The Railway Academy will serve the following functions:
• Provision of basic skill trainings and practical trainings for middle-‐level technicians at diploma and advanced diploma level, to assure availability of front-‐line workers in railway transport operation and maintenance as well as infrastructure construction;
• To conduct practical oriented training of the middle-‐level
technicians at Bachelor degree level;
• To organize and conduct short-‐term professional skill
development training for engineers
• To offer leadership trainings for middle level and executive
management;
• To undertake applied technical research and technology
transfer;
• To promote preparation and review of railway sector policy
documents;
• To organize and facilitate railway sector workshops and
seminars;
• To promote research and development in areas of railway technology advancement in collaboration with selected universities and the Institute of Technologies.