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Soche Technical College is the oldest public Technical College in Malawi which opened its doors in 1956 as a result of a Bill passed in the Legislative Council for Government to start offering Technical Education in 1950. Since its inception, the college has continuously developed and evolved from a mere Artisan Training Centre in 1956 until it was finally elevated to the status of a Technical College in 1985. The college currently boasts of four departments namely Commercial, Construction, Automobile Engineering and Mechanical Engineering which offer the following courses: Accountancy, Information Technology, Secretarial & Management studies, Painting & Decorating, Plumbing, Electrical Installation, Wood machining, Automobile mechanics, Electrical and Electronics engineering, General Fitting, Welding and Fabrication, Refrigeration, Textile & Pattern design, and Upholstery.
Vision:
To be a leading institution in providing technical, entrepreneurial and Vocational education and training through modern technology and training in Malawi
Mission:
To be a leading institution in providing technical, entrepreneurial and Vocational education and training through modern technology and training in Malawi
Soche Technical college through the Directorate of Technical and Vocational Training in the Ministry of Labour, Youth and Manpower Development is mandated to satisfy the following objectives:
• Teaching and learning
• Capacity building
• Funding and financing
• Organisation and management
• Quality and relevance
• Any other crosscutting issues
| Sharing knowledge about TVET | Primary focus | ||||
| Developing knowledge | Secondary focus | ||||
| Developing and building capacities | Primary focus | ||||
| Teachers | Primary focus | ||||
| Researchers | Primary focus | ||||
| Policy makers | Primary focus | ||||
| Private sector | Primary focus | ||||
| Greening of TVET institutions and skills | Interested to lead | |||||
| Migration | Interested to contribute | |||||
| OER and Online Learning | Interested to lead | |||||
| Equity of access in TVET | Interested to lead | |||||
| Gender equality in TVET | Interested to lead | |||||
| Fostering entrepreneurship | Interested to lead | |||||
| Industry 4.0 / Smart production | Interested to contribute | |||||
| Capacity development projects | Highly interested | ||||
| Policy oriented projects | Moderately interested | ||||
| Knowledge development | Highly interested | ||||
| Workshops and conferences | Highly interested | ||||
| Within my cluster | Highly interested | ||||
| With Africa | Highly interested | ||||
| With the Arab States | Moderately interested | ||||
| With Asia and the Pacific | Moderately interested | ||||
| With Europe, CIS and North America | Highly interested | ||||
| With Latin America and the Caribbean | Moderately interested | ||||
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