Salam,
Dear Members,
I copied this comment made by Sdra Azlan on 1st October in one of our earlier postings. So that no members miss reading it, I bring to the fore so that all members will not missed it, read it, comment, and discuss further:-
(Azlan's Views)
Salam Aidilfitri wishes to all especially for lecturer Dr.Rozmel and to all ‘study hard study smart’ bloggers. Firstly, I would like to apologize to everyone for not participating in the blogs activities as I was away to my hometown for aidilfitri celebration. The internet connection was not that stable there but I managed to finish the assignment given to siswasp group.
Dear all, I have read Dr Rozmel’s comments on the topic and personally, I’m very thankful for he gave a quick response even at that time we were struggling in preparing and learning to interact through this blog.
I second his opinion that the topic that we discussed on earlier which is ‘How to Encourage Malay Youth to be Active in Social Work’ is not complete. This is because we only had 2 research objectives when research questions should have 4 items. The total of research objectives should tally with research questions. The rational is, since there are five of us then we should have the same numbers for research objectives and research questions. Therefore, I second the idea that each one of us should be responsible for a research objective and question each.
Friends, the title ‘How to Encourage Malay Youth to be Active in Social Work’ is suitable and important to be discussed. This is because from my observation especially lately, Malay youngsters involved in negative and unhealthy activities such as skipping school, ‘mat rempit’, ‘bohjan dan bohsia’, drug addictions, alcoholics, and free sex and such. If we observe closely, most of the committers of these activities are Malays compared to other ethnic. It is sad to have these things happens even when we have lots of programs provided by the government such as Rakan Muda and such. These people should really be prepared as they are the strength and assets to be the leaders of the future.
To me, one of the main factors of this negativity is a family that is disharmony. Parents should control their children and give them the best education, academically and in terms of religion beliefs and practice. Most of the parents nowadays are either too busy or they just thought that their kids know how to take care of themselves. They purely ignore and blame the teachers or the governments when something bad happened to their child. One of the reasons includes poverty as the main contributor resulting the Malay youngsters to lose interest in life and to break away from the problems they got involved with unhealthy activities.
Therefore, I propose that for this topic discussion we put additional research objectives and questions as follows:
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE
i. To identify the contents in each programs in the social work that made the youngsters lost interest in joining them.
ii. To identify if it’s true that teenagers/youngsters love to have fun without thinking of their tributes to the nation.
iii. To find out if the reason that Malay youth have less interest in social works because of the benefits that they are offered are not up to their standard.
RESEARCH QUESTION
i. Why is the opposition parties cannot put aside their political differences and combine with the governments in ensuring and encourage these youngsters to be active in social work. For example they can hold a campaign or find other method that is suitable for the improvement of our beloved country.
Thanks
Salam
NOR AZLAN BIN IBRAHIM
teenage pregnancy statistics
14 years ago
Salam bro.
ReplyDeletehere some infomation i get from internet that useful for our project paper.
Salam.
Key Findings
Low level of self efficacy.
Malaysian youth in general do not see themselves as being able to make a difference
within their community despite outlining concerns over issues such as the economy,
public safety or costs of living. The sense of apathy is more marked among females
where nearly one out of every three feels there is little she can do in her community.
Unsurprisingly, the poll also found that youth are not inclined to join clubs or
associations. Only one out of every five report being a member of a group – from which
nearly half are made up of members of political parties or major government organized
youth organizations or programs such as Belia 4B, Majlis Belia Malaysia or Rakan
Muda. This also means that less than 10% of Malaysian youth actually belong to
community or peer organized entities. Overall the survey findings did not show marked
changes from 2006.
Moderate level of political participation.
If voter registration is taken as an indicator of political participation, then the survey
shows that such involvement is moderate. Slightly over one-half claim to have registered
as electors. The survey found however that participation varies strongly across ethnic
groups – higher among Bumiputeras and lower among non-Bumiputeras across the
country. Beyond registering as voters, the survey found the depth of involvement to be
mediocre at best. Only one in ten claims to routinely discuss politics and policies with
family and friends and only one out of every seven participates in political campaigning
and observes elections. The rest state that they only vote and perhaps read about the
issues floated during elections. A majority also say that if possible they would rather not
get involved in politics.
Openness towards political pluralism.
Overall, younger people tend to be open toward opposition political parties playing a
more prominent role. The survey found that such views tend to be influenced by the
respondents’ cultural heritage and social backgrounds. Non-Bumiputera and urban
respondents are more inclined to support greater opposition representation in the
parliament. The vast majority of respondents agree that the preferred role of opposition
political parties is to act as a check and balance on the ruling government.
Conservative attitudes towards democracy.
Overall the survey reveals that respondents’ views on democratic concepts reflect the
brand of “Asian values” that is being promoted by the government. A majority feel that
the interests of the majority must come before that of the individual. Younger people are
evenly split over the acceptability of open criticisms among society’s leaders over issues
of public discourse. Yet at the same time young Malaysians also want leaders who
respect the rule of law.
Mixed views on quality of governance.
Finally, the survey shows that young Malaysians are split in their views of whether the government treats everyone fairly. Young Malaysians are divided across cultural and
heritage lines on this matter as well as to whether they felt free to speak openly about
problems deemed sensitive such as ethnic and religious relations, as well as criticisms of
the government. More adversely, a small majority of young Malaysians believe that there
is little that ordinary people can do to hold government accountable in between elections.
These views are further underlined by other findings which show that a huge proportion –
seven out of eight -- feel that government officials, at varying degrees, do not abide with the law.
Additionally the survey also reveals that nearly all of the respondents believe
that the government suffers from some level of corruption.
Merdeka Center for Opinion Research
Bangi, Selangor
Nov 12 2007