The Universal School of Aviation in Nigeria has begun a partnership with ESFAM-Benin University in the Republic of Benin in order to train students in aviation related matters and other related courses.
At the 19th AKWAABA Africa Travel and Tourism Market, Onome Dabor, a representative of the Aviation School-which has been in existence for over 15 years, explained the various opportunities that have been provided through this program.
Dabor said, “We are quite versatile in the industry and we are very well known for our short-term professional courses, and more recently, our B.Sc. course which links the school with a school in Benin Republic known as ESFAM-Benin University, where we train students for 3 years without strike, and of course, there is no JAMB required for this B.Sc. course.”
ESFAM-Benin University will offer courses in the departments of Aviation Management, Computer Science, Business Administration, Transport and Logistics Management, Tourism and Hospitality Management, International Relations & Diplomacy and Accounting.
Speaking on the courses that the Aviation school offers in Nigeria, Dabor said, “We have courses like Airline ticketing and reservation, flight attendant, popularly known as the cabin crew, then we train students on flight dispatch program, then we have travel agency management, customer service management, hotel management, and as I said earlier, majority or major B.Sc. courses and aviation related courses.”
The representative went on to explain the duration of their courses, saying, “Some of our courses are short term courses for 7 months. Four months for the course training itself and three months for I.T. Now, this industrial attachment is an avenue that we have created to create job opportunities for our students. So, what we do is we train them here, then send them down to these agencies for practical aspects of what they have been taught in classes, and then they get retained after that I.T.”
Speaking on the problems that the aviation industry may face in Nigeria due to the economic situation, she said that while it is a drawback, the aviation industry “will continue to thrive regardless.” Speaking on how the school planned to make it easier for students in this period, she said, “For us to ease this, we have created a platform where we can give students those courses and allow for them to make their payments in instalments, meaning they get to pay bit by bit before the end of the course, then they can balance up.”
Ozioma Samuel-Ugwuezi
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