Marematlou Training Institute (MTI) is a private higher education institution headquartered at Plot 20/21 Floris Coetzee Road, Rayton, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. Established in 2005 as a subsidiary of Marematlou Group Holdings, MTI focuses on critical and scarce skills development, with particular emphasis on teacher training and continuous professional development for educators, as well as programmes in Information Technology, Early Childhood Development (ECD), leadership and school management, water and wastewater services, local government, and financial management. According to its official website, MTI is provisionally registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) as a private higher education institution under registration certificate No. 2023/HE07/002, valid until 31 December 2026. It states accreditation for various qualifications and skills programmes through ETDP SETA, EW SETA, LGSETA, and MICT SETA, and describes endorsement from the South African Council for Educators (SACE) for its basic education offerings. MTI reports having trained and certified more than 18,500 teachers, heads of department, deputy principals, and principals through accredited short learning programmes, and operates across the Free State, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Mpumalanga, and Limpopo provinces. It is described as a Level 1 B-BBEE contributor. No independent, third-party verification of the DHET registration number or SETA accreditation status was performed beyond what is published on the institution's own website.
Qualifications & Programmes
- Advanced Diploma in School Leadership and Management
- National Certificate: Information Technology Systems Support
- National Certificate: Information Technology End User Computing
- Further Education and Training Certificate: Information Technology Technical Support
- Further Education and Training Certificate: Information Technology Systems Development
- Further Education and Training Certificate: Early Childhood Development (NQF Level 4)
- National Diploma: Early Childhood Development (NQF Level 5)
- National Certificate: Information Technology Systems Development
- Further Education and Training Certificate: School Business Administration (NQF Level 4)
- Further Education and Training Certificate: Occupationally Directed Education Training and Development Practices (NQF Level 4)
- General Education and Training Certificate: Early Childhood Development (NQF Level 4)
- Higher Education and Training Certificate: Development Practice (NQF Level 5)