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'Strengthening Technician Education in India', a World Bank-assisted project in India, provided considerable inputs in capacity expansion, quality and efficiency. It filled major resource gaps towards infrastructure development and established new structures for undertaking activities related to quality improvement. However, its impact on the education system and the suitability of diploma holders passing out from polytechnics to the requirements of their respective work situations was not explored. This paper reports on a tracer study that was carried out to determine the impact on the technician education system as reflected in the employment rate of the graduates on a comparative basis between the earlier and later stages of this project. The objectives of this study were: (1) to ascertain the time taken by the polytechnic graduates before obtaining their first job after graduation; (2) to determine the salary level received by the graduates in their first job; (3) to determine the present status of the teaching-learning process in polytechnics; (4) to determine the possible areas for improvement in the teaching-learning process; and (5) to ascertain the percentage of students pursuing higher studies.