The college was then evacuated and in October 1991, resumed operations as a displaced institution in Kenema, on the campus of the Government Technical Institute, the other tertiary institution in the Eastern Region, founded in 1957. The two institutions co-existed on the campus of the latter from October 1991 to October 2001 when the Polytechnic Act was passed in Parliament. The Act merged Bunumbu Teachers College and Government Technical Institute into the Eastern Polytechnic. The Act also made provision for the Eastern Polytechnic to claim assets of the parent institutions.