Mangochi Community Technical College

Mangochi Community Technical College is a public technical and vocational college in Mangochi, in the Southern Region of Malawi. It is one of the colleges established under the Ministry of Labour's programme to set up community technical colleges across the country. The Ministry of Labour lists Mangochi among its operational community technical colleges, and its page on the establishment of the colleges names "Mangochi Community Technical College in Mangochi" among those completed and in operation. According to the Ministry, community technical colleges train up to level 2, while national technical colleges train up to levels 3 and 4. The Ministry gives these general entry requirements for community technical colleges: - an age of 16 to 36 - the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE), with Junior Certificate holders also considered - residence in the surrounding communities or in the district where the college stands The colleges come under the Ministry's Directorate of Technical and Vocational Training, which develops technical and vocational training policy, registers public and private technical institutions and provides leadership to public technical colleges. The programme set out to establish community technical colleges in 28 districts, with the aim of reducing unemployment among young people and widening access to training for rural youth, women and people with disabilities who cannot reach urban training centres. Mangochi is a township near the southern end of Lake Malawi, on the Shire River, and was known as Fort Johnston in the colonial period. It had 53,498 residents at the 2018 census and is home to the Lake Malawi Museum. Courses, intake dates, fees and contact details for the college have not been published online.

Mangochi, Malawi
Mangochi

14°29′4″S 35°15′17″E