The second batch of 17 beneficiaries of the Niger Delta amnesty programme have arrived in Poland on a two-year training programme.
Mr Niesioywski Przemyslaw, the Polish ambassador to Nigeria, announced this on Wednesday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja.
According to reports, the arrival of the students brought to 29 the number of beneficiaries on Poland’s sponsorship.
The first batch of 12 beneficiaries that left for Poland in July this year are expected to complete their training by July 2012.The students would undergo a two-year course in maritime education at the Polish Maritime Academy in Gdaniya.
Przemyslaw said the students, who are all males, were duly screened and carefully selected by the institute, before they were granted admission.
He recalled that 10 students out of the 22 students, who were in the first batch, were sent home due to “lack of interest in their field of study’’.
The ambassador said on completion of their studies, the beneficiaries would be awarded the ``Officer of the Watch Certificate,’’ a qualification, ``which can enable them to practice in any maritime industry’’.
He said a total of 200 students would benefit from the training, which would be done on a quarterly basis.
The ambassador listed other areas of partnership between Poland and Nigeria in the education sector to include linguistics.
``Polish students are studying Hausa language and West African cultures at the Warsaw University, while Nigerian PHD students are undergoing courses in linguistics.
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