,” I couldn’t agree more with the university student leaders quoted in this piece. For too long, Malaysian universities have been engineered according to an educational model that insulates students from not only real-world engagement but even democratic engagement.
A university should be a laboratory for experiential learning where students practice the roles of democracy alongside adults — administrators, lecturers, community and business leaders — and fellow students. “I think that college students should be given more space and freedom to evaluate things. This is because the university is one of the academic spots, a place of exposure to the pros and cons of the political system. The government today needs to place its trust on the students in making choices. The context of student empowerment needs to be raised to a higher level at university.
It is high time that we realize that this way of thinking only handicaps our youth. With adult support, young people at 18 to 25 years old are fully capable of grasping the ideals and practices of democracy.
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