COUNCIL MULLS OVER REVIEWING NS TRAINING MODULES

PORT DICKSON (Malaysia), April 21 (Bernama) -- The National Service (NS)
trainingmodules may be reviewed as part of continuous efforts to improve the
programme, said National Service Training Council Chairman Dr Tiki Lafe.

He said the review might include the content and delivery of training
modules which includes physical, nation-building, character building and
community service.

"There is no problem with existing modules but we have to keep up with
times," he told reporters after opening a workshop for camp deputy commandants
attended by participants from 80 camps nationwide in this southern coastal town
of Port Dickson.

Tiki said it was about time that the NS be reviewed to strengthen the
programme.

"For instance, in 2004, most of the trainees were from rural areas but now
many are coming from urban areas," he said, adding that all views, including
those of the institutions of higher learning, would be taken into consideration.

He said that at the moment, Universiti Malaysia Sabah was carrying out a
study on the effectiveness of the programme.

On the setting up of the National Service Academy, he said, it would be
speeded up to create more qualified trainers.

He said that the academy would be housed at one of the camps to give
trainers the feel of the situation in NS camps.
-- BERNAMA