NCAT Granted Centre of Excellence by ICAO

The Rector of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) Zaria, Captain Adbulsalami Mohammed has confirmed that the college has been granted regional centre of excellence status by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

He said that besides inherent gains in terms of funds that would accrue to the school from training, it would  also boost the image of the school and the country immensely because more students from different parts of West and Central Arica would come and train in the school.

“I can confirm that we have been granted the status. This journey was started by NCAT 11years ago when we became members of the TrainAir Plus, before you become a member of TrainAir Plus there are also criteria you need to meet which included assessment of training facilities and personnel. The global aviation office sent auditors from ICAO to Zaria to come and assess us.

“They came with their checklist and of course typically there were some gaps and we were given time within which to close these gaps, and we were reassessed and it was determined that we met the requirement to be a member of the TrainAir . The next level was the change in nomenclature now it’s called TrainAir Plus and also that requirement was for the institution to develop a standard training package which we did in 2013 and in 2015.

The Rector said with the new status it has concluded plans to partner with both local and international education intuitions to introduce more courses in the school and disclosed that the school would soon install simulator that would not only be used for training and type-rating by students but it would also help pilots for their recurrent training, which would safe domestic carriers huge amount of foreign exchange.