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The College was established in 1957 as a Christian minority
institution to train teachers for secondary schools. It was then
affiliated to Kerala University and since 1983 to Mahatma Gandhi
University, Kottayam, Kerala. It is recognized by the National
Council for Teacher Education and is re-accredited by the National
Assessment & Accreditation council.
Since 1986, the college is functioning as a co-educational
institution. It offers one-year teacher education course leading to
the Degree of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) in five optional
subjects, viz., English, Mathematics, Natural Science, Physical
Science and Social Science. The college was elevated to the status
of Post-graduate college offering M.Ed. course in 2005. The primary
Teachers' Training programme (TTC) is offered in the
St. Joseph’s Teacher Training Institute
attached to this college since 2005.
The
college has a vast campus spread over 12 acres and 57 cents of land
with adequate facilities and resources for various educational
programme, administrative functions and extension services. The
institution has spacious classrooms, fully equipped science,
technology, psychology and computer laboratories,
biology museum, guidance and counseling centre, seminar hall,
auditoriums, well arranged library, rest rooms, research consultancy
centre, work experience and activity room to meet the requirements
of M.Ed, B.Ed and TTI.
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