Read in one of the Malaysian daily newspaper last week on the question of juvenile delinquency especially among students which is on the rise and becoming a serious concern to the police. According to the Malaysian Institute of Research for Youth Development, the students are found to be involved in various crimes such as murder, rape, robbery and theft. It seems that the students had graduated from being mere school bullies to something more serious! Meanwhile another study conducted by the Malaysian Studies on Psychology and Development Center showed that 87% of the ‘mat rempit (motorcycle daredevils)’ in the country were mostly students aged between 14 and 25 years. What is going on? What is the future going to be for the country?
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I think we should seriously ponder on the problem and formulate a comprehensive policies and plan of actions to address this malaise in society. We should not be complacent in our approach and be contented by merely having ad hoc programs. We should analyze why does this situation becomes so rampant now and not in the past. Why are students becoming disrespectful of their teachers? Parents must also take responsibilities on the upbringing of their children and not merely passing that responsibility to the teachers or their house helpers. Parents should also not learn to respect the teachers. How does one expect the students to respect and listen to the teachers when the parents themselves show disrespect and look down on the teachers? Teachers are always blamed and targeted by parents when their sons/daughters failed to do well in examinations. But the moment a teacher scold or take disciplinary action against a student, the parent will come scurrying to the school and raising voices and running tantrums. There need to really be a serious concerted effort to have dialogue to better understand the respective role of the teachers, parents and the school. The expectations of parents in the past and now are different. But that should not negate the responsibility of parents in raising their children.
The question of juvenile delinquency is closely related with morality. And the problem of moral decadence has surfaced quite some time back and programs have been introduced to address it. However, based on the current findings of the above two institutes, it has not improved but the situation has actually deteriorated further. Government may need to relook at all those programs and change it accordingly for the interest and wellbeing of the nation in the future. More importantly, parents and societies need to be equally responsible in mitigating the moral decadence especially among the youth by being role models and setting good examples for them to emulate.
The question of juvenile delinquency is closely related with morality. And the problem of moral decadence has surfaced quite some time back and programs have been introduced to address it. However, based on the current findings of the above two institutes, it has not improved but the situation has actually deteriorated further. Government may need to relook at all those programs and change it accordingly for the interest and wellbeing of the nation in the future. More importantly, parents and societies need to be equally responsible in mitigating the moral decadence especially among the youth by being role models and setting good examples for them to emulate.
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