Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT)-Zaria: The best aviation school in Africa

The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria has been rewarded as the best training institute with the highest number of trained instructors in addition to highest number of ICAO courses.

NCAT received the Award prize at the TRAINAIR PLUS symposium held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia   last week. 

“This Certification came after an exhaustive statistical inspection of NCAT Training facilities, instructional staff, course content and programmes by a team of GAT experts’’ the NCAT management proudly said in a statement.

In the view of this international recognition, NCAT has been allowed to conduct additional courses such as, Government Safety Inspector Airworthiness Course- Air Operator and Approved Maintenance Organization Certification, Government Safety Inspector Operations Course- Air Operators Certification Course.

While dedicating the award to the Honorable minister of Transport Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and Honorable Minister of State (Aviation), Sen. Hadi Sirika for their commitment to the development of NCAT, the Rector of NCAT Captain Abdulsalami Mohammed pleaded with the Federal Government to provide NCAT with a sustainable allocations in view to become an ICAO Regional Training Centre of Excellence.

NCAT offers regular training programmes in Flying, Aviation Management, Air Traffic Services/ Communication, Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Courses and Aeronautical Telecommunications Engineering.

The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria is the oldest aviation school in Nigeria. It was set up by Act. No 31 on October 23 1964. Since its inception, NCAT has produced over 20000 professionals for the Aviation industry in Nigeria and beyond.