Mthashana TVET College is a public TVET college headquartered in Vryheid, in the Northern Region of KwaZulu-Natal, serving the Zululand, uMkhanyakude and uMzinyathi district municipalities. Its own website does not publish a specific founding date or details of any predecessor technical colleges it may have merged from. The college operates nine sites: Maputa, Nquthu, Vryheid Engineering, Vryheid Business, KwaGqikazi, Nongoma and Babanango Skills Centre, plus the Emandleni-Matleng and Mashiyinduku training/skills centres. No official student enrolment total is published on the site. The college describes itself as aiming to be a 'preferred learning centre of excellence,' bridging skills shortages in a largely rural, high-unemployment region, with the college itself noting over 95% of applicants qualify for means-tested bursary support.
Programmes Offered
- NCV (National Certificate: Vocational, Levels 2-4): Electrical Infrastructure Construction, Engineering and Related Design, Hospitality, Business Administration, Primary Agriculture, Tourism, Information Technology and Computer Science
- NATED/Report 191 (National Diploma, N-level): Engineering N1-N6 (Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering); Business/Utility Studies N4-N6 (Business Management, Human Resource Management, Management Assistant, Farming Management, Financial Management, Tourism Management, Public Management)
- Skills Programmes: short, part-time and full-time occupational/skills courses delivered through the college's dedicated skills centres
Bursaries That May Apply Here
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