NS 3.0 to exclude school-going teens, assures Defence Minister

The Star

The proposed National Service Training Programme (NS) 3.0 will not involve school-going children, says Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.  The Defence Minister's assurance came after considering the parents' worries that school-going teens would have to undergo harsh military-like training when the programme was eventually rolled out.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4ejemf9b  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Is it true that the pilot project will start this year?

00:09 No, we haven't finalized.

00:13 We are still discussing.

00:15 There are two components of the training.

00:21 One is nationality, and the other is military.

00:25 The curriculum for nationality will be discussed with the KPT.

00:34 Because there are elements of unity in society.

00:40 We are paying attention to that.

00:42 And then, military aspects will be done by the Ministry of Defense.

00:49 We are still discussing.

00:51 But it is not possible to do it this year, maybe next year.

00:55 Is the ratio still 80% military, 20% military?

01:03 There are some concerns that parents say that if it is military, it might be...

01:08 It may not involve those who are in school.

01:12 Maybe after school, and those who are in university.

01:16 We are still weighing it.

01:18 We are still weighing it to adjust it according to the age.

01:25 We haven't finalized it.

01:27 We haven't finalized it.

01:29 [END]

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