Career Programs...
The Marion County Technical Education Center has a long history of serving the needs of area students with relevant technical instruction and career-building educational opportunities. MCTEC is unique among Marion County schools in that facilities, instructors, tools, and equipment have been brought together in one place to realistically represent careers in which students can choose to gain skill training. Programs are offered from six career clusters and are open to any high school student.
Most programs are two years in length and meet five days per week; students enroll in Level One during their sophomore or junior year and complete Level Two the following year. Classes meet 160 minutes per day and students can earn four units of credit each year. Enrollment is tuition free for Marion County high school students. Practical Nursing I is open only to high school Seniors and is the only course offered at MCTEC that requires an application for admission and pre-entrance testing. Students enrolling in the first year of Health Science must be high school Juniors or Seniors. The first year of Cosmetology is only open to high school Juniors. Students in Nail Technology must be at least 16 by March 1st of that school year. All other courses are offered without pre-entrance testing or any prerequisites.
Practical Nursing, Cosmetology and Nail Technology are tuition free to Marion County students; however, students entering these programs must pay fees associated with student kits, books, uniforms and state board examinations required by state regulations.
If it becomes evident after registration is completed that there are not enough students enrolled for a program to be offered, students will be notified and given an opportunity to register for another program. If there are more students registered for a program than can be accommodated, a lottery system (random drawing of those registered) will be used to determine which students will be enrolled. Students not selected through the lottery will be given an opportunity to register for another program.
Click on a program of interest in the menu on the left to see more details on that program.
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Notice of Non-Discrimination
The Marion County Technical Education Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability or age in its programs or activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies:
Section 504 - Dr. Susan Cotton, Director of Special Services - 719 N. Main Street, Marion, SC 29571 843-423-1811
Title IX - Dr. Cheryl Warren, Director of Human Resources - 719 N. Main Street, Marion, SC 29571 843-423-1811