Implementation of the literature and culture program (LCP) in the Malaysia National Service Program (MNSP)

Language and Literature Program (LCP) is one of the programs in the National Service Training Program (NS) which aims to expand the knowledge of participants about the importance of language and national literature (Malay literature) in a relationship of goodwill among the ethnics. In this program, anthologies of poetry, My Motherland (2005) was chosen as the reading text for the participants in an effort to foster cultural understanding, thus fostering goodwill among ethnics. Delivery of training done in groups which coach will lead the each group to learn the elements of nationhood which includes the land, people, culture and religion in the anthology, and staged it at the Arts and Cultural Night Presentation. However there are some implementation problems, such as short period of LCP, anthology poetry, My Motherland (2005) are not supplied to all participants, presentations that do not involve all the participants, and others. Some proposal presented in this article to improve the LCP in order to foster goodwill among the ethics because youths are the future leader in the country.