Qatar Aeronautical College celebrates graduation of new class

Qatar Aeronautical College on Monday celebrated the graduation of its class of the 2018-2019 academic year, which exceeded 100 graduates spread over different specialisations.

HE the Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti congratulated the graduates, expressing his appreciation of their success and determination to play a role in the development of Qatar and their countries.He stressed that Qatar continuously emphasises the importance of investing in human development and human resources in the implementation of its 2030 national vision.This is clear in the country's strong focus on education, which contributes to social and economic development.The minister said that Qatar's investment in the aviation education field yielded 5,578 diploma holders from Qatar Aeronautical College and graduates of short courses who now work in their countries.He noted that the past few years saw the college conclude several agreements and memorandums of understanding.It has also worked on enhancing the content of its library, modernise its fleet, recruit highly competent training staff, bring in the latest training equipment and increase technical training.These efforts, the minister said, were to provide the ideal environment for students to study commercial aviation, aircraft maintenance engineering, air surveillance, meteorology, airport management, security management and other subjects.For his part, Director-General of Qatar Aeronautical College Jabor bin Hamad al-Thani said that the college is working on achieving its goals of providing training to those who wish to specialise in different segments of the aviation industry.He noted that the college now provides the local and international market with new cadres.Jabor bin Hamad al-Thani said that the college managed to twin its programmes and develop all aspects of its educational process in order to ensure the training of strong cadres.The college is also working on partnering with international universities in the field of research and higher education that will be completed in the near future.Jabor bin Hamad al-Thani noted that the college's activities prompted the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to have the college host the 5th Global Aviation Training and TRAINAIR PLUS Symposium.During that time, the college signed a Memorandum of Understanding with France's ENAC for a mastertarget="_blank"'>