SAF is only <20% as operationally ready/ fit as it ought to be???!!!
SAF is only <20% as operationally ready/ fit as it ought to be???!!!
(<20% NSmen actually manage to pass physical fitness test; >50% NSmen so terribly disabled/ infirm, they are excused from taking physical fitness test of any kind).
Operationally-ready national servicemen (NSmen) running as part of IPPT Preparatory Training (IPT) programme in Maju Camp on Sept 8, 2014. -- ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN -
Calculation:
'300,000-plus operationally ready national servicemen (NSmen) who form the backbone of the SAF': [SAF bends and stretches over IPPT: My Paper; 01Jul2014]
'...Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT)... ...The 2010 figures from the Ministry of Defence - the most recent available - showed that half of the 116,000 NSmen who take the test annually fail it.' [Tougher penalties for NSmen who skip IPPT; ST 31Oct2014]
% of all NSmen who are able to achieve minimum pass @ IPPT =
[(116,000/2) / 300,000+] = <19.33333%
Or much less than 20% considering that denominator is in excess of 300,000 personnel.
% of all 'operationally ready' NSmen who are actually medically fit to take IPPT=
116,000 / 300,000 =38.666%
Less than 40% NSmen are physically (medically) fit enough to qualify for IPPT testing to have their fitness recorded and computed annually.
SAF is only <20% as operationally ready/ fit as it ought to be???!!!
(<20% NSmen actually manage to pass physical fitness test; >50% NSmen so terribly disabled/ infirm, they are excused from taking physical fitness test of any kind).
Calculation:
'300,000-plus operationally ready national servicemen (NSmen) who form the backbone of the SAF': [SAF bends and stretches over IPPT: My Paper; 01Jul2014]
'...Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT)... ...The 2010 figures from the Ministry of Defence - the most recent available - showed that half of the 116,000 NSmen who take the test annually fail it.' [Tougher penalties for NSmen who skip IPPT; ST 31Oct2014]
% of all NSmen who are able to achieve minimum pass @ IPPT =
[(116,000/2) / 300,000+] = <19.33333%
Or much less than 20% considering that denominator is in excess of 300,000 personnel.
% of all 'operationally ready' NSmen who are actually medically fit to take IPPT=
116,000 / 300,000 =38.666%
Less than 40% NSmen are physically (medically) fit enough to qualify for IPPT testing to have their fitness recorded and computed annually.
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