L’école supérieure de technologie Oujda has been awarded a grant jointly with Gateway technical college and Snap On In c.-the world diagnostic leader-.

The grant is for a short period of 15 months, it will cover the automotive diagnostic part and  will  try to develop and implement a three year renewable action plan to start a much broader program in Mechatronics – a combination of mechanics, electronics and information  industry –  offering a complete curriculum that will serve to train qualified technicians and later on engineers in automotive industry.

The proposed project « Automotive diagnostics training partnership » brings together instructors from Gateway Technical College, Francis Tutle and Shoreline Community College and Ecole supérieure de technologie Oujda Morocco to share best practices in automotive diagnostics training and to strengthen their cultural competences to more effectively prepare a global workforce.

The project will deliver a diagnostic training program that includes a train-the- trainers component to provide sets based industry standards for automotive industry in the region of Oujda. This collaborative project will also strengthen the training of skilled man power in the field of diagnostic mechatronics.

This project will lead to the implementation of training programs directly linked to job opportunities for unemployed youth in automotive sector. And will establish a certification center at the school that will sustain top quality training for students and other busnisses in the region