The minister for works and transport, Hon. Eng. Monica Azuba Ntege reveals governments’ plans to review the aviation legislative frame work as this will streamline and easy the licensing and certification processes of operators to reduce on the time required concluding the certification processes.
Speaking at
the 6th graduation ceremony for Uganda aviation school in Kampala
today, the minister assures the graduates of job availability following the rejuvenated
efforts by govt to have a national carrier where they will be employed.
She further
states that Africa and Uganda in particular will not develop if we continue
importing skills and knowledge and urges ugandans to develop people focused
programmes as a means of curbing un employment mainly among youth.
However, the
proprietor of the school, Hon. Capt. Mike
Mukula challenges graduates to exhibit high levels of discipline as they
move out in the job market noting that the aviation industry is one of those
sectors that requires perfection and for any player to prosper, they must be
healthy.
He further
says, with such trainings, Uganda will then be able to get to the level of
Ethiopian airlines which invested USD.100M do start up its own aviation training
school.
And Captain Francis Babu who is the chairman board
of director at the school, assures grandaunts and parents of available and well
paying jobs in the aviation industry which he says is short of man power.
The 6th
graduation has seen 30 students pass out in the disciplines of, Airline cabin
crew, Aviation security awareness, airline customer service. And among these,
five were males.
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