Education is the key basic to stop people from commit into crime

  Yayasan Pendidikan Kawasan Bandar Tun Razak Chairman, Mr Chew Yin Keen commented the increase of criminal cases in Malaysia such as robbery, burglary, kidnapping, illegal private gathering, smuggling, drug trafficking, human trafficking. Malaysian police force has strengthening several measures in terms of enforcement and training. More importantly, is to create awareness and education among the people.

  Some people may not realize that education and a safety of the country in inter related. Crime prevention through education is the key basic to stop people from commit into crime, or rather keep preventing it.

  Education system in primary and secondary school should be strengthened not only just focus on the academic performance of the students, but more importantly focus on the students morals and conduct. So that the students will learn.

  The introduction of National Buleprint Development Programme by the Ministry of Education targets to reduce the national crime rate. Ministry of Education is working hand in hand with schools to explore the measures prevention of crime scene as well as to educate students not to involve themselves in crimes and the consequences.

  He reiterated that the education system in Malaysia should not only limit to subjects, languages but also to design other measures to cultivate the positive character and personality for the students, especially in their growing stage. This is the ‘real’ education.

  He agreed that the implementation of National Key Results Areas (NKRA) by the government, making effort to prevent and reduce crime rates in the country including the success detection of efficiency. Yet, people seems “feel” nothing at all.

  These days with the increase of crime rates and crime scene virtually taken place anywhere, anytime. People feel unsafe whenever they are along the streets, shopping malls, public areas, neighbourhood and even home. People have no sense of security. It shows that the continuous effort by the government is needed in order to provide a better understanding to how the people “feel”.

  Crime prevention are not solely depends on police force itself. We should not just hand over crime cases to police to deal with. NGOs, residents associations, private sectors, shopping mall managements and the people themselves should be co-operative and work together to prevent crime. It is the all parties responsibilities to ensure the safety environment and people’s lives and property are safe and protected.

  For instance, to identify the crime black areas, installing of CCTVs and hidden cameras helps to reduce crime case. Besides this, shopping malls and commercial building management can employ highly qualified security guards to ensure the safety of the environment is always assured.

  It requires all parties such as government, private sectors and the people themselves to work together to prevent crime.