The VTA offers skills training through a network of 4 National Vocational Training Institutes, 14 District Vocational Training Centres, 6 Special Vocational Training Centres, and 199 Rural Vocational Training Centres.

However, a process has now begun to optimize the resource utilization within the VTA. Under this programme, some rural centres will be merged, some relocated, and other uneconomical ones closed. This will be a step forward from the present practice of mobility which is limited only to training courses.

Objectives and Related Strategies

• Delivery of job oriented training emphasis on the rural base Operation of an effective job placement service
  
• Career guidance and counselling
  
• Propagation of IT skills to the rural base
  
• Training and Production centre for ED inputs to trainees and revenue to the VTA
  
• Integrated approach to Vocational Training
  

Programs for 2005

• To open and operate District Vocational Training Centeres in Mannar and Kilinochchi.
  
• To open snd operate District Vocational Training Centeres in Jaffna with assistance from the Government of India
  
• To consolidate VTA's laval of quality perfomance in keeping with criteria of tha NQA educational and training sxcelience.
  
• About 85of the VRA's training courses in trades to be converted to CBT mode in January,2005.
  
• Opportunities to be made available to offer NQV's in another 12 trades in 2005.
  
• National Trade Test(NTTs) to be conducted by the VTA for those who had been informally trained in trades such as Mason,Carpenters and plumber in oder to give them NVQ's in their respective specialties.
  
• The Swisscontact Project will continue to provide training of traines input to theVTA in the coming year.
  
• KOIKA will continue its association with the VTA by providing volunteer trainers and additional inputs.