PEKAN, June 8 — The National Service Training Department (JLKN) is targeting 10,520 participants to join the National Service Training Programme (PLKN) 4.0 at six camps nationwide next year.
JKLN director-general Major General Datuk Marzuki Mokhtar said the increased target is more than double the 4,200 participants targeted for the four training series this year.
“For PLKN 4.0, several additional camps are expected to begin operating including in Gemas, Negeri Sembilan; Sungai Durian in Kuala Krai, Kelantan; Bukit Pinang in Kedah and Bukit Keteri, Perlis. The opening of these new camps depends on the readiness of the facilities,” he said.
He told reporters after the National Service Training Parade for the 2/2026 PLKN 3.0 Series 2 at the 505 Territorial Army (AW) National Service Training Camp, here today.
Meanwhile, he said a total of 1,369 PLKN 3.0 trainees successfully completed the 45-day training at three camps held simultaneously today.
“Of the total, 531 male trainees were from the Pekan camp, 245 female trainees from the Kuala Lumpur camp and 593 male and female trainees from the Malbatt Village camp, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan,” he said.
Marzuki said the results of the evaluation conducted in collaboration with several institutions such as the Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS), Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) showed that approximately 85 per cent of participants gave positive feedback on the programme.
“So far, I have not received any negative reports that could affect the image of this programme. In fact, many participants attended voluntarily because they saw the benefits gained through the training carried out,” he said.
Commenting on the participation of rural youth, Marzuki said JLKN would intensify promotional efforts through social media as well as roadshows and poster distribution programmes to schools, town halls, mosques and community centres to ensure that more of this group is aware of the opportunity to participate in PLKN. — Bernama
