The Advantages of Reserve Officer Training Unit (ROTU)’s Activities to Future TVET Teachers

Hashim, Mohamad Hisyam Mohd.

doi:10.9734/arjass/2016/27125

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“…The first battalion of the Royal Malaysian Army's Royal Malaysian Army offensive branch is a start of the early history of ROTU on 3 April 1965. The ROTU program supports government and IPTA's efforts to create the quality of a perfect, disciplined, and defenseless citizen as well as the development of reserve officials to satisfy the requirements of the Malaysian Armed Forces [3]. An officer trained on a part-time basis for a period of 3 years; regular training is provided each weekend covering military-related subjects.…”

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“…The students who participate for extracurricular activities have also shown positive change in self-confidence, perception of the teachers, and greater trust in them and have subsequently developed a positive relationship to adults in the college. While, the aim of ROTU training is to develop students who can work in teamwork or spirited bodies [3]. Spirit of corps can be built when students are exposed to intense physical exercise requiring collective strength to face certain challenges.…”

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“…The reason for this is that co-centered curriculum is a practice in which the know-how obtained through practical activities, whether in sport, association or uniform units. As a result, extra curriculum activity actually builds social dimensions as well as properties and psychomotor quality [3]. UTM has a student representative's committee known as Jawatankuasa Kolej Mahasiswa (JKM), for each residential college.…”

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The Significance of Reserve Officer Training Unit Student as Part of Jawatankuasa Kolej Mahasiswa at Kolej Tun Dr. Ismail on The Reserve Officer Training Unit Student’s Perspective

Khan¹,

Keyon²,

Aminuddin³

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the International Conference on Student and Disable Student Development 2019 (ICoSD 2019)

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Reserve Officer Training Unit (ROTU) is a unit, training volunteer student which undergoes studies at undergraduate level to become a reserve officer. They will be commissioned as second lieutenants after completing the training. Thus, student committee known as Jawatankuasa Kolej Mahasiswa (JKM) is an association under residential college had been set up to conduct co-curricular activities outside the classroom for students. Besides, they are also intermediaries between students and campus management besides helping to manage students' welfare. More than half of JKM at Kolej Tun Dr. Ismail (KTDI) consisted with ROTU student. Active involvement outside the classroom has shown that apart of playing a critical role on student's soft skills, it also contributes huge impact toward academic performance. This study is conducted to determine the significance of ROTU student in JKM KTDI. The study conducted using questionnaire which involved 182 respondents of ROTU members, consisting of young officers and cadet. The set of questionnaire forms covered the respondents' backgrounds and questions regarding the importance of ROTU in the JKM association also included. The result produced the advantages for ROTU in JKM KTDI but there is several importance should be improved by both parties.

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