ASEAN countries, including Malaysia, are actively pursuing opportunities in aerospace, which is fast becoming one of the most dynamic industries. Be it the commercial aerospace, defence and maritime industries, all areas promise high growth over the next few years.

Aerospac industry embraces many advanced technologies and offers abundant opportunities in engineering, electronics, composite materials as well as manufacturing and systems integration.

Today, Malaysia has about 200 aerospace-related organisations, with estimated combined earnings of more than RM27.5 billion and some 54,000 employees.

Realising this, Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) is tapping into the expertise as well as resources in aerospace industry by developing partnership with the aerospace-related companies to strengthen the local human capital development. At the same time, this can enhance the agency's ability to produce a world-class professional workforce.

"For this purpose, MARA is now in the process of consultation with other industry players, domestically and internationally, inviting equity participation," he said.

Through the interest that exists in the knowledge-driven companies later, Ibrahim said MARA is not only able to provide opportunities for students to undergo training and serve in the company, but also enhance the capability of teaching and learning modules in line with the industry requirements and current market conditions.

In realising the vision to produce aerospace professionals and experts in the country, MARA will start exposing the students in the secondary level in Maktab Rendah Sains MARA to prepare them all the way up to higher level of education at the University of Kuala Lumpur.

MARA's advantages include human capital development expertise, infrastructure in education, research and development (R&D), strategic investment in the existing aerospace and maritime companies, government incentives and financial capacity.

Ibrahim said MARA is also enhancing the ability to create the workforce in maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the aerospace industry.

"These measures are in line with the industry growth through the creation of new airlines in Asia Pacific as well as fleet expansion by existing companies," he said.

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