A Social Problem
Good morning to judges and panels. First of all we want to look at the statistic. What the statistic about? So you all know right this statistic about social problem in our country. What is the social problem? Panels do you all know about it? A social problem also called a social issue or a social ill and is an issue that relates to society's perception of people's personal lives. Different societies have different perceptions and what may be "normal" behavior in one society may be a significant social issue in another society. Social issues are distinguished from economic issues. Some issues have both social and economic aspects, such as immigration. There are also issues that don't fall into either category, such as wars. Now a day’s got a lot of social problem that happen in our country. So I would like to call the first panel to talk about her social issue.
Chairperson: let we talk about the first social problem that is truancy. What is truancy? Why it happens and how to solve it? So we will listen to what our panel says about it.
Yoges: “Recently there was a report about 27 secondary students who were caught playing truant by the police at a cyber café near Kampong Rapat Police Station. Is truancy rampant? What are the actions taken by the Education Department and Police to curb truancy? With these questions in mind, I set out to investigate.”
“A counsellor from Students Affairs Unit in Perak Education Department, who did not want to be named, informed me that only about one per cent of the 500,000 students in the State are involved in truancy with the same repeaters every time. The Unit does not have a special team looking for truants and only takes action if complaints are received. It conducts programmes and activities to help students refrain from truancy.”
“Some of these programmes involve representatives from the police, State Welfare Department, local councils and other agencies. Some 5,000 students from the state participate in the ‘Heart to
Chairperson: let we talk about the first social problem that is truancy. What is truancy? Why it happens and how to solve it? So we will listen to what our panel says about it.
Yoges: “Recently there was a report about 27 secondary students who were caught playing truant by the police at a cyber café near Kampong Rapat Police Station. Is truancy rampant? What are the actions taken by the Education Department and Police to curb truancy? With these questions in mind, I set out to investigate.”
“A counsellor from Students Affairs Unit in Perak Education Department, who did not want to be named, informed me that only about one per cent of the 500,000 students in the State are involved in truancy with the same repeaters every time. The Unit does not have a special team looking for truants and only takes action if complaints are received. It conducts programmes and activities to help students refrain from truancy.”
“Some of these programmes involve representatives from the police, State Welfare Department, local councils and other agencies. Some 5,000 students from the state participate in the ‘Heart to