Rafizi, Nor Azmie appointed as Trustees of Yayasan Peneraju

KUALA LUMPUR,  April 4  (Bernama) -- Minister of Economy, Rafizi Ramli and the ministry’s secretary general, Datuk Nor Azmie Diron, have been appointed as members of the Board of Trustees of the Yayasan  Peneraju Pendidikan Bumiputera (Yayasan Peneraju), with effect from March 27.

Yayasan Peneraju, in a statement today,  said their appointments were on a pro-bono basis.

Its chief executive officer,  Ts Dr Mohd Muzzammil Ismail, in welcoming their appointments, hoped to work together towards taking Yayasan Peneraju forward.

"As a data-driven organisation, we will work together towards designing and offering more industry-driven programmes to increase the employability of youth with the right skills," he said in the statement.

Yayasan Peneraju is a government agency established in 2012 to focus on strengthening capacity building towards the sustainability of Bumiputera talents.

This is in line with the government's efforts to drive Malaysia towards a high-income country through structured academic funding programmes, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), structured professional, technology and specialist programmes.

Besides that, Yayasan Peneraju has been able to improve the skills and re-skilling of more than 57,000 human capital, including the B40, M40, rural and marginalized groups through more than 440 programmes to enable them to contribute to the country’s economic development.

-- BERNAMA