In the struggle of national development, the youth have rendered

precious contribution to its development . The innate potentials of the

youth can be integrated as a medium of development for the nation, if
such potentials are channel properly and are being fully uterlised.
Malaysia with a population of about 28.7 million people has a population
of about 11.4 million youths. With this number, there is a challenge for
the government to ensure that the development of youths in this country
is consistent with national development.
First of all, government should provide continual and quality
education. As we all know, education may enhance our knowledge and
taught us to be a wiser man. Education is a ladder that can let us to
climb towards success. Government should provide a continuous
professional development program for educators to ensure that they are
able to channel appropriate knowledge to the youth. An educated person
has the skill to differentiate between white and black or right and wrong.
Furthermore, they will have the ability to communicate effectively and
resolve conflicts.
In addition, government may organize workshops in order to
embed the culture of unity into the youth. Our current prime minister,
Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak had brought out ' 1 Malaysia' which is a
program that aims to bring Malaysians to unite as one. Through this
program, youth may understand the other races' culture and avoid
misunderstanding and conflict between each other. Hence, they can
prepare themselves for present and future challenges to be responsible
citizens. It is because if youth do not comprehend the culture of the other
races, it is very difficult for them to build the country in the future.
Furthermore, government can have a role to encourage youth to
take part in healthy activities which carry a positive impact on them. For
example, the national service training program develops young
generation to become patriotic and love and devotion for our country.
Other than that, a wide diversity of youth clubs, projects and activities
may improve youths' soft skills and make them a good leader.
Government should also integrate co-curricular activities as part of the
activities of the school because these activities are important to make
sure the development of youth are well-balanced.

Aside from that, government should promote a conducive

ambience for mental, emotional and physical development of the youth.
We all agree that the atmosphere within a place contributes as much to
the success of the youth. For this reason, government should ensure
that youth have a safe, warm, harmony and well-equipped school which
is free from disciplinary problems. Besides, they should also continue
runs scholarship program in order to support talented students whom are
haunted by poverty to continue in their studies. Government should
make sure that every schools have sufficient resources and facilities
such as Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
Last but not least, government has a significant role to create
opportunities for the youth to be involved in decision-making progress in
the matter that affect them, environment and society. For example,
government may form a youth council, youth forum or youth club for
each locality to let youth participate in personal and social development
activities. In the meantime, we have to ensure that youths' voice are
heard to encourage their civic involvement in decision-making process.
This action can prevent the government from neglecting the youth which
bound to be an important asset for the country.
In conclusion, youths are the most precious and important
resource of the nation because they are energetic and comprehend as
vital instrument in development of this nation. Government shall identify,
discover and acknowledge youths' needs, interests, aspirations and
ideas to make appropriate provision for their growth and development.
Franklin D.Roosevelt once said, we cannot always build the future for
our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.