QUESTION: It is very important that the young workforce prepares itself to meet the present day challenges in order for a country to achieve developed nation status. Do you agree with this statement? Write your opinion with reasons and examples to support it. the essay to be written should not be fewer than 250 words.
A developed nation can be defined as a nation which
has achieved stability in terms of its economic growth and security. In this millennium,
the most common criteria in evaluating a developed country includes its gross
domestic product (GDP), the per capita income, the level of industrialisation,
its amount of widespread infrastructure and also the general standard of
living. Malaysia as an under-developed nation is almost at its height in
achieving this benchmark. In accordance to this, the power of youth remains an
essential for all kinds of communal development generally, and this process
especially. Henceforth, it is absolutely agreeable to state that the young
workforce plays the key role for a country in its pursuit to achieve a developed
nation status based on the three factors; their origin from the latest
education system, the possession of the physical and mental vigour, and becoming
the apprentice for the continuation of the early generation’s aspiration.
First and foremost, it is crucial for
the young workforce of a country to prepare itself for all the inevitable
challenges during the nation development process as they are the assets for a
developing country to achieve higher nation status; developed country. The
first privilege that young people have is in the field of education, by which
they are born from the latest education system. To face the unavoidable
difficulties during the development process, it is important for a country to
generate a sky-high self-esteemed and skilful generation. It seems quite harder
with the former exam-oriented education system which focuses entirely on
intellectuality and ignores experiential learning, leading students to only
extrinsically value education and not intrinsically value learning. With the
introduction of the more recent ‘School-based
Assessment (SBA)’, the education system is set to be less exam-oriented. Moreover, the
establishment of talent school idea can develop the self-esteem of young
workforce in the future. Early prediction to the flow of the education system
in our country can be foreseen now. Thus, the young workforce should take this
opportunity and lead this country in the most appropriate way or otherwise the
developed nation status can only become as one of unachievable goals.
Furthermore, the youth has physical
and mental advantages to be met with the demand of a developed country. Physically,
young workforce has more strength to cope with the fast-moving world and the
increasing workload. They can work overtime for more outcomes in their field. Based
on a study conducted in 2009 on entrepreneurships, the average age for the CEOs
of medium-sized company has decreased from 57 to 45 since the past decade. This
is due to their physical advantages in handling long hours of meeting time
added with the increasing need to travel long distances frequently. Mentally,
newly graduate workers bring in new and fresh ideas as they are being more
productive, enthusiastic, committed and more innovative. In order to get
promotion or high-paid salaries, they can work well under pressure, have many ground-breaking
ideas and cultivate their ken. Many younger employees have more skills or
experience than older staff, which have been stuck in one area or unit for most
of their working lives. Besides, they are more adaptive to the modern workplace
and can be more readily moulded to a particular work style. As a result, they provide
the solution for the weakness of the past and therefore the development of the
nation has gone another step into a developed nation status.
The growth and development of a
country also follows the one simple rule not unlike all other growths; that it
begins from the bottom and then slowly progresses upwards step by step. In terms
of a country on the road towards a developed nation status, the transition
between the present generation and their apprentices holds the key factor for a
successful country growth. As the old carry their aspirations together in
building up this nation, the younger generation needs to be properly trained to
understand and absorb these sentiments so that the nation’s development will be
in line with the original set-ups planned by the pioneers of the country’
development. Ultimately, the developed nation status will become an easier goal
to achieve.
In final consideration, it really is important
for the young workforce to prepare themselves to meet the present day
challenges in order for the country to achieve the developed nation status. A
wise man once said, “We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled
but as candles to be lit”. Young people have their own flair which can help a
country to achieve higher nation status as a developed country. The problem now
is their talents are not being boosted enough. Thus, they are not prepared
enough to meet the future challenges which are seem to be more and more
difficult. Then, where we can find an independent generation which is needed in
making a further development to our country?
