History
MGTC was originally established in 1973 as Houston Vocational Center, though the first classes were not held until January, 1974. At that time, its mission was to provide vocational educational programs to both secondary and post-secondary students. The school transitioned to an all-post-secondary curriculum in 1985, at which time its name was changed to Houston Area Vocational Center and its service area was expanded to the four-county area that it currently serves.
Oversight of the school was transferred from local authorities to the Technical College System of Georgia (then called the State Board for Post-secondary Vocational Education) in January, 1986, and a year later the school was renamed to Middle Georgia Technical Institute.
The school was named the official service provider for Adult Literacy programs in its four-county service area in 1990, which led to the opening of Adult Literacy Centers in all four counties. In 1993, the Georgia General Assembly also approved funding to build a new main campus for the school on an 83-acre (340,000 m2) site in Houston County, which was completed and occupied by March, 1998.
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