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Motheo TVET College

“The Gateway to Employability.”

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The story of Motheo TVET College

Motheo TVET College is one of the four public TVET Colleges in the Free State, serving the Motheo and Xhariep Districts. Prof Dipiloane Phutsisi is the Principal of the College and President of the South African Public Colleges Organization (SACPO). When she took over as Principal in 2013, she had a clear vision for the institution, to train a skilled and capable workforce. Under her leadership, the institution preserved its past and is busy building the future. The College is comprised of a Central Office and nine campuses namely: Bloemfontein, Hillside View, Thaba Nchu, National Artisan Development Academy, Plot 32, Botshabelo, Koffiefontein, Zastron and Centre for Entrepreneurship and Rapid Incubator (CfE and RI).

The College has fostered partnerships with a spectrum of industries, government institutions and local and international partners who assist with skills development and where accreditation is not yet in place. The Free State Provincial Government led by the Former Premier Ms Sefora Ntombela accompanied by all MEC’s and HOD’s recently visited Motheo TVET College to strengthen the consensus on new areas of collaboration. The College is collaborating with the Free State Provincial Government with the intention of working hand in glove to build a long lasting strategic partnership that will respond to prevailing socio-economic challenges that continue to plague our communities, particularly the youth, foster development, innovation and also leverage on a pool of available skills offered by the College.

Other partnerships include SA-Navy for Work Integrated Learning for students and industry placement for lecturers. Maastricht School of Management & Stellenbosch University Project for strengthening skills of TVET staff and students for optimizing water usage and Climate Smart Agriculture in South Africa. International partnerships include Coleg Gwent (UK), West-Lothian College in Scotland, Warwickshire College Group in Lamington Spa (UK) and Northlink TVET College in Cape Town. Memoranda of Agreement are entered between University of Free State: Development Institutional Advancement for Technology enhancement, research and personnel training and development. Recently the College signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kreishandwerkers (KH) chaft of Germany. The purpose of the six-years partnership is to support the College towards the enhancement of demand-oriented training with a focus on the artisan trades to provide graduates with improved employment and self-employment prospects.

The College operates closely with SETAs such as SERVICES SETA, MERSETA, CHIETA, CETA, LGSETA, W&RSETA amongst others. The College recently entered into a signed agreement with the MICT SETA to train and place college students to be technicians to build capacity and establish computer labs.

Motheo TVET College at a Glance

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We aim at inspiring our students to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more in their respective journeys of life.

Prof. MDM Phutsisi — Motheo TVET College Principal

Programme Overview

Our Mission is to be a visionary and innovative provider of excellence, responsive to the needs of the community through establishing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders.