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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
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| Mr Peter Mudau - A/Principal
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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.
