Najib (centre) and Muhyiddin (fourth right) talk to the participants during the event. — Bernama photo
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yesterday announced that the accounting programmes of Yayasan Peneraju Pendidikan Bumiputera are open for registration.
The programmes aim to produce about 3,500 Bumiputera certified accountants by 2020, Yayasan Peneraju said in a statement here yesterday.
Najib, who is also chairman of Yayasan Peneraju board of trustees, said the foundation’s second wave of programmes beginning this year until 2017 will focus on basic certification programmes including for the Certified Accounting Technician (CAT), Certificate in Finance, Accounting and Business (CFAB) and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). The programmes aim to benefit 16,000 Bumiputeras.
“Yayasan Peneraju is mandated to raise the number of professional Bumiputera accountants in line with the Bumiputera Economic Transformation Road Map.
“The need to produce more certified accountants is significant in order to achieve high income nation status by 2020.
“This year alone, Yayasan Peneraju has provided various training opportunities for 600 Bumiputeras,” Najib said.
Programmes offered by Yayasan Peneraju include Peneraju Profesional Akauntan Muda, Peneraju Profesional Akauntan Sarjana Muda, Peneraju Profesional Akauntan Siswazah and Peneraju Profesional Akauntan. Yayasan Peneraju is also widening its accounting programmes to holders of SPM, basic accounting certificates and diplomas, as well as post-Asasi and post-matriculation students, third-year bachelors students and first degree holders.
“I urge Bumiputeras not to miss this opportunity of a career as an accountant and to progress towards being a certified accountant as the career has high market value and promises a lucrative income,” Najib said.
The programme’s first wave, which began in 2012 and ended on Dec 31, 2014, benefited some 4,000 Bumiputeras in 51 programmes, 28 career specialisations and 10 industries involving an expenditure of RM71.2 million. — Bernama