ALOR GAJAH, Oct 26 – The National Service Training Programme (PLKN) 3.0 will be implemented in stages from next January, said Deputy Defence Minister Adly Zahari.
He said that, for a start, the programme would be held at two military camps in Kuala Lumpur and Pahang before being expanded to 13 other camps nationwide once fully implemented in 2026.
“For next year, the government has allocated RM50 million for us to start PLKN 3.0… according to the original plan, (we are supposed to start) in the middle of next year but there is a need for us to implement it earlier.
“Starting early next year, we will have the first intake and we will focus on the two camps as the pioneer PLKN 3.0 project before implementing it on a bigger scale next June,” he told reporters at Hutan Percha on Saturday.
Adly said an estimated 500 participants would be chosen for the programme’s January implementation and the number would be increased in the June intake.
He said the PLKN 3.0 would target participants aged 16 to 35 from among students in Form Four, Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) leavers and students from institutions of higher learning.
