Malawi Institute of Tourism has graduated five hundred students from different fields into the tourism sector in Malawi.
During the graduation ceremony of these students in Blantyre on Friday, the Deputy Minister of Education Nancy Chaola Mdooko applauded the institution for equipping the students with skills that will contribute to the development of the Tourism industry in the country by providing professional labor.
“I would like to thank MIT for training these students with the necessary skills, this is in line with Malawi vision 2063. Let me also urge corporates to hire these graduates to provide professional and quality services in their organization” said Mdooko
The graduating students were awarded with Diplomas and certificates in various tourism and hospitality programs. The students were from 2021-2024 cohorts, from all the three campuses of MIT situated in Mzuzu, Lilongwe and Blantyre.
MIT Executive Director Isabel Tamanda Chakhumbira added that the students were also equipment with entrepreneurship skills to encourage job creation.
“We do not only focus on training our students to seek employment, we also want them to start businesses on their own to create more jobs” said Chakhumbira.
In line with her words, one of the graduating students Dylan Mabvuva, who was studying Professional Cookery said he was planning to start up his own business.
MIT was established in 1975 by the Malawi Government. It is the only recognized government skills training institution in the country and is entrusted with the responsibility of providing hands on training in disciplines related to the tourism and hospitality industry in the country. Specific capacity was built for the school to provide courses in the following areas: Food Production; Housekeeping; Front Office Operations and Food and Beverage Services.
