The new GTTI Hospitality and Tourism team:
Fatoumata Touray, Alagie Bojang, Dawda
Baldeh and Francis Gomez
Mrs Jahou Faal, GTTI
A new Supervisory Management training programme is being delivered at the Gambia Technical Training Institute (GTTI) in West Africa as the result of an 18-month collaborative partnership with ncn.
The syllabus for this much-needed Hospitality and Tourism programme was finalised in September when ncn staff met with the GTTI and other Gambian partners. A Foundation Diploma is now underway and a full Level 3 Diploma course begins in January 2011.
The new programme is part of the British Council’s Education Partnerships in Africa (EPA) project, and it aims to grow and sustain the tourism and hospitality industry in The Gambia through effective training and development.
Mrs Jahou Faal, GTTI Head of Business Studies, explained: “GTTI enjoys a fruitful relationship with ncn and staff from both institutions have benefited from exchange visits, which have proved invaluable when planning our new courses.
“This discipline is new for GTTI and our target is to train 50 young people each year for employment or self-employment in the hotel and tourism industry.”
“We are confident that these new qualifications will contribute to the improvement of service delivery in what is our main employment sector, and we are all excited about a new era of collaborative partnership,” she added.
The courses are being delivered by four new members of GTTI staff who benefited from a pilot training programme, carried out by ncn staff in The Gambia in April.
Geoff Hall, ncn Principal and Chief Executive said: “I am delighted to see this collaborative project come to fruition, not only benefiting Gambian people and industry, but also enriching the teaching and learning experience of our own staff and students.”
NOTE: This document is an output from the EPA Project funded by the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) for the benefit of the UK and African Further and Higher Education Sectors. The views expressed are not necessarily those of BIS, nor British Council.
Posted 18 October 2010