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Electrical Engineering Students Return from China

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Eastcape Midlands TVET College (EMC), on 31 March 2019 welcomed back 7 of its Electrical Engineering students who had been away to China on a 12 month funded international training programme.
The programme was fully funded and supported by the Chinese Culture and International Education Exchange Centre together with EWSETA.

The main purpose of the programme was to create opportunities for the students to gain work experience through integrating them in a real work learning methodology that is utilised by the top 500 Chinese companies. The programme aimed to promote investment opportunities in South Africa, support job creation in South Africa, expose Technical Vocational Educational and Training (TVET) students to international standards, enhance TVET students’ work ethics in order for them to become global citizens. The aim of the programme was also to provide TVET students with a competitive advantage by exposing them to international standards and machinery which will help them to showcase their talents during World Skills competitions.

The seven students who left for China in April 2018 were selected based on their results, attendance, attitude and overall conduct.

This was a great opportunity for EMC’s students as they received systematic and scientific training in a University and College, practical workplace experience in Chinese Manufacturing companies, as well as exposure to Chinese language, culture and skills.

The students successfully completed their Internship which consisted of completing their studies at the Wuxi Institute of Technology (WXIT), based in the city of Wuxi (Jiangsu) which has about 13 000 full-time students living and studying on campus. On completion of the internship the students were awarded with internationally recognised Certificates from both the College and Employer.

China has made rapid advances in areas such as education, infrastructure and high-tech manufacturing, and is now in some areas a world leader in technology.

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