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Kalawana VTI

Vision

Social integration of a person with special abilities through a process of skills development associated with vocational training.

Mission

Providing vocational training as a strategy of integrating persons with disabilities into the mainstream having identified their potentials and discharging the institutional role towards ensuring their right for socialization and livelihood through such training.

History

The foundation stone for the institute was laid on 01 July 1996 by the then Minister of Health, Highways and Social Services Hon. A.H.M. Fowzie. Provisions were allocated in 2005 for the commencement of activities of the institute. A governing council named Vibhavi Development Fund was established to run the institute under the patronage of Mr. H.S. Piyasena. The Divisional Secretary and the Social Service Officer were appointed respectively as ex-officio president and secretary of the council. On 24 March 2006, this institute was formally started for the provision of vocational training to boys with intellectual disabilities. With the intervention of the then Director of Social Services, Ms Anusha Gokula Fernando, this institution was taken over by the Department of Social Services as Vibhavi Vocational Training Institute, Kalawana.

Currently Ongoing Courses
Home Gardening and Agriculture (02 Years)
Handicrafts (Bamboo / Coconut Shells) (01 Year)
Cement Based Product Techniques (02 Years)

Route

This VTI is located 4.5 kilometers from the Kalawana town on the Kalawana-Matugama Road.

  • Officer in Charge,
    Kalawana Vocational Training Institute,
    Lower Kukulegama, Kalawana
  • +94 452 255 017
  • +94 152 255 017
  • vibhawivti[at]gmail.com