Education Minister Alan Tudge says the federal government will not consider opening up the borders to international students until the state governments present plans which satisfy and go “above and beyond” current federal quarantine criteria.

“We want to get international students back into Australia at some stage,” he told Sky News host Chris Kenny.

“But we’re just not in the position at the moment to open up our borders generally, let alone for international students – we have the quarantine arrangements in place primarily for returning Australians.

“I’ve said, the prime minister has said, if the state governments present to us plans for quarantine arrangements for international students which satisfy the criteria which we have laid out – which includes quarantine arrangements above and beyond those for returning Australia, it includes the sign off from the chief medical officer – then we will take a look at that.”