Putrajaya spends RM400 million a year for the National Service Training Programme. The sum could be spent elsewhere, like in education, said PKR Youth. – Wikimedia Commons pic, January 21, 2015.Putrajaya should abolish the National Service Training Programme (NS) altogether, instead of suspending it only for this year, as the RM400 million annual fee could be spent elsewhere, PKR Youth said today.The youth wing’s strategy director, Akmal Nasir, said Putrajaya had spent RM5,283 on each of the 832,712 trainees that had undergone the programme since February 16, 2004.“AMK is confident that the same kind of training could be provided at a much lower cost," said Akmal in a statement, referring to the PKR Youth by its Malay acronym.He added that the NS training modules could be carried out by the schools and universities.“The RM400 million amounts to around one-fourth or one-fifth of the annual National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN) loan. It could provide RM15,000 study loans to 25,000 university students each year," said Akmal.He suggested that the money could also be better spent on training youths who were unable to enter university or preferred to work, or ensure all schools across the country were equipped with basic facilities.He said previously, the cost to run NS was much higher than RM400 million, usually reaching RM700 million.Putrajaya announced yesterday it would defer NS this year as part of its measures in weathering the plunging crude oil prices.Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said postponing it would save Putrajaya RM400 million.Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said NS camp operators and trainers nationwide will not be affected as they would continue to receive their salaries.NS Training Department Director-General Datuk Mohamed Asri Yusof said the deferral would allow the department to carry out workshops and improve the quality of the programme. – January 21, 2015.
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