ADDIS ABABA – As a key player in Africa’s aviation sector, the Ethiopian Aviation University expressed commitment to transform the industry through its top-tier education programs.
Approached by The Ethiopian Herald,the Ethiopian Aviation University Acting President Kassie Yimam said that the university has been working on developing Africa’s aviation industry via the provision of unique aviation education in many fields.
Ethiopia has training schools that offer qualitytraining similar to what is given in the Middle East, Europe and America. However, Kassie said that the university is unique for its full training facilities, materials, workshops and laboratories,among others.
“This is the reason why students select the Ethiopian Aviation University to receive professional aviation training.” Currently, it is offering training to students who came from the four corners of the world having a passion to becomepilots, flight attendants, maintenance specialists, customer service agents, and commercial professionals, he stated.
For example, he said that the university has recently received 300 students from Gabon and currently, it is offering training for more than 2000 students. So far, it has graduated over 20, 000 competent Ethiopians and other nationals of aviation professionals.
In addition to providing various trainings, it has been also offering university programs in the aviation sector inbachelor’s and master’s degree programs, Kassie added.
In doing so, the university has supported not only the Ethiopian Airlines Group but also other partners through offering professional trainings, he noted.
To fulfill the ever growing human capital demand of the Ethiopian and other countries, it has been widely offering aviation profession trainings. As a result, the university has been greatly contributing to the growth of the aviation industry, according to the Acting President.
The preparations have been finalized to start offeringmaster’s degrees of Master of Data Science and MBA in Aviation Management training this fiscal year, he said, adding that Data Science focuses on predictive airplane health management systems. It would contribute to preserving the health of airplanes via data science analysis.
Furthermore, offering the MBA training courses would incorporate the Ethiopian Airlines’ experience to fellow managerial and operations, he noted.
BY TSEGAYE TILAHUN
The Ethiopian Herald December 15/2014
