Revised NS programme to include 45 days of army boot camp, says Tok Mat

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A revived National Service Training Programme (PLKN) will see youths undergo basic army training for 45 days, says Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.  The Defence Minister on Monday (Oct 9) said this was among the proposals submitted by the special committee set up to look at reviving the programme.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2k82n37c  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 [Pelayani] Dato Putuwa, the government has reconsidered continuing the PLKN.

00:09 The Ministerial Committee in 2021 has approved a new way to continue the PLKN.

00:21 The PLKN is a good way to provide a foundation for the country's order to our citizens.

00:31 A special committee has been established by the Ministry of Defence to study

00:40 how we revive the PLKN, but with a new template.

00:48 We are not following the old template, where the PLKN was done in summer camps.

01:01 We want to make it less costly, but more beneficial to the human capital

01:15 that will be part of the PLKN.

01:18 The Ministry of Defence has given several opinions to the Ministry

01:28 and we have asked for a change until the Ministry sees that participation in school is important.

01:42 Not only after school, but also during the first and second phase of the PLKN.

01:53 After the PM, they will be in the second phase.

01:56 The children born during the second phase of the PLKN will be welcomed by other agencies.

02:07 We are studying this, where under the PLKN, only 16-year-olds, up to 35 years old,

02:19 students in level 4, who are now in the Ministry of Education,

02:24 have a body-uniform curriculum,

02:30 with a body-uniform curriculum,

02:37 and the government can give them a body-uniform curriculum.

02:44 But they will not be in level 5.

02:48 When they are out, we will welcome them.

02:53 But this time, we want to make it in military camps.

03:00 There are many military camps, and many of them are ideal for use.

03:08 So we will train, but it will not take the same time as before.

03:12 We will take 45 days only,

03:16 where 90% of the second phase of the PLKN is already in school.

03:23 In the second phase, we will train the army,

03:27 to build their self-esteem as a strong, energetic, healthy person.

03:33 90% to the army, 10% to the government.

03:39 And we will use military camps.

03:41 There are 13 camps in the country.

03:45 There is one camp in the police training center, Jalan Tembak,

03:49 which can accommodate 4,000 people for one year.

03:54 And we can train more or less 20,000 people,

03:58 for 45 days.

04:02 And the training staff is already there,

04:05 so it's less expensive.

04:08 It's very cheap.

04:09 If we used to spend more than 500 million a year,

04:14 this time, from the paper work,

04:17 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

04:19 we will not spend more than 100 million.

04:23 Good savings, Mr. President.

04:25 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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