The establishment of the Colombo Vocational Training Centre (VTC) and the upgrading of the Gampaha Technical College (TC) project financed by the Korea Eximbank is due to be completed by December.Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training Dr. Sarath Amunugama inspected the Colombo VTC site at Orugodawatte together with the Project Director.
The Colombo VTC which is under construction by Samhee Construction and Engineering. Korea Eximbank has given financing for this project to the tune of US#26 million at 0.15% interest rate.
It has also granted a 40 year repayment period including 10 year grace period.
After completion, the Colombo VTC will conduct National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) courses on subjects such as robotics, electrics and electronics, mechatronics, welding, automotive technology, refrigeration and air conditioning, pneumatics and hydraulics.
The text books for these subjects are being developed with experts dispatched from Korean universities such as Shinhan University and Hanbat University.
In addition, capacity building programs for management staff and teachers in these two institutes are being conducted in Korea covering all the above subject areas. The workshop equipment will be supplied and installed at these two vocational institutions within this year as well.