The SLIATE is one of the leading educational
institutions in Sri Lanka for higher education and is a
statutory body coming under the purview of Higher
Education Division, Ministry of Education.
SLIATE
has been established by the Parliament Act 29 of 1995
focusing on fostering Advanced Technical Education at a
post secondary level and its head is Director General
appointed by the cabinet. It is mandated to establish
Advanced Technical Institute (ATI) in every province for
both Engineering and Business Studies. At present it
manages and supervises 10 separate Advance Technical
Institutes and 7 Sections housed in the Technical
Colleges under Department of Technical Education and
Training to conduct the courses of Higher National
Diplomas and National Diplomas. Each institute has a
Director and each section has an Academic
Coordinator.
