Background   Chairman's Message      
     

Prof Dayantha   Wijeyesekera

 Welcome to the website of the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission

The Commission which was established under the provisions of the Tertiary and Vocational Education Parliamentary Act No 20 of 1990 is the apex body in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector. Its primary responsibility is policy formulation, planning, quality assurance, coordination and development of tertiary and vocational education in the country.

Having been the first Chairman of the Commission in 1991 for a period of four years, I am very pleased at the vast strides the commission has made since then, mainly in the preparation of labour market information, registering TVET institutes and accrediting courses, deciding on new occupations for the preparation of national competency standards, awarding National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ) at certificate, diploma and degree levels respectively, and in the preparation of a development plan for TVET in Sri Lanka.

As a person always pursuing alternate avenues of tertiary and technological education for those who did not enter the conventional university education in Sri Lanka, I invite all those who wish to be aware of such avenues to visit the website and obtain the relevant information.
 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
         
     

Director General's Message

      
     

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Dr. S.D.R. Perera

TVEC is the quality assurance and regulatory body for Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Sri Lanka. As the apex body, this organization is geared to accomplish its mandate through the main goals, that is to formulate, review, update and implement robust TVET policies & strategies, develop and maintain information systems in order to facilitate TVET activities, expand and maintain National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ) system, establish and maintain credible systems for quality assurance of TVET in Sri Lanka, and develop institutional capacity of the TVEC.

Public awareness of all these activities is important to cater skills development requirements with the improved quality and relevance of TVET. Therefore, you are kindly invited to visit our website frequently and to an access related information on the TVET sector.
   
 
         
         
      Deputy Director General's Message  
     

Mr. B.H.S. Suraweera

As in many other countries, up to early 19th century, informal apprenticeship was the only mode of vocational training and it has happened as a family tradition. After establishment of the first technical college in 1893 at Maradana, Colombo, there had been a gradual expansion of the technical colleges under colonial rule. At this period, focus of the TVET was to meet skills requirement of the colonial government. The State Council in 1940s and the Parliament after independence have considered many proposals on expansion of TVET system. By 1970 unemployment has become a major issue and then focus of expansion of TVET system was the solving unemployment. However, this expansion has happened without a quality focus. Therefore, in 1990, the Tertiary and Vocational Education Act of 1990 was passed by the Parliament to establish the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission (TVEC), to steer the TVET system of Sri Lanka with quality focus and an unified qualification system.
 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
             
      Background      
     

The Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission was established in 1991 as the apex body in the technical and vocational education and training sector under the provisions of the Tertiary and Vocational Education Act No 20 of 1990. Its primary responsibility is policy formulation, planning, quality assurance, coordination and development of tertiary and vocational education in the country.

The amendments introduced in December 1999 to the Tertiary and Vocational Education Act No. 20 of 1990, ensures that 10 out of 17 members of the TVEC including its Chairman, represent the Employer Associations and Private Sector entrepreneurs. This provides a forum at the highest level for the private sector to contribute towards developing policies and programmes that would help achieve the vision of the Government of maintaining a demand-driven training system.

The Chairman and the Director General of the Commission are assisted by a team of Directors, in charge of development functions and a Secretary who oversees the personnel, financial and administration functions.

  
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
             
      Our Vision  
      "A Sri Lanka where all citizens have access to the highest possible standards of tertiary and vocational education and training which meet the human resource development needs of the country"  
       
         
      Our Mission  
     

"As the apex body in the TVET sector, we are committed to establish and maintain an efficient and effective technical education and vocational training system which is relevant to socio- economic goals and changing market needs"

  
       
       
         
      Our Objectives      
     
  • To develop, review, and reformulate national policies on tertiary and vocational education and training,
  • To formulate plans for the development of tertiary and vocational education and training sector
  • To implement the national system of quality assurance through registration of institutes and accreditation of training courses
  • To ensure the establishment and maintenance of standards by TVET institutions
  • To plan and coordinate the implementation of national trade testing and certification system
  • To develop and maintain a national system of vocational qualifications
  • To maintain the labour market information system for the TVET sector
  • To develop TVET institutes through management development programmes and financial assistance
  • To promote parity of esteem between education & training
  
             
 

Phone: +94 (0) 115849291, Fax: +94 (0) 112555007, Email: info@tvec.gov.lk
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