Select Page

Namport, NTA ink practical internship agreement

Namport, NTA ink practical internship agreement

Namibia Ports Authority (Namport) and the Namibian Training Authority signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA )which will ensure that locals who receive training from NTA can be placed for attachment to Namport for practical exposure in fields that are business related to Namport.

Bisey /Uirab, Chief Executive Officer of Namport indicated that as a medium player in the transport and logistic sector they need to ensure that skills are sharpened at all levels hence the importance of such partnerships with the Training Authority.

“Thank you to NTA and its management for reviving practices where entities such as Namport can reap from those trained at the institution,” he added.

Meanwhile, Jerry Beukes, Chief Executive Officer of NTA said that this agreement aims at supporting current efforts of the Ministry of Higher Education, Training and Innovation and for the NTA to establish a viable and sustainable well integrated policy of its VET.

“The signing of this agreement will yield tremendous results for both Namport and the NTA,” he said.

As an institution Namport over the few years has embarked on developing its own human resource in different specialized in fields such as Marine Law, Marine Engineering and Piloting.


 

About The Author

Mandisa Rasmeni

Mandisa Rasmeni has worked as reporter at the Economist for the past five years, first on the entertainment beat but now focussing more on community, social and health reporting. She is a born writer and she believes education is the greatest equalizer. She received her degree in Journalism at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) in June 2021. . She is the epitome of perseverance, having started as the newspaper's receptionist in 2013.