Ekurhuleni East TVET College
The Ekurhuleni East TVET College is one of the 50 TVET Colleges in South Africa, the College is situated in the eastern region of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. Ekurhuleni is a Tsonga word meaning ‘place of peace’ thus the College is named after this beautiful name. The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) covers an extensive area of about 1 975 Km2. The EMM comprises nine towns which Alberton, Benoni, Boksburg, Brakpan, Edenvale, Germiston, Kempton Park, Nigel and Springs. Included in these towns are 17 townships (EMM IDP) 2015-16) Geographically, Ekurhuleni is uniquely situated.
It borders the eastern part of Johannesburg and the southern part of Tshwane. The Metro is spread over 15.6% of Gauteng’s landmass. It is the fourth largest municipality of all metropolitan areas that currently exist in South Africa. Ekurhuleni has three large towns: Kempton Park, Benoni and Springs.
Ekurhuleni East TVET College (EEC) is spread across five towns in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM). These are: Springs, Kwa-Thema, Daveyton, Benoni and Brakpan. It comprises six college sites located in these five towns. Five campuses offer mainly NCV and Report 191 programmes while the sixth one is a Centre of Specialisation. The campuses offering NCV and Report 191 programmes are Benoni Campus, Brakpan Campus, Daveyton Campus, Kwa-Thema Campus as well as Springs Campus. The only Centre of Specialisation which was established in 2015, is called the Artisan & Skills Development Centre. It is situated in the industrial area of Springs.
The strength of the College is embodied in its location in the EMM. Ekurhuleni has a total surface area of 1975km² that accommodates a population of 3 178 470 million (Source: Census 2011). This means that the College has a large catchment area from which to recruit potential students.
The Ekurhuleni East TVET College is a result of a merger of five Technical colleges which were Benoni Technical, Isidingo Technical, Tlamoga Technical and Springs Technical and later the Artisan and Skills Development Centre was found to make a total of six centres. Currently, Ekurhuleni East TVET College boost with a total of six spread over six geographic areas around the Eastern Region of Ekurhuleni.
Ekurhuleni East TVET College offers a mix of NCV, Artisan and Short Skills programmes, Report 191, Pre vocational Learning Programmes, with the NCV programmes being the major offering.
We boast:
- 11 NCV (National Curriculum Vocational) programmes spread across the Engineering, Business, ICT, Tourism, Process Plant Operations and Hospitality sectors
- 6 Report 191 programmes spread across the Engineering, Business, Tourism and Hospitality sectors
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