A Technical College in Sri Lanka is a vocational education and training center.
In 1906, renamed as Ceylon Technical College, it was the center for study of sciences such as chemistry, physics, biology and all technical training and development special in the areas of civil, electrical and mechanical engineering.
The Technical College began preparing students for the external degrees in Engineering of the University of London since 1933 as well as for associate membership examinations of the professional institutions of civil, electrical and mechanical engineering.
Junior Technical Colleges were established in Galle, Kandy, Jaffna in the 1950s.
In 1966 the engineering technicians courses were transferred to the Institute of Practical Technology.