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Local aeronautical school eyeing Associate Degree programme
The national status of the Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School is poised for elevation. At a meeting with representatives of the School on Wednesday Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert
Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, (left) meeting with Captain Malcolm G. Chan-a-Sue and Mrs. Nalini Chanderban.
Roopnaraine, made a commitment to help in the process.
A statement out of the Ministry yesterday said that Minister Roopnaraine met with the Chief Executive Officer of the Aeronautical Engineering School, Captain Malcolm G. Chan-a-Sue and Executive Manager, Mrs. Nalini Chanderban, to discuss the accreditation status of the school’s Ab-Initio programme.
At that forum the Education Minister indicated his willingness to assist in the facilitation of the institution’s accreditation process and as such, has committed to having the National Accreditation Council of Guyana work with the Aeronautical Engineering School to have its Completion Certificate made equivalent to an Associate Degree.
This School, under the leadership of Captain Chan-a-Sue and the management of Mrs Chanderban is certified and approved by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority, the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Suriname,and the CARICOM arm of Aviation, Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Systems.
It is also certificated under the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems of the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards.
The School will in the mean time continue to work with the University of Guyana and the National Accreditation Council to have its programme used as a prerequisite for a Degree in Aviation Maintenance.
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