National Youth Service :
A Global Perspective
Contents
Introduction
1: National Service Programs and Proposals
Profiles of National Service
2: Aspects of National Youth Service
Appendix A: Global Conference Participants, June 18-21, 1992
Appendix B: Annotated Bibliography
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1. National service programs and proposals
Papua New Guinea
Hon. Clant K. Alok
Commissioner, National Youth Service
National Youth Service (NYS) is the successor to the National Youth Movement Program the national government initiated in 1980 to make young people more aware of the development process. NYS was launched in 1991 to address the issues of unemployment and underemployment, lack of discipline, declining moral and ethical standards, lack of a sense of responsibility and respect, lack of voluntarism, lack of nationalism, and the decrease in law and order.
Objectives. The main objectives of NYS are as follows: To provide appropriate forms of training geared toward rural and urban settings; To provide youths with opportunities to participate as useful partners in the development process;
To open up avenues to youths to take advantage of education and training; To promote self-reliance among youths;
To promote a sense of national unity through nationalist ideology; To promote community awareness of law and order by assigning youths to work in close cooperation with law-enforcement bodies.Organization. The National Youth Service Act establishes a National Youth Service Board that is responsible to the National Minister for Youth. The Board establishes 20 Provincial Youth Advisory Committees that have a number of responsibilities at the provincial level. The four major components of NYS are network and communication, training, youth entrepreneurship, and law and community services.
National Service Scheme. As part of NYS, a National Service Scheme (NSS) will be created to involve youths in nation building. Young people in NSS will give two years of service in areas such as education and the military. While in service, NSS participants will have the chance to further their education in a variety of ways. After completion of service, they may start their own businesses with funds from the Youth Credit Scheme, join the disciplined forces, or go on to higher education if they have done well in their studies. Also, students in higher education will be required to give one year of service in rural villages, where they will work in their respective fields of study.
Volunteer Service Scheme. Another part of NYS is designed to restore the sense of volunteerism that had always been a part of Papua New Guinea's traditional culture, but that declined dramatically with the introduction of the monetary system. The Volunteer Service Scheme will encourage young people to volunteer for service in their own communities and elsewhere in the nation. It also will permit those in tertiary education to serve in their communities and those with appropriate skills and experience to serve overseas.
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National Youth Service : A Global Perspective
Donald J. Eberly, Editor
National Service Secretariat , Washington, D.C.Based on the advanced papers and discussions held at the conference, National Youth Service : A Global Perspective, held at the Wingspread Conference Center, Wisconsin, 18-21 June 1992.
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