KCB Bank Kenya has partnered with Mang\u2019u High School to scale its aviation\u00a0training programme in what will see hundreds of students benefit in the next\u00a0five years.<\/p>\n
KCB will facilitate the equipping of the School\u2019s aviation center, providing the\u00a0students with hands-on experience in aviation and prepare them for careers in\u00a0the\u00a0aviation\u00a0industry.<\/p>\n
Kenya Airways has donated an aircraft\u2014Boeing 737-700\u2014to the school and\u00a0KCB will facilitate its transfer from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to the\u00a0Thika\u00a0based\u00a0facility\u00a0and\u00a0support\u00a0in\u00a0kitting\u00a0the\u00a0aviation\u00a0center.\u00a0The\u00a0Bank\u00a0has\u00a0put\u00a0in\u00a0KShs.5\u00a0million towards the project.<\/p>\n
\u201cKCB remains committed in supporting the youth agenda and that includes\u00a0access\u00a0to\u00a0skills\u00a0development,\u00a0business\u00a0development\u00a0support\u00a0and\u00a0financing.\u00a0We\u00a0believe that a strong investment in our youth today is a recipe for economic\u00a0growth. Through this sponsorship, our goal is to inspire students to take up a\u00a0career in the aviation sector with a long-term goal of mainstreaming it in our\u00a0curriculum.\u201d\u00a0Said\u00a0KCB\u00a0Group\u00a0CEO\u00a0Paul\u00a0Russo\u00a0while\u00a0making\u00a0the\u00a0donation.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0programme\u00a0is\u00a0expected\u00a0to\u00a0train\u00a0a\u00a0critical\u00a0mass\u00a0of\u00a0future\u00a0air\u00a0traffic\u00a0controllers,\u00a0aircraft\u00a0engineers, pilots\u00a0among\u00a0others.<\/p>\n
Mang\u2019u High School is one of the few schools in Kenya that offer aviation\u00a0training, focusing on technical skills such as propulsion, thermodynamics, &\u00a0meteorology. The aviation students undertake most of their studies at Wilson\u00a0Airport\u00a0& Moi\u00a0Air\u00a0Base\u00a0in Eastleigh.<\/p>\n
“We are incredibly grateful for the support we have received from KCB and\u00a0other organisations. We believe that a strong aviation program is essential for\u00a0preparing students for the future in this field, ” said Mang\u2019u High School Board\u00a0of\u00a0Management\u00a0Chairman, Mr.\u00a0Anthony Maina\u00a0Mithanga.<\/p>\n
Government\u00a0statistics\u00a0show\u00a0that\u00a0Kenya\u00a0has\u00a0a\u00a0deficit\u00a0of\u00a0over\u00a02000\u00a0pilots\u00a0and\u00a0has\u00a0an\u00a0ambition\u00a0of training\u00a0at\u00a0least\u00a0800\u00a0annually\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0next\u00a0five\u00a0years.<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KCB Bank Kenya has partnered with Mang\u2019u High School to scale its aviation\u00a0training programme in what will see hundreds of students benefit in the next\u00a0five years. KCB will facilitate the equipping of the School\u2019s aviation center, providing the\u00a0students with hands-on experience in aviation and prepare them for careers in\u00a0the\u00a0aviation\u00a0industry. Kenya Airways has donated an aircraft\u2014Boeing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[170,154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new","category-popular-news","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5540"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5544,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5540\/revisions\/5544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}