North Sichuan Institute of Education was founded in 1956, formerly known as Mianyang junior high school teacher training class. Over the past 35 years, it has experienced several major school-building processes, such as Mianyang University, Mianyang College, Mianyang Middle School Teachers' Training School and Mianyang Education College. In 2002, with the approval of Sichuan Provincial People's Government, the former North Sichuan Institute of Education and Sichuan School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering merged and upgraded to Sichuan Vocational and Technical College. Since the establishment of North Sichuan Institute of Education, it has trained16,386 teachers and other professional technicians and 22 12 educational administrative cadres for the party and the country.