification of 3 credits in SPM.

In addition, in order to encourage the enrollment of nurses to the university, PTPTN is offering a full loan up to RM62, 000 for nursing courses.

Attentive in class is a quality practice by these nursing students

"Nursing students enrollment had  never impact SEGi status being upgraded as assumed by everyone, the Ministry of Education had granted us University status from overall evaluations," said Nash, a SEGi Marketing Officer.

Fortunately, in early 2012, the intake system was changed to the minimum qualification of 5 credits in SPM to ensure the nurses here are better in quality, not in quantity.

“I have no regrets at all enrolling into this course from day one until our current semester, which is my last,” said Nur Aniqa, 23, a third-year Nursing student.

She added that: “Besides opening up job opportunities, the syllabus is complete with updated theories and practice in real world basis in order to prepare us to face the real world.

Theory needs practical as above shown a CPR process being carried out.

“Don’t be surprised to know that our course is similar to medical students - the only difference is that our focus is more on care and treatment,” she continued.

With the new system implemented, it is believed that the white flood phenomena will gradually decrease while the graduated nursing student's quality will increase.