A new center for aviation sector training is to be opened in Ethiopia. The new center, the National Aviation College, is a collaborative venture between the National Airways of Ethiopia and Kenya Aeronautical College.
The college is intended to cater to the requirements of the Aviation Sector which is in need of skilled manpower.
The institute will launch operations by offering training to ticket sales personnel and travel agents as well as cabin crew noted Captain Abera Lemmi, General Manager for National Airways.
Instructors for the college will be coming from Kenya to help launch the initial stage of the program and to support expansion into higher training opportunities he said.It is part of the colleges short term aims to offer an internationally accredited degree level program in aviation science, and in support systems said Abera.
The college is seeking accreditation from Canadian approving bodies and is in the process of negotiation an affiliation with a Canadian university willing to run joint aviation programs here he added.
Two of the institutions with which the college is holding talks for this purpose are the Chinese Sheyang Aerospacce University and the American Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
It is hoped to offer aviation students at the college training in both local and international aviation colleges said Abera.
Students that are trained according to the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization are able to find employment internationally he claimed.
Source: Capital
