In 1895, Government Technical Institute was established as a government engineering school. It was the only training school for Technical and Vocational Education Sector until the colonial period, the World War II.

The policies of the Department of Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Ministry of Science and Technology are as follows: (1) To produce human resources for the development of modern economy, and to develop technical and vocational education and training

The vision of the Department of Technicaland Vocational Education and Training, Ministry of Science and Technology, is to "continuously train and develop technical and vocational human resources in line with local needs to support the socio-economic development of the country".