Abstract
The spirit of patriotism is a necessity in ensuring that the people always support and defend the sovereignty and national security of disruptions and disorders that come from within and beyond. The development of patriotism is very important in producing a group of people who are willing to sacrifice for the country and its people. Although the concept of patriotism is a concept of love of the nation passed from one generation to another, it requires a powerful medium in ensuring that the love of love in this country is always blooming and strong in today's society. Education is one way emphasized in strengthening the understanding and patriotism in Malaysia. Accordingly, a study was conducted in public university especially in Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) to see the student’s perception on Ethnic Relations Subjects as a medium to enhance the understanding of patriotism. The objective of this study is to examine the differences of students’ perception towards the Ethnic Relations subject according to ethnicity, ii) gender and iii) groups that have taken Ethnic Relations subject and groups who have not taken Ethnic Relations subject. The survey method was used and analyzed using Cronbach's Alpha reliability test, and independent-sample t-test.
Highlights
The spirit of patriotism is an important and relevant in ensuring the sovereignty, development of the nation can be achieved and maintained to provide Malaysians with a strong identity towards their beloved country
This can be seen in the Malaysia Youth Index (IBM) in 2015 indicating the percentage of identity domains focusing on competitiveness, volunteerism, patriotism, unity, and integrity at a moderate level of 69.1%
The findings show that among the five ethnic groups involved in the study, Indian ethnic respondents perception on Ethnic Relations subject would increase the understanding of patriotism is higher than other ethnic groups (3.7375), followed by Malays (3.6657) Chinese (3.4583), students from other ethnic groups (3.4375) and Bumiputera (2.8125)
Summary
The spirit of patriotism is an important and relevant in ensuring the sovereignty, development of the nation can be achieved and maintained to provide Malaysians with a strong identity towards their beloved country This identity is very important in shaping a society that is willing to sacrifice, a sense of pride, always prioritizing the interests of the community rather than themselves. A thorough study by Ujang, Md., Arifin and Aiyub (2014) used logistic regression analysis method to 500 samples taken from 8 states by North, East, Central, South and Sabah and Sarawak zones shows the level of youth awareness on patriotism are low and worrying This finding supported by the low patriotism score shown in the Malaysia Youth Index 2015 at the Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia.
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