Government Technical Institute

GTI & AGTI

GTI stands for Government Technical Institute

Provided man power to run the engineering departments and projects in Burma.

AGTI => Associate of GTI

Workshop Practice

In the early days, engineering students have to do Workshop Practice at Insein GTI

• BOC (Burma Oil Company) funded the establishment of the BOC College [of Engineering]
• Workshops were set up at BOC College [and RIT]

Connections with GTI

Saya U Ba Hli

U Ba Hli was Principal of GTI. He also headed the Civil Engineering Department.
He transferred to Rangoon University as the first native Dean of the Faculty of Engineering.
He is credited for the “Twinning Program” with the prestigious universities in the USA.

Saya C Ping Lee

Saya U Kyaw Tun (GBNF) asked his friend Saya C Ping Lee, father of Dr. Win Aung (M62), to join the EE (Electrical Engineering) Department. H.E. U Than Aung, Minister of Education, asked Saya C Ping Lee, his former student at St. Paul’s High School, to transfer to the Directorate of Technical & Vocational Training as the Director General. An assignment was to upgrade GTI and technical schools.

The GTI-RIT “Bridge” Program

It enabled eligible GTI alumni to join RIT.

• Ko Yin Sein (Caesar Yang), my classmate at SPHS, has an excellent command of English. He attended GTI and later joined the “Bridge” program as an early participant. He studied EC (Electrical Communications) and worked at BBS (Burma Broadcasting Service) after graduation.

• Ko Myint Soe (Henry, M79), Ko Hla Maw Tun (M82), Ko Kaung Kaung Oo (Gordon, M83), KKZ (Ko Ko Zin, M84), AMO (Aung Myint Oo, EC84) and Ko Myo Aung (85) are some who attended GTI and RIT/YIT.

• Ko Ba Than Nyunt provided the following list of AGTI BE’s :

Kyaw Win(Mandalay GTI, RIT) EC76

Kyi Mg Aye(I GTI,RIT) EP77

Khin Ma Htay(M GTI,RIT) C76

Oo Khin Mg(I GTI,RIT) C76

Ma Po Myint(M GTI,RIT) C76

Hlaing Myint(I GTI,RIT) M76

Thant Sin(I GTI,RIT) M76

Saw Samuel(I GTI,RIT) M76

Mg Htike(Kalaw GTI,RIT) Mn76 GBNF

Sit Thein(Kalaw GTI,RIT) Mn76 GBNF

Than Aung(I GTI,RIT) M76

Mya San(M GTI,RIT) M76

Tin Win(I GTI,RIT) M76

Kyaw Myint(K GTI) Mn 76

Lay Nyunt(I GTI,RIT) C76

Myint Sein(M GTI,RIT) C76

Mg Thaung(M GTI,RIT) C76

Soe Tint(I GTI,RIT) C76

Aye Kyi(I GTI,RIT) EP77