Serving students from Philadelphia High School and Neshoba Central High School.
The Philadelphia/Neshoba County Career-Technical Center, a Division of East Central Community College, seeks to help fulfill the needs of the individuals, groups, industries, and businesses from the Philadelphia/Neshoba County School District. Its major aim is to improve the socioeconomic condition of the people in this district.
The Career-Technical Center conceives its purpose of providing instruction and training in the many skills, theory, and related instruction required for the individual to successfully enter the job market. It also accepts the responsibility for training in-school youth, training and retraining of adults to meet the new job market needs, start-up training for industry, and other industrial training where the needs can be identified and programs can be developed to meet them.
The Center seeks to serve, through its remedial-related program, the disabled, academically disadvantaged, and other special population groups. Special efforts are made to ensure equal access to all programs regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, or disability. Through its continuous effort to upgrade the quality of its program, instructional staff, and youth activities, the center provides experiences which lead to the development of the total individual. These experiences include guidance as well as participation and leadership in school activities, student clubs, and organizations in addition to the formal instruction and skill development.
