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The '''Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education (CPSC)''' is a regional [[inter-governmental organization]] in [[Asia Pacific]] region mandated to enhance Vocational Education and Training in its member countries.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Colombo Plan Staff College {{!}} UIA Yearbook Profile {{!}} Union of International Associations |url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100015803 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=uia.org}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Colombo Plan Staff College {{!}} Devex |url=https://www.devex.com/organizations/colombo-plan-staff-college-21490 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=www.devex.com}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Colombo Plan Staff College (CPSC) delegates visit AIT - Asian Institute of Technology |url=https://ait.ac.th/2022/12/cpsc-delegates-visit-ait/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=www.ait.ac.th |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

CPSC is a specialized agency of the [[Colombo Plan]].

==History==
Responding to the need to improve the quality of technician education and training, the Member Governments of the Colombo Plan considered the recommendation of the [[Singapore Colloquium]] in May 1969 to establish a Regional Center for Technician Teacher Training.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" />  Adopted during the 20th [[Consultative Committee Meeting]] in [[Canada]] in October 1969, the said recommendation was firmed up into a feasibility study which was conducted from March to June 1970. Results were presented during the 21st Consultative Committee Meeting (CCM), referred for Further Study and examined by a working party of experts in February 1971, October 1971 and February 1972, respectively.<ref name=":2" />  After a thorough scrutiny, it was finally approved during the 22nd CCM in November 1972.<ref name=":2" />  A [[Memorandum of Understanding]] relating to the establishment of the Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education (CPSC) as a regional center followed during the 23rd CCM in December 1973 held in [[Wellington]], new Zealand.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=William S. Reynolds, Ed.D Lex D |first=Walters Ph.D. |date=December 1990 |title=Colombo Plan Staff College Study |url=https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNABL247.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222102258/http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNABL247.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 22, 2017 |website=[[USAID]]}}</ref>

==Member Countries==
[[Image:CPSC1.png|thumb|right|400px|CPSC Member Countries in dark shade]]

The CPSC consists of sixteen active member countries and 12 founding member countries, amounting to a total of 26 countries.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The first Sri Lankan appointed as the 12th Director General of Colombo Plan Staff College (CPSC) in Manila – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment & Tourism |url=https://mfa.gov.lk/the-first-sri-lankan-appointed-as-the-12th-director-general-of-colombo-plan-staff-college-cpsc-in-manila/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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*{{flag|Bangladesh}}
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*{{flag|India}}
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==Recent Activities==
CPSC is currently a network partner of UNESCO-UNEVOC in the Philippines.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cpsctech.org/ CPSC website]
* [http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/go.php?q=ourpartners UNEVOC Partner Agencies, see "Regional"]

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[[Category:Graduate schools in the Philippines]]