The Metropolitan Technological Institute - ITM is an educational institution located in Medellin , Colombia . The ITM has orientation, technological vocation and tradition, public and municipal order. The origins of the ITM as an educational institution dates back to 1944 when the Medellin Council created the Municipal Labor Institute, for the purpose of providing training to the working classes of the city, at the time, it grew like industrial city of Colombia The historical background of the Metropolitan Technological Institute date back to the forties (1944), when it was created the Municipal Workers' Institute , with the mission of literacy and enable the working classes, to meet the needs generated by the process of urban expansion and technological development, since those years placed Medellin as the most important industrial center of the country. The introduction of machinery and modern production techniques made ​​relevant the creation of an entity that not only empower the working classes to take these innovations, but who cared about their access to cultural products and improve their conditions life.