SITARAIL, this Thursday, July 4, 2024, at its railway stations in Ouagadougou, obtained about thirty Bachelor (L2) college students from the Civil Engineering division of the Larger Institute of Expertise (IST) of Wayalghin, as a part of a go to examine. A couple of days earlier than, simply on July 1, the corporate had additionally hosted the Enterprise Faculty of Burkina at its services in Bobo-Dioulasso, as a part of the opening of the corporate to the world of scholars.
Beneath the steering and supervision of SITARAIL technicians, college students from IST Wayalghin have been capable of uncover, amongst different issues, the structure of buildings, constructions and platforms for dealing with operations, in addition to the geometry of monitor harnesses and machines on the Ouagadougou railway station. From this one-day immersion on the earth of railways, these L2 civil engineering college students seem properly versed in railway data.
A minimum of that is the opinion of Ezadi Sawadogo, a civil engineering scholar at that college. “We have been warmly welcomed. We needed to go to a number of works which will certainly be helpful for us in our educational expertise. This sensible journey enhances the theoretical classes we get at college. “. Her opinion is shared by Julie Ilboudo, who can also be a second-year civil engineering scholar. “The journey to SITARIL was very helpful for us as a result of we discovered so much concerning the railway, -especially its composition, building and upkeep. That is all data that may profit us for the remainder of our research,” she mentioned.
The primary managers of the IST additionally needed to specific their gratitude to SITARAIL for being open and supportive. “That is the second time SITARAIL has supplied this immersion alternative to our college students, after final 12 months. We want to take this chance to as soon as once more thank the corporate’s high managers for the significance they connect to the coaching of our college students,” mentioned Patrick Lankouandé, Director at IST.
The declarations of the coed supervisor are confirmed by the Head of the Operational Space (CIREX) 5 of SITARAIL, Moussa SANKARA, who reiterates that the corporate is accessible to assist the scholars of their sensible studying . “At SITARAIL, we obtain lots of college students, for journeys or internships, as a part of their research to permit them to mix idea and follow. The railway is a particular space and this journey offers the scholars the chance to get in contact with the information on the bottom. »
Be aware that earlier than this go to by IST college students, the corporate had additionally obtained, on Monday July 1, 2024 at its services in Bobo-Dioulasso, college students from the Enterprise Faculty of Burkina (EBA), a faculty beneath the Chamber of Commerce and Enterprise Burkina. Faso, as a part of a examine tour. There too, beneath the steering of SITARAIL technicians, the EBA Bobo-Dioulasso college students have been capable of finding out concerning the railway logistics services and tools, particularly the Bobo-Dioulasso station, tools and monitor tools, coaching work, sending and receiving trainers. , in addition to the preserved reminiscence of the railway by the SITARAL museum.
In accordance with the corporate, this opening to the world of scholars is a part of its company social duty coverage, which goals to assist learners of their want to mix idea and follow, to finish their coaching adapt to the wants of companies. SITARAIL can also be invested within the skilled coaching and employability of younger individuals, by its two coaching facilities, in Abidjan and Bobo-Dioulasso, and the Larger Faculty of Railway Vocations (ESMF) situated there the Bobo-Dioulasso.
As a reminder, SITARAIL is a subsidiary of AGL (Africa International Logistics), of the Italian-Swiss MSC group that operates the Ouagadougou – Abidjan railway.
Joshua Bonkoungou
