Kuala lumpur: Over 4,687 sports associations and clubs have been identified as inactive or problematic from 2020 to 2025, involving various levels of administration, as stated by Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Mordi Bimol.
According to BERNAMA News Agency, records from the Office of the Sports Commissioner (PJS) show that this figure includes 23 national-level sports bodies, 206 at the state level, 486 at the district level, and 3,972 at the club level.
Mordi highlighted issues such as violations of the constitution of sports bodies and breaches of the Sports Development Act 1997 (Act 576). "The Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS) through PJS encourages governance of sports bodies with integrity by monitoring registration, compliance, and activity levels in line with Act 576," he stated during a question and answer session at Dewan Rakyat.
He was responding to Onn Abu Bakar (PH-Batu Pahat) who inquired about the number of inactive or problematic sports associations or clubs, and the actions and recovery mechanisms by KBS. Mordi also mentioned a governance strengthening programme to empower sports bodies, focusing on guidance and training to improve management efficiency.
Initiatives include sports body organisation management courses, governance and integrity advocacy programmes, offender meeting days, and public dialogue sessions with sports bodies. In response to Onn's supplementary question on re-empowering youth associations, Mordi pointed to the Youth Organisations and Youth Development (Amendment) Act 2019 (Act A1602) as a vital structural reform.
As of January 31, 2026, records from the Youth Organisation Registrar's Office indicate 8,087 registered Youth Organisations with 545,587 members under 30. KBS supports these organisations through advocacy programmes, outreach initiatives, collaboration efforts, and management courses involving the Malaysian Youth Council (MBM) and its affiliates.
Mordi also noted that 8.7 per cent of NEET (Youth not in education, employment, or training) aged 15 to 24 were recorded in 2024, with a secondary school dropout rate of 2.55 per cent for the same year, based on data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia. He emphasized the need for early and integrated interventions to prevent youth from dropping out of education, training, and job market systems, addressing a supplementary question from Datuk Dr Suhaili Abdul Rahman (Labuan) on the role of KBS and youth associations in tackling the NEET issue.