disadvantages of National Service

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To begin with, it is reinstated that National Service does give more harm than good to the participants. Students’ time may be wisely spent if they attend certain courses that are relevant to the course that they are going to take in the universities. It is undeniable that the participants will gain valuable experiences when participating in the program. However, this so-called experience or knowledge is hardly used in everyday life. Take the usage of M4A1 rifle as an example. The participants will hardly use the rifle once they leave the program. It might be the first and the last time they will be using the rifle. Hence, the significant of exposing the participants to this kind of weapon could be questioned. There was a true case when a participant told that the lesson of handling the weapon is not worth wile at all and he forgot how to use the weapon just a few months after leaving the program. This is just one of the several contents in the modules that should be revised. Instead, the students’ time would be better spent if they attend the courses that will prepare them for their life in the university. For example, the students could attend English courses offered by establish parties such as British Council of Malaysia. It is known that most of the universities in Malaysia use English as the medium for teaching. Since English is a problematic subject for many students, it would be beneficial for them if they could improve their competency in the language within three months before entering the universities.
One of the objectives of National Service is to promote integration between different races in Malaysia. However, this objective would not be achieved due to several reasons. As mentioned earlier, the participants of the ...

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...ment of NS in 2004. Rape, bully and racial abuse are among the cases that happened in the camps. To make this matter worse, the number of cases seems to have no sign of stopping or decreasing. Here, the standard of procedure for these camps could well be questioned. It seems like the management treats these cases like a pinch of salt and there might be several of cases that have not been exposed to the public. Parents will feel insecure to let their child to enter this program. Some of them might create various reasons so that their child will be excused from the program. This shows that this program is not well accepted neither by the teenagers nor the parents. It can be said that this program only gives benefits to the contractors, uniform suppliers, food providers and cos. With these reasons, it is restated that National Service (NS) program should be abolished.

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