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POSITION PAPER 5.
“Counselors are the key to the success of 1 Malaysia concept.”
Due to the above topic, let get through a little bit about 1 Malaysia concept. 1 Malaysia concept was proposed by the Prime Minister, Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak. The basic principle of this 1 Malaysia concept is “Rakyat didahulukan,Pencapaian diutamakan” can be said as “mesra rakyat” theme. Well, some people may claim that, those who in authority or power can make this concept become reality in other words the government per se. it is because, the government has power to impose budget and come out with certain portfolio or certain agendas that can make the 1 Malaysia concept really happens and the citizens only follow the flow or take part in the program that being focused or planned. In fact, some people also might think that this 1 Malaysia concept has nothing to themselves or even towards their life and do not realize the good impact of this concept towards the unity, peace and harmony in this country. Perhaps for some people they may claim that this 1 Malaysia concept as a polemic in politics propose by the government.
However for me, I got different point of view regarding 1Malaysia concept. For me personally, this concept is not only on the shoulder of the government but it is the responsibility to all citizen including counselors. For me, counselors can take an important role to the success of this 1 Malaysia concept. It is because, counselors plays a vital role in school as the person that really understand the human psychology or counselors are the expert in school. They can use their expertise to come out with a way and solutiuon to make the theme of 1 Malaysia become raelity. Counselors can play their roles as mediator, consultant and as liason to fulfill their job specificallyly and also as a team of 1 Malaysia concept generally.
In fact, the counselors are among the person who have authority to maintain the unity among the multi cultural society because they know best about human psychology and they are the people who are really expert on multi cultural issues. Hence, the counselor needs to take into consideration the needs of the students and school community when handling or come out with the program. The program should fit to the needs of the students as well as the school community.
Besides, counselors have been trained to face with multi-cultural issues that become a root for the 1 Malaysia concept, which is continuing maintaining the unity among the races in Malaysia. In facts, the counselors are abide by the code of ethics and cunducts that reinforced them to maintain good ethical values in dealing with the clients, eventhough multi cultural or multi diversity of the clients. So, the counselors automatically holding the key of the 1 Malaysia concept.
In a conclusion, I would like to stress out that, the concept of 1 Malaysia is very related to the counselors profession due to the above points I have mentioned which are the expertise of the counselors, the programme being handle by the counselors, and the jobs scope of the counselor that dealing with multi cultural society in Malaysia generally.