Youth Development In Malaysia
It was mentioned that the structures and mechanisms to advocate youth participation in development are already in place. There are many concerned groups involved. However, three of the major institutions are mainly the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MYS), The Malaysian Youth Council (MYC) and The National Youth Consultative Council (NYCC).
Various development strategies and programmes were implemented in the past and are still continuously conducted at the present time. Youth development has always been a major agenda of the government of Malaysia since independence in 1957. The final text of the Malaysian Youth Development policy in 1997 states very clearly the role of Youth as partners in decision making and emphasis the importance of empowering the youth.
Youth empowerment is itself viewed as a continuous process; from youth opportunity to youth right, and from informal consultation to formal decision making. This include “capacity building”, “youth right”, “youth responsibility”, “autonomy”, “participative development”, and the bottom line is development. A milestone was created in 1996 for the first time in the history of the five-year Malaysia Plans, a specific chapter on youth was included in the seventh Malaysia Plan entitled “Youth Development”. The thrust of youth development is to provide youths with necessary skills to increase their participation and contribution to nation building as well as develop their leadership qualities and to inculcate positive values among them. The aim is to develop a generation of youth who are educated, skilled, disciplined and imbued with leadership skill and qualities with high moral values.
Malaysia is unique in terms of the multiracial population with 3 main races which are Malay, Chinese and Indian. This poses a challenge and at the same time its creates opportunities to strengthen the country’s unity and stability. In this situation it becomes a challenge for those concern to adequately understand the youth. However, we believe that consulting young people and sharing their perceptions, knowledge and ideas are essential to the development of public policy and achievement of positive outcomes.
Action taken within the government setting and non governmental organizations in Malaysia offer evidence on the highest profile initiatives to create the environment to facilitate and provide avenues and opportunities for youth to contribute significantly towards development and nation building. The structures and mechanisms in place involve the government, NGO and the civil structure outfits.
Various development strategies and programmes were implemented in the past and are still continuously conducted at the present time. Youth development has always been a major agenda of the government of Malaysia since independence in 1957. The final text of the Malaysian Youth Development policy in 1997 states very clearly the role of Youth as partners in decision making and emphasis the importance of empowering the youth.
Youth empowerment is itself viewed as a continuous process; from youth opportunity to youth right, and from informal consultation to formal decision making. This include “capacity building”, “youth right”, “youth responsibility”, “autonomy”, “participative development”, and the bottom line is development. A milestone was created in 1996 for the first time in the history of the five-year Malaysia Plans, a specific chapter on youth was included in the seventh Malaysia Plan entitled “Youth Development”. The thrust of youth development is to provide youths with necessary skills to increase their participation and contribution to nation building as well as develop their leadership qualities and to inculcate positive values among them. The aim is to develop a generation of youth who are educated, skilled, disciplined and imbued with leadership skill and qualities with high moral values.
Malaysia is unique in terms of the multiracial population with 3 main races which are Malay, Chinese and Indian. This poses a challenge and at the same time its creates opportunities to strengthen the country’s unity and stability. In this situation it becomes a challenge for those concern to adequately understand the youth. However, we believe that consulting young people and sharing their perceptions, knowledge and ideas are essential to the development of public policy and achievement of positive outcomes.
Action taken within the government setting and non governmental organizations in Malaysia offer evidence on the highest profile initiatives to create the environment to facilitate and provide avenues and opportunities for youth to contribute significantly towards development and nation building. The structures and mechanisms in place involve the government, NGO and the civil structure outfits.
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