CINEC to develop Maritime School of Fiji
View(s):CINEC Maritime Campus, said to be the largest maritime training institute in South Asia, signed an agreement last month with the Government of Fiji and the Fiji National University, to manage the Maritime School of the Fiji National University (FNU) in Suva.
From left - Rajan Brito - Deputy Chairman, Aitken Spence PLC; . Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum - Minister of Public Enterprises and Attorney General, Fiji; Capt. Ajith Pieris - President of CINEC Maritime Campus and Dr. Parakrama Dissanayake - Chairman, Aitken Spence Maritime and Jt. Managing Director, CINEC.
Fiji Minister of Public Enterprises and Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum signed the agreement on behalf of the Government of Fiji while Capt. Ajith Pieris, President of CINEC Maritime Campus and Vice Chancellor Prof. Ganesh Chand of the Fiji National University were the other signatories. Rajan Brito, Deputy Chairman, Aitken Spence PLC and Dr. Parakrama Dissanayake, Chairman, Aitken Spence Maritime and Jt. Managing Director CINEC were present at the ceremony, according to an Aitken Spence media release.
“This is a further expansion of CINEC Maritime Campus which recently took over the management of the Seychelles Maritime School.
management of the Maritime School of the FNU by CINEC, will fulfill a long standing need of the Government of Fiji to produce well-trained seafarers from the island nation. The Maritime School has courses up to Watch Keepers and with CINEC’s involvement, the School will be able to provide courses to the category of Officers and Engineer Class 1,” it said.