The Bronx Educational Opportunity Center has been serving community residents for the past twenty years. 
During this time, the Bronx EOC has helped thousands of individuals to better lives through educational advancement, occupational training, and/or the array of support services frequently needed to overcome challenges to personal/family/community improvement.

The Bronx EOC is one of a network of ten educational enterprises throughout New York State.  Each serves eligible adults, providing tuition-free services that lead to achievements such as College Entrance, obtaining of a GED, enhanced literacy and/or math skills, and/or career-related preparation, internships and job placement.

Students entering the Bronx EOC should feel comfortable knowing that our staff of instructors, counselors, employment specialists and support staff are well qualified, experienced and committed to student success.

Community leaders and prospective employers are welcome to contact us to visit and learn first-hand about the EOC and how its programs prepare the workforce and community leaders of tomorrow.  The Bronx is able to tailor its programs to meet specific needs of a particular employer or industry, and is committed to learning and responding to identified needs.

We are committed to realizing the EOC’s potential as a community resource, a partner with other institutions in the bettering of the Bronx, and as a model for community based adult education.

We know that each individual who comes to the Bronx EOC is on a path that does not end when they leave here.  Our mission is to equip each student with the skills and self-awareness needed to continue towards a life full of positive achievements.

I hope this website is helpful to you.  Like the EOC itself, it should not be the end of your journey of inquiry.  Let this be a beginning.  Please be in touch to learn more about us.

Dr. Michael Seliger
Interim Executive Director

Current Technology

In each of the Bronx EOC’s occupational programs, state-of-the-art equipment, software and information is utilized to assure that the EOC graduates are ready to meet the expectations of employers, not only with regard to good work habits, but the knowledge needed to perform - and grow - in the 21st Century Work World.

ATTAIN lab is a students’ HUB

There was a time, when students ‘did not have time’ to go to the computer lab. Or, students sat in the lab with a blank and bored expression in their face. Times have changed. Today the ATTAIN lab is a hub of student activity.

What happened?

Alex, the lab coordinator played a good part in the transformation of the lab activities. He initiated new and exciting programs for new and existing students. The students in turn became enthusiastic and made greater demands on his creativity.

The result: ‘Summer Start’ prepared lots of students for GED; actually 20 students passed the GED exam. Regular lab sessions increased the literacy and math skills of several students who advanced to vocational training in the Center. Ouro-sama got admitted in CCNY and Jose is taking Auto-Mechanic training elsewhere.

Interested in increasing your basic skills? Want to prepare for GED exam in your own pace? Have you problems in getting college admission? Call Alex: 718-530-7037.

 Ms. Clarissa Pettis is a 37 years old mother of a 13 years old son and a 14 years old daughter.  Clarissa came to the Bronx EOC in July 2006. She felt that providing for her children was not an easy responsibility, especially with little or no marketable job skills.  Clarissa therefore entered the Executive Assistant program at the Bronx EOC in September 2006. In her own words,   ‘the classes were a challenge; I only knew a few Microsoft application and operations; needless to say, the staff and the faculty were of great help to me’.  Clarissa graduated successfully in December 2006. As she is searching for a good job, she worked part time as Lab Assistant at the Bronx EOC, helping her student colleagues. ‘I am back at the school that trained me, I am proud’.  

Ms. Evelyn Martinez is a 20 years old single mother with a three month old son. Evelyn was seven months pregnant, when she was enrolled in the Executive Assistant program at the Bronx EOC in December 2006. ‘Executive Assistant program was a tough, but a good experience for me’, Evelyn recalls later, ‘in my health condition, I could not get up in the mornings, I had rough time to concentrate in the class, my baby was moving around a lot. But with the help of my mom, I made it to the classes regularly. Of course, my counselor and the teachers help to complete my program’. Evelyn successfully completed the program in March 2007. Three weeks later, she had a baby boy. In June 2007, she also opted to work as part time Lab Assistant at the Bronx EOC.