Definition of a Community Technical College
A community technical college is a training institution whose educational facilities are available to youth and other members of the community. It can also be an institution established in a community, owned by a community and run by a community to cater for youth and adults who would like to further their career and those who did not complete their schooling or never attended school. A Community Technical College offers training up to level 2 unlike National Technical Colleges which offer training up to levels 3 and 4.
2.2.2 Establishment of Community Technical Colleges
Access to Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Malawi has been so low compared to other Southern Africa Countries. Enrolment into formal TEVET institutions is far below that other Southern African Countries like Lesotho, Mozambique, Botswana and Mauritius. Therefore, in an effort to increase access to TEVET, Malawi Government established community colleges as a way of increasing access to Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training (TEVET) by out-of-school youth and adults who fail to make it to formal TEVET due to limited capacity and restrictive entry requirements. Government, therefore, introduced community colleges in each district to offer livelihood skills to youth to make them useful citizen in the country. The community colleges have assisted youths to become self-employed, and/or allow them to proceed towards attainment of higher qualifications
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NO |
NAME OF COLLEGE |
DISTRICT |
STATUS |
1 |
Ngara |
Karonga |
Operational |
2 |
Ezondweni |
Mzimba |
Operational |
3 |
Mbandira |
Nkhotakota |
Operational |
4 |
Mponela |
Dowa |
Operational |
5 |
Kapondo |
Mchinji |
Operational |
6 |
Chongoni |
Dedza |
Operational |
7 |
Thumbwe |
Chiradzulu |
Operational |
8 |
Chilobwe |
Blantyre |
Operational |
9 |
Milonga |
Thyolo |
Operational |
10 |
Naminjiwa |
Phalombe |
Operational |
11 |
Mangochi |
Mangochi |
Operational |
12 |
Aida Chilembwe |
Chiradzulu |
Operational |
13 |
Kasama |
Chitipa |
Operational |
14 |
Khwisa |
Balaka |
Operational |
15 |
Salima |
Salima |
Construction was completed. Equipment was delivered and will start providing training in January, 2021. |
16 |
Ngabu |
Chikwawa |
Construction was completed but equipment was not delivered. |
17 |
Mtowe |
Nsanje |
Under construction. Funded by Malawi Government |
18 |
Thyolo |
Thyolo |
|
19 |
Rumphi |
Rumphi |
|
20 |
Nsoni |
Chiradzulu |
|
21 |
Kalinda |
Nkhotakota |
|
22 |
Machinga |
Machinga |
|
23 |
Nkhata Bay |
Nkhata Bay |
|
24 |
Mgai |
Lilongwe |
Under construction. Funded by TEVET Authority |
25 |
Tengani |
Nsanje |
Under construction. Funded by the Government of China
|
26 |
Sakata |
Zomba |
|
27 |
Mtonda |
Ntcheu |
|
28 |
Nansomba |
Mulanje |
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29 |
Kavinkhama |
Mzimba |
2.2.4 Identification of Sites and Contractors
2.2.5 Recruitment of Students in Community Technical Colleges
2.2.6 Benefits of Community Technical Colleges
Have increased access to TEVET by young men and women. |
