Malaysian National Service (Khidmat Negara)
Malaysia Students
early this week. Any Malaysian who was born in 1989 has a chance of
being short-listed to undergo three months of the national service
training. You can check whether you are selected for national service
on its official website [http://www.khidmatnegara.gov.my/utama.htm] by
typing in your Identity Card (IC) numbers.
The objectives of the national service programme:
* Develop a young generation who are patriotic and with love for
their country
* Enhance unity among the multi-racial communities in the country
* Instill a spirit of caring and volunteerism among society
* Produce an active, intelligent and confident generation
* Develop positive characteristics among the younger generation
through good values
Source: Wikipedia
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_National_Service]
Since I wasn't selected for national service last year, I don't have
any personal experience
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However, some of my friends who did complete the national service this
year shared their lifetime experiences with me. Most of them agreed
that most activities in the physical module were very exhilarating
[http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/7/21/nation/14903252&sec=nation]
and challenging
[http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Friday/National/20060721074426/Article/index_html]
whereas the character building module and nation building module which
were classroom based, were mundane and tedious.
Contrary to my belief, my friends have put on weight instead of losing
it during the national service programme. They explained that they took
five to six meals which were the breakfast, morning tea-break, lunch,
afternoon tea-break, dinner and suppler in the training camps daily.
However, they commented that the food is unappetizing and as a result
some of them 'learned' to throw away the food. Rather than eating the
food, they cook themselves instant noodles such as Maggie Mee and
Indomie, you name it.
One of the merits for completing national service is that you will get
10 out of 10 marks for your co-curricular participation in STPM UPU
application
[http://malaysian-students.blogspot.com/2006/06/stpm-upu-appeal-before-30th-jun-co-cu.html].
This is irresistible if you plan to further your studies in local
universities. A typical student who isn't selected for national
service can get full marks for co-curricular participation only if he
or she is the president of a club/society/uniform body and has
participated in an activity at national level.
To sum up, national service programme is an excellent preparation for
life in the real society outside. Through this programme, the youths
have the opportunities to mingle with others from different races and
backgrounds. Indirectly, they learn to be more open-minded and
tolerable. We truly hope the national service to promote unity within
our young generation successfully.
Lix
co-curricular activities marks. Well, it's unfair to those who aren't
chosen . It isn't their fault that they werent chosen . That's me! Now
i have trouble summiting my co-curricular activities form now. That's
not fair ! For example , A and B are applying to get into a local
university.A is the president of a society and he wasnt chosenfor NS.
He got 8.5 out of 10 for co-curricular activities. Whereas for B , he
wasn't even a member in any society and yet he got 10 marks for his
co-curricular activities because he took part in the NS programme .
This is just not fair.