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The first technical education institution in Sri Lanka was established in 1893 as the Government Technical School in Colombo with an enrollment of 25 students. It later became the Ceylon Technical College in 1906 and began offering programs in various engineering fields as well as commerce. The Ceylon Technical College played a key role in technical education and supplying skilled workers until various disciplines were transferred to other institutions between 1953-1960. There are now 39 Technical Colleges across Sri Lanka managed by the Department of Technical Education & Training under the Ministry of Skills Development and Vocational Training.

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Semestor 5 Project Report

The first technical education institution in Sri Lanka was established in 1893 as the Government Technical School in Colombo with an enrollment of 25 students. It later became the Ceylon Technical College in 1906 and began offering programs in various engineering fields as well as commerce. The Ceylon Technical College played a key role in technical education and supplying skilled workers until various disciplines were transferred to other institutions between 1953-1960. There are now 39 Technical Colleges across Sri Lanka managed by the Department of Technical Education & Training under the Ministry of Skills Development and Vocational Training.

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Nature of the business –

Development of Technical Education in Sri Lanka


The first Institution for formal Technical Education in Sri Lanka was established in the latter part
of the year 1893. This Institution was known as the Government Technical School and was
housed in a renovated coffee store situated at close proximity to the Ceylon Government Railway
Terminal building at Maradana in Central Colombo. The Institution consisted of a small workshop,
laboratory, lecture room and a class room and the student enrollment of the first batch was only
25.
The Technical School later became the pioneering institution for science education in Sri Lanka.
Prior to the establishment of the Ceylon Medical College, Chemistry, Physics, Biology & Science
for medical students were conducted at Ceylon Technical College. Courses in Science for school
teachers were also provided and they too became the pioneers of teaching Science in the
general education system.

In 1906 the name of the Technical School was changed to that of Ceylon Technical College. By
this time the college had started supplying technically competent people and was providing
skilled workers to government technical departments. Facilities to develop Technical Education in
Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering fields and also in Telegraphy, Surveying, Chemistry
and Physics were provided. eventually, the science section of the Ceylon Technical College
became the nucleus of the Department of Science of the Ceylon University College started in
1921.
The Ceylon Technical College was re-organized in 1933 and started preparing candidates for the
external degrees in Engineering of the University of London. Until the Faculty of Engineering of
University of Ceylon commenced in 1950, the Technical College continued to hold regular
classes for the external degree of the University of London. The facilities at the Faculty of
Engineering Workshop of the Ceylon Technical College were fully made use of, by the Faculty of
Engineering from 1952 to 1960 until the faculty moved to its new premises at Peradeniya.

In 1908, the Ceylon Technical College started classes for commerce students and progressed
over the years to became the centre for management and Business Studies. Evening courses in
Accounting at professional level were started in 1943 and degree level Full-Time Courses in
Commerce was started in 1946. In 1951 a professional course in valuation was started. In
addition, classes were also conducted to provide instructions for those taking up external
examinations of the British professional institutes in the disciplines of Secretaryship, Transport &
Banking. Middle level courses in Accountancy, Marketing and Stenography were also provided.

In the year 1953 the Arts and Crafts section of the Ceylon Technical Colleges was transferred to
a new department known as the Government College of Fine Arts. In 1960,the Full-time
Technician courses were transferred to the newly established institute of Practical Technology at
Katubedda. This institute was upgraded as Ceylon College of Technology in 1966, and it became
the University of Moratuwa in the year 1972.

The first junior Technical School was established in Galle in 1957. This year was of significant
importance for Technical Education because of the introduction of Sinhala medium courses.
These courses were commenced with certificate courses in Shorthand, typewriting and Book
keeping. By 1963 even the Diploma courses were being conducted in Sinhala medium.
Significant feature of the growth of Technical College system is that, 31 out of 32 Technical
Institutes have established after the independence of Sri Lanka, in particular from 1956 to 1998.
Organization chart -
At present there are 39 Technical Colleges scattered throughout Sri Lanka. These institutions
are managed by Department of Technical Education & Training which functions under the
Ministry of Skills Development and Vocational Training
The total strength of teaching staff of the Technical colleges is around 544. The non academic
staff of Technical Colleges consists of about 2000 persons at present.
Members of the academic staff are continuously exposed to local & foreign training to update
& upgrade their knowledge and skills in the relevant subject areas. UK, Sweden, Netherlands,
Japan, Korea, Philippines and India are some of the countries where staff training has been
provided. The UNDP, the British Council, ILO, and JICA, have been providing funds to most of
the scholarships. The CPSC has provided short-term workshops/seminars and in country
courses to technical college staff.
The physical facilities of Technical colleges were updated in the recent past under the
Technical education Development Project funded by the Asian Development Bank with
technical assistance from overseas agencies such as SWEDEC, SIDA and ODA. Every effort
is being made presently by the technical college system to improve the standards of technical
education to take up the technological challenges of the 21st century.

 Directing, supervising and coordinating the Technical Education and Training Programs.
 Identifying the needs and the preparing the appropriate fulltime and part-time Technical
Education and Training Programs.
 Producing the instructional resources materials, which are needed to implementation of
Technical Education and Training Programs.
 Implementation of Technical Education and Training Programs.
 Developing the staff of teachers, administrators and managers for implementation of
Technical Education and Training fruitfully and efficiently

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