BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Graduates of the National Service Programme (PKBN) will now have the chance to continue their studies and take their ‘O’ Level Examination. Permanent Secretary of Culture Youth and Sports, Dato Paduka Hj Md Hamid Hj Md Jaafar, said the ministry along with the cooperation with Ministry of Education will offer further studies and ‘O’ Level Examinations which will begin early this year besides offering various business short courses, ©BRUDIRECT.COM reported.
The Permanent Secretary of Culture Youth and Sports said this matter during the launching ceremony of the third intake of the National Services Programme yesterday.
Dato Paduka Hj Md Hamid Hj Md Jaafar said as an effort by the government through the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports for the National Services Programme, they will continue to work in improving the programme to ensure the effectiveness of producing quality trainees with the introduction of a new module.
Dato Paduka Hj Md Hamid also highlighted the programme hoped to achieve its objective which were to produce a dynamic, competitive and outstanding youth generation which were in line with the main objective for the youth generation of the country. He also said at the same time the programme will help to prevent the youth to be influence by immoral social activities that can destroy their life and future, such as the current outbreak of ‘yolo swag’ and other juvenile delinquencies.
Seventy six participants comprised of fifty eight male trainees and eighteen female attended the programme. The three-month programme will end this November that will see sixty seven supervisors, coaches and medical people running the programme which was made up of several government agencies and full-time professional volunteers.
The launching ceremony took place at the PKBN training camp, Sport Village at the Hassanal Bolkiah national Sports Complex in Berakas.