GENERAL WINGATE POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE

The present General Wingate polytechnic college was established on may, 1946 by emperor Hailesilase 1. By the time, the name was General Wingate Secondary School. It was given to memorial of the British soldier major General Arde Charles Wingate, who led the combined Ethiopia, British and Sudanese troops to liberate Ethiopia from Italian invasion.
At the beginning, this modern school was boarding for over three decades. The students were from all over Ethiopia and they had to have the highest result in the elementary school leaving examination. They had also to pass the entrance exam of the school. The Ethiopian General Wingate TVET College has been involving in different activities of changing young people in spirit, minding and spiritual. Providing vocational training is one of among different activities. Before 1994 the general Wingate TEVT College had well organized and famous TVET center. From the early training of constriction and vocational school the General Wingate TVET reinstated in 1994 and has started giving metal work training after reopening of General Wingate. The enrollment had grown to over 2750 per year. Currently, it is polytechnic college with in an enrolment of more than 4825 trainees every year. it provides automotive, construction, textile and leather garment, ict, hotel and tourism, manufacturing, wood work, agriculture, business drafting and surveying trainings in more than 43 occupations both in formal and non-formal programs.