The Naza Group and HELP International Corporation Bhd (HELP) will jointly set up a college of automotive and transportation management. Both parties recently signed an MoU to work towards establishing a joint venture company that will undertake and run a college that will offer a full range of courses in automotive education.
The 50:50 JV intends to set up three campuses for the new automotive college – Klang Valley, Gurun, Kedah and Seri Alam, Iskandar Malaysia, Johor, starting with the former two campuses in the fourth quarter of the year. Certificate and diploma courses will be offered, followed by degree and masters programs. The target is to roll out the first batch of graduates by 2012.
“We plan to introduce innovative programmes in this new automotive college. The college will have a comprehensive program in technical and technology training, including automotive engineering, transportation and logistics management, operations and quality control, and car design. Other complementary competencies include customer service and HR management, marketing and export management, financial management and entrepreneurship. At a later phase we would include urban and transportation planning for cities,” said Datuk Dr Paul Chan, Co-Founder and President of HELP.
“The upside of this joint venture is that Naza already has the existing training facilities and experience, this means that the new college will be able to begin operations this year. We also plan to partner with good institutions, and countries that are well known in the automotive industry such as France, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Students from our automotive college will also be able to work and intern at Naza. All standards will be benchmarked against best practices in this industry. Green technology will be a priority area,” he added.
“As a leading player in the automotive business, we have a clear understanding of the needs and requirements of the industry while HELP has an extensive and commendable record in the field of higher learning. With our respective capabilities combined, we will be in the best position to develop the future talent for the industry,” said SM Nasarudin SM Nasimuddin, Joint Group Executive Chairman of the Naza Group.
Naza is no complete stranger to automotive education. It has the Naza Kia Academy (NKA) in Gurun that was established in 2006. Initially set up as Kia’s overseas training centre and a training centre for Naza Group staff, NKA later expanded its curriculum to include diploma courses. NKA’s facilities include 24 service bays, service training operations, management training and 45 twin-sharing hostel rooms. With this new venture, NKA’s facilities and courses will be absorbed by the JV company.
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Automotive college? Good!! Please do research on how to reduce those bombastic car price in Malaysia. :)
That requires political will first.
To HELP Bhd,
Where is your very own campus which has been promising ??
maybe they needed naza cash for it?
heard the ground breaking is very soon and targeted to be ready by end 2013. they have so much cash in the bank saved up over the years.
politically strong does not mean technically know-how to be strong….. for those who enroll into the automotive college… good luck! Well unless they are willing to pay for knowledge instructor which i doubt they will. wake up giant! do something to you QC!!!!
When is the first intake for HELP & NAZA Automotive College?