Eastcape Midlands TVET College

Eastcape Midlands TVET College (EMC) in South Africa is continuing to play a critical and 
meaningful role in skills development and the lives of its students in the Eastern Cape province. 
EMC serves a highly industrialised urban area; part of the Nelson Mandela Metropole, the rural western parts of the province as well as in Grahamstown and Graaff-Reinet. This means that the College faces unique challenges in being a provider for both the needs of a developed and 
advanced industrial economy, as well as a widespread rural area with high rates of 
unemployment and poverty. Another challenge that EMC faces is the Eastern Cape’s primary and 
secondary education systems in rural and less fortunate communities. 
Yet, amid the challenges, EMC has not only increased its number of students who pass their exams yearly, but has also produced the top 10 students in the country over the past couple of years.