KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 17): Prestariang Bhd has landed a two-year contract worth RM14 million from the Ministry of Information Communications and Culture for its 1Citizen Program, its second such contract.
The company, which is an ICT service and education training provider, said on Tuesday rthat its unit Prestariang Systems Sdn Bhd (PSSB) had been awarded the contract.
It said PSSB expects to roll out the 1CITIZEN program from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2013.
It said the program was targeted at the community-at-large and would cater for 40,000 participants to be educated and trained for digital literacy and Internet etiquette.
Prestariang chief executive officer Dr Abu Hasan Ismail in a statement Jan 17 said the company was confident that the contract would contribute significantly to its revenue growth for 2012 as well as its order book for the next two years.
PSSB had in August 2011 received a contract of RM28 million from Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) for its 1CITIZEN program to be implemented for 80,000 students in 20 public institutions of higher learning including universities, polytechnics and community colleges in Malaysia, as well as selected private institutions of higher learning.
Dr Abu said the IC CITIZEN program was the first of the company’s many more home-grown certifications to come.
“It has been well received since its introduction in November 2010.
“More importantly, it is also starting to gain momentum in international markets through our global partners such as Certiport, US and Knowledge Point, UAE,” he said.
IC CITIZEN program is the first of its kind certification on internet etiquette developed and owned by Prestariang Group.
Launched in 2010, IC CITIZEN is globally marketed in partnership with US-based Certiport to a network of 10,000 centres in 152 countries.
Dr Abu said Prestariang’s focus in developing its own Intellectual Property (IP) training and certification programs, such as IC CITIZEN had continued to generate new income stream.
“Moving forward, the company expects to see greater growth and revenue contributions to be spurred by other home-grown certification programs such as Vocational English, Islamic Finance and Green IT scheduled for launch within this year.
“Prestariang’s business model in synergizing both ICT training and certification with software license distribution and management will continue to provide advantage to the group,” he said.
The company, which is an ICT service and education training provider, said on Tuesday rthat its unit Prestariang Systems Sdn Bhd (PSSB) had been awarded the contract.
It said PSSB expects to roll out the 1CITIZEN program from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2013.
It said the program was targeted at the community-at-large and would cater for 40,000 participants to be educated and trained for digital literacy and Internet etiquette.
Prestariang chief executive officer Dr Abu Hasan Ismail in a statement Jan 17 said the company was confident that the contract would contribute significantly to its revenue growth for 2012 as well as its order book for the next two years.
PSSB had in August 2011 received a contract of RM28 million from Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) for its 1CITIZEN program to be implemented for 80,000 students in 20 public institutions of higher learning including universities, polytechnics and community colleges in Malaysia, as well as selected private institutions of higher learning.
Dr Abu said the IC CITIZEN program was the first of the company’s many more home-grown certifications to come.
“It has been well received since its introduction in November 2010.
“More importantly, it is also starting to gain momentum in international markets through our global partners such as Certiport, US and Knowledge Point, UAE,” he said.
IC CITIZEN program is the first of its kind certification on internet etiquette developed and owned by Prestariang Group.
Launched in 2010, IC CITIZEN is globally marketed in partnership with US-based Certiport to a network of 10,000 centres in 152 countries.
Dr Abu said Prestariang’s focus in developing its own Intellectual Property (IP) training and certification programs, such as IC CITIZEN had continued to generate new income stream.
“Moving forward, the company expects to see greater growth and revenue contributions to be spurred by other home-grown certification programs such as Vocational English, Islamic Finance and Green IT scheduled for launch within this year.
“Prestariang’s business model in synergizing both ICT training and certification with software license distribution and management will continue to provide advantage to the group,” he said.
