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Ekurhuleni West Technical, Vocational, Education and Training College (EWC) is a public institution regulated by the FET Colleges Act no 16 of 2006, as amended. It was established in terms of the Further Education and Training Act, Act No .98 of 1998, declared as such by the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education (Gauteng Province) in terms of a Provincial Gazette Extraordinary (dated 7 December 2001).

Ekurhuleni West TVET College is situated in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng Province in South Africa. EWC operates within a broad band and diverse communities and comprises of the following six (6) campuses: Alberton, Boksburg, Germiston, Kathorus, (in Katlehong/ Vosloorus/ Thokoza), Kempton (in Kempton Park) and Tembisa.

The name "Ekurhuleni" originates from the geographical and municipal areas (the Southern Service Delivery Regions [SDR]), namely: Germiston (as regional centre), Alberton, areas of Boksburg, Katlehong, Thokoza, Vosloorus and sections of Freeway Park and the Northern Service Delivery Region [SDR) namely Kempton Park (as regional centre) Tembisa, Edenvale, including Bedfordview and Primrose, in which the College is situated.

"Ekurhuleni" - means place of peace in Xitsonga. "Ekurhuleni" was taken from the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and "West" from the Western Belt within the Municipal area, where all the campuses are situated.

From The Acting Principal's Desk

Mr Peter Mudau - A/Principal

Staff Diary - January 2023

2023 will mark the 20th anniversary since Alberton, Boksburg, Germiston, Kempton Park, Lazarus Nhlapo and Usizo colleges merged into one mega college, called Ekurhuleni West TVET College. The aim of the merger, as declared by Prof. Kader Asmal, former Minister of Education, was to connect three critical components, which are education, skills development, and enterprise education.

Let me undoubtedly say that the improvement of the results, with a pass of 87,83% on NCV, 85,56% on Report 191 Business Studies, and 68,94% on Report 191 Engineering, shows that we are making efforts to place the college in strategic positions to continue to modernise and upgrade our delivery in response to the growing and changing demands for economic growth and social development. We are indeed contributing to skilling our students to support employment, as set out in our Human Resource Development Strategy 2010-2030. We have seen growth in the number of students being placed in companies and other institutions for Work Integrated Learning or Experiential Learning. Of course, we did not do this alone, but with the involvement of our stakeholders, and companies that continue to support us in this course. On behalf of the college, I really appreciate this remarkable assistance.

As the acting principal of Ekurhuleni West TVET College, allow me to gratefully acknowledge the commitment demonstrated, and support given, by the Council, Management, and the entire staff, in determining the college's future, through the Strategic and Operational plans – to which I commit completely.

I would like to declare 2023 a year of celebration, where we celebrate 20 years of remarkable achievements and strides made by the college towards its vision of becoming a leading institution in the country.

My wish is that we create a hype about our existence as a college in the communities we live in. Let people know us as a college; who we are, and what we can do, which will eventually contribute to the skills development and growth and development of the country’s economy. We will commit the resources of the college to the achievement of the celebrations. Marketing and communication division will lead these celebrations, with the support of all divisions and the college community at large.

I wish to urge everyone to re-engineer and recreate the way we operate the core business process, with the goal of improving our teaching and learning in a way which will produce the desired result to our students, and befitting the changing world of today, that is moving towards digitalization.

H.E. Luccock once said, "No one can whistle a symphony. It takes an orchestra to play it." That means that teamwork works better. I, therefore, encourage all of us to work together for the betterment of the college. Where it is deemed necessary, please extend your help with ideas which will help the college become modest, give advices. Let us not drop the ball.

Our adopted theme for 2023 is "Look, how far we have come."

Mr Peter Mudau
Acting Principal

Please Note:

There are no accommodation facilities available for students at EWC.

Bursaries

Special Note: Bursary funds are limited, and not all students will be successful. Bursaries are not guaranteed and they are subject to approval and availability of funds. An application for a bursary is not a guarantee that the bursary will be awarded. Class fees must still be paid and will then be refunded in the event of a bursary being awarded.

ISO Policies

EWC's ISO Policies are available upon request. For Information Security purposes they are classified as Internal and not Public, and therefore not displayed on the Website.

  • ISO 9001: 2015
  • ISO 18001: 2007
  • ISO 14001: 2015
  • ISO 27001: 2013

Issuing of policies will be upon request to the Quality Manager, who will only issue such policies after a confidentiality statement has been signed.

 

Quicklinks / Important Numbers

Online Applications

New Student Applications Are Now Open
Open Until 30 September 2023
CLICK HERE

Returning Student Applications

To apply online, please click here: Online Applications - Returning Students.

Use this link to apply if you are already an EWC student and are returning to do another semester or trimester.

Invitation To Register in EWC's Supplier Database

05 September 2023

EWC is pleased to invite all suitably qualified and reputable prospective service providers and suppliers to apply for registration in the EWC database. For full instructions, and to access the Registration Form, please go to: Invitation to Register.

Vacancies

24 September 2023

Vacancies are being advertised. For more information on how to apply, please go to "VACANCIES" in the menu at left, or click here: Vacancies.

Back To Campus Booklet

25 May 2020

All students - please read: Back to Campus Booklet

Free Study Guides

26 March 2020

During this difficult time we are all facing, it is important, as our President said, to all play our part. With this in mind, Future Managers has taken the step to offer free electronic study guides to all Colleges for three months.

Now you can confidently study and navigate your course with the learning roadmap the guide provides.

For more information about the guides and how to access them, click on the following links:

Future Managers Free Study Guides.

How To Download The Free Study Guides.

Other Important Study Links

07 April 2020

MacMillan Lecturers & Students Downloads.

MacMillan (prepexam.co.za) Nated & NCV Exam Question Papers & Memoranda.

Ask Archie Education - TVET Programme

EWC Diploma Ceremony 2023

26 May 2023

On 26 May 2023, one hundred and sixty-seven (167) National Diploma graduates in the fields of Business and Engineering studies were conferred and for the first time, 60 artisans produced by the college were recognized at the Ekurhuleni West TVET College graduation ceremony that took place at Emperors Palace.

The recognition of the artisans at the graduation ceremony occurred exactly ten (10) years after the declaration of the Year of the Artisan in 2013 and nine (9) years after the declaration of the Decade of the Artisan, with the theme, "It is Cool to Be an Artisan," by the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation. The ceremony was honoured by the presence of Minister Blade Nzimande.

The full report can be read here: Diploma Ceremony 2023.

 

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