PETALING JAYA: The Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Malaysia (IBFIM) has launched its new innovative e-learning platform, the Continuous Learning Programme (CLep).

       The on-demand virtual platform is designed to further strengthen the development of versatile talent within the Islamic finance industry.

       CLeP, through its debut programme which focuses on Takaful learning, aims to raise the professional standards, level of knowledge and competency of the Takaful operators, according to the IBFIM.

       The programme is accorded with CPD points by the Malaysian Takaful Association (MTA) and is delivered via IBFIM’s Learning Management System or “i-CLASS”.

       CLeP for Takaful consists of 18 Takaful topics to meet the learning needs of the Takaful industry, including more than 100,000 Takaful agents nationwide.

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       In a statement yesterday, MTA chairman Elmie Aman Najas said the launch of CLeP for Takaful is timely, in light of the new normal.

       “MTA is very proud that CLeP for Takaful is the first to be rolled out, in which it will prepare learners for the next level of professional qualifications, the Intermediate Qualification in Islamic Finance (IQIF) Takaful and Certified Qualification in Islamic Finance (CQIF) Takaful to attain credibility in the Takaful practice.

       “MTA would like to encourage all Takaful and Retakaful operators to leverage on this new capability offered by IBFIM and embed this into the internal training curriculum.

       “The training contents of CLeP allows individual learners the opportunity to mix and match against the specific learning outcomes that are to be achieved,” Elmie added.Meanwhile, IBFIM chief executive officer Yusry Yusoff said CLeP is able to equip learners in the Takaful industry with an alternative method of learning, in which all materials are “bite-sized, easily accessible and at a very attractive rate”.

       “As an institution that has been in existence for more than 25 years, it has been our mandate and priority to provide the best solutions in the effort to support the Islamic finance industry talent development and growth agenda.

       “IBFIM firmly believes that having a pool of high quality talents with the right skill sets and updated knowledge, is one of the key building blocks for the continued success of the industry,” added Yusry.