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March 5, 2025

170 students representing 32 schools across 18 districts in Sri Lanka were celebrated today during a prize giving ceremony at the BMICH Colombo for the Australian Government’s Zero Chance Art and Essay 2nd competition. Running from June to August 2024, the competition, in collaboration with Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education of Sri […]

September 22, 2023

The latest of the “Skill Force” career guidance programme series, sponsored by Sri Lanka premium steel manufacturer, Melwa, and launched by the Derana Media Network, was successfully held at the Vocational Training Authority (VTA) premises in Nuwara-Eliya recently. Nearly 3000 youths from Nuwara-Eliya and surrounding areas participated in the programme. Those who […]

June 14, 2023

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People’s Leasing & Finance PLC (PLC) in collaboration with the Vocational Training Authority (VTA), successfully empowered a group of deserving youth offering “Haritha Nena” vocational scholarships. Entry criteria for the rural youth identified from the economically disadvantaged households was NVQ Level – 3 qualification. The objective of this programme was to empower […]

March 23, 2023

Swiss Hospitality & Management Academy (SHMA) of A. Baur & Co. Pvt Ltd., also known as Baurs, a leading conglomerate with diversified business interests, recently signed an MoU with the Vocational Training Authority of Sri Lanka (VTA) under the Ministry of Education to implement its Skills for Sustainable Growth (SSG) project among selected learning […]

March 10, 2022

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon recently donated new computers and accessories such as UPS units and speakers to the Vocational Training Authority of Sri Lanka (VTA), to support the conduct of courses for the Apparel Design Technician (NVQ Level 4) qualification. The courses are offered at 15 VTA centres in 12 […]

November 17, 2021

Colombo, Friday 12th November 2021: The Vocational Training Authority of Sri Lanka (VTA), under the State Ministry of Skills Development, Vocational Education, Research & Innovation and Barista Coffee Lanka (Pvt) Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the 5th November 2021 to commence the first ever nationally recognized “Barista Training Program” […]

March 18, 2021

March 18 2021, Colombo: In partnership with the Vocational Training Authority of Sri Lanka (VTA), Facebook has launched a series of training sessions to help Sri Lankans upskill their digital capabilities. The initiative is a part of Facebook’s flagship We Think Digital program, and has been designed with the objective to help […]

Fostering talent and awareness through the Zero Chance school competition

‘Skill Force’ fourth phase sponsored by Melwa successfully held in Nuwara-Eliya

PLC empowers deserving youth by offering “Haritha Nena” vocational scholarships

SHMA and VTA Sri Lanka signs MoU to implement a Swiss-designed learning curriculum

ComBank supports VTA’s Apparel Technician Course with donation of computers

Global Recognition for “Baristas” from VTA together with BARISTA

Facebook partners with VTA to launch digital skills training program in Sri Lanka