Automobile Engineering Training Institute

In the early and mid 1970's the government of Sri Lanka pursued a closed economic policy. During this period from an essentially agro-based economy, Sri Lanka progressively transformed into an agro / industrial and liberalized economy. With this liberalized economic policy regulations for importation has been removed. An individual or an organization is free to import brand new vehicles or used vehicles. This gives rise to the large volume of motor vehicle influx to the country. The increase of motor vehicles in certain years from 1977 to 1985 was phenomenal. By 1985 the number of registered vehicles on the roads of Sri Lanka had increased to 523, 723 over a 100% increase, signifying the country's demand for motorized transport. With this dramatic growth of passenger and cargo transportation which has been caused by the liberalization of economic activities of Sri Lanka in the endeavor to emerge us a newly industrialized country has paved the way to the promotion of motorization and automobile industry. The service and maintenance needs of this rapidly increasing influx of vehicles was handled by the import agencies and small, medium and way-side repair shops. The import agents had reasonably well equipped and scatted repair facilities. However, small scale wayside repair shops do not have formally trained technicians and proper tools and equipments. Further, the vehicles being imported both brand new and used incorporated with modern advanced technology including electronic systems. Having deal with models mainly produced in the 1960's the available Sri Lankan technicians, beside being in adequate were far behind the technological advances made in 1970's and 1980's rendering their skills obsolete and irrelevant. This became very apparent with the liberalization of imports to Sri Lanka creating an urgent demand for systematically trained technician in the automobile sector. Facebook Community : https://www.facebook.com/groups/aetiosa/