Our Vision Become an internationally renowned, leading Technical Education and Training provider. Our Mission Function as a provider of high quality internationally recognized Technical Education and Training to our valued customers nationally and internationally. 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